RealClearMarkets Week of February 23, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 23
Reign of the Dollar's Over. What Investors Can Do About It
Reshma Kapadia Barron's
Trump’s Challenge to Free Market Capitalism
Ben Casselman The New York Times
Important Reasons Why the Trump Economy Is Soon to Soar
E.J. Antoni Fox News
Affordability: Structural Problem Monetary Policy Can't Fix
Alexander Salter The Hill
Gold Price Mirrors Economic Unease Ignored by Politicians
John Tamny Forbes
Energy Bills Are Soaring. The Pain Is No Longer Just for Poor
Arielle Hixson MSN
Trump Bets on Nuclear to Power the AI Century
Joe Grogan Washington Examiner
Supremes Must Not Stop Trump's Push For Trade Justice
Editorial New York Post
SCOTUS Blocks President Trump's $18t Fairy Tale
Rainer Zitelmann RealClearMarkets
A Call for My Appointment As the White House's 'Knife Czar'
Rob Smith RealClear
Investors May Face 1 Last Rate Hike Surprise Pre-May
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
Hidden Expenses That Can Sabotage Your Retirement
Maurie Backman Motley Fool
“Sell America”? Little Indication of a Rush Out of U.S. Assets
Market Minder Fisher
An Absence of Character Defines Business & Gov't
Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times


Tuesday, February 24
A Response to All the "Yeah Buts" To My 2026 Forecast
Ken Fisher New York Post
Muted Response To Nothing Really Happening
Joseph Calhoun Alhambra Investments
Consumer Confidence Up As Expectations Catch Up w/Reality
Peter Navarro RCM
In a Buyer's Market, Homeownership Remains Elusive
Kailyn Rhone New York Times
There Is a Debt Crisis, But It's Unseen and Not Even Discussed
John Tamny RCM
What Social Security Should Do—and What It Shouldn’t –
Sita Slavov Law & Liberty
Trump Accounts Open the Door to a Crucial Ownership Mindset
Mark Quann RCM
Trump's Threats to Netflix Are About More Than Susan Rice
Steve Benen MS NOW
Stock Market Drives Economy, But For How Much Longer?
Randall Forsyth Barron's
Is Artificial Intelligence Really Enabling Productivity Gains?
Joel Mathis The Week
European Style Corporate Strangulation Hardly Works In U.S.
Ross Marchand RCM
Best Investment? The Best Investing Books
Julie Pinkerton U.S. News & World Report
California's Blue Statism Finally Catches Up with Colorado
Aaron Renn City Journal
President Trump Has Broken His Credit Card Promise
Elizabeth Warren Fox News
The End of Government's Debit Card 'Inflation' Scapegoating
Thomas Stratmann RC


Wednesday, February 25
Nine Out of Ten Valuation Indicators Are In Sell Territory
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
Fed Independence: Sacred, or So We've Been Told
Richard Roberts RealClearMarkets
Trump’s News Tariffs Kick In at 10%, Not 15% Threatened
Sydney Carruth MS NOW
America Has a Very Expensive Promises Problem, With a Bill
Ted Jenkin Fox News
Birthrate Fears: How Keynes Still Pollutes Economics
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Economic State of the Union Is Good, See For Yourself
Editorial Issues & Insights
Get Excited For Tax Season: Historic Refunds On Their Way
Julio Gonzalez The Hill
Why I Sued Pres. Trump Over Tariffs, and Why I Won
Rick Woldenberg California Post
No, Living Near a Nuclear Plant Will Not Leave You Glowing
Michael Fumento RCM
Trump 1 Percent Fan Club: Lots of New Members
Thomas Edsall The New York Times
The Social Security Fairness Act of 2025 Is Now "Unfair"
Medora Lee USA Today
Tax the Rich of NYC, or Mayor Mamdani Will Tax You All
Nicole Gelinas City Journal
Sorry FTC, First Amendment Trumps Antitrust Law
Charles Sauer RealClearMarkets
Humanoid Robots from China Proliferating. Cause for Worry?
Will Barker The Week


Thursday, February 26
The Value of SOTU Is In Exposing Bullish Gridlock
Market Minder Fisher Investments
Trump's Interminable SOTU Spun a Fake Economic Tale
Rex Huppke USA TODAY
6-3 Supreme Court Tariff Vote Calls for Term-Limited Judges
John Tamny RCM
The Metropolis Envisioned In California Forever Project
Jordan McGillis City Journal
Trump's Spectacular Speech Laid Growth Groundwork
Bob Maistros Issues Insights
The Biggest Problem With Trump's Affordability Victory Lap
Jason Bivens MS NOW
America Knows That President Trump Is Working On Affordability
Liz Peek Fox
Auditing the IRS: The Future of America's Most Critical Agency
Bruce Willey RCM
It's Good That Competition In the AI Space Is Brutal
Jason Furman New York Times
The U.S. Economy Needs Competition That AI Can Provide
Brij Khurana Barron's
The Rising Price Danger of Surveillance Pricing
Rishi Raithatha RealClearMarkets
How Trump Could Boost Retirement Savings w/a Gov't Match
Taylor Herzlich NYP
Small Cap 'Recovery': Myth Built On Unprofitable Stocks
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
Capital Formation: Elemental to Economic Growth
Erica Richardson RealClearMarkets


Friday, February 27
If You Can't Beat the Market, You Better Hope It Plunges
Mark Hulbert Marketwatch
Why Nvidia Beat Earnings Estimates, Yet Again
James Rogan Washington Examiner
Hot Headline, Cooler Reality: What PPI Really Shows
Peter Navarro RealClearMarkets
Even the WH Can't Fix That Crypto Is Pointless
Ryan Cummings & Jared Bernstein NYT
Taiwan and TSMC Make the World Safer by the Day
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Capping Credit Card Rates Will Kill Family Credit
Pat Toomey & Kevin Brady Fox News
Enough Climate Action: Shut Off Warming Money Spigot
Editorial Issues & Insights
Bad Bets: Massive EV Subsidies Not Paying Off
James Varney RealClearInvestigations
What Do Consumers Know That GDP Does Not?
Anton Chamberlin The Daily Economy
Moon or Mars: Has Elon Musk Abandoned Goal?
Rainer Zitelmann RealClearMarkets
Why President Trump's Oil Dreams for Venezuela Are a Bust
James Story MS NOW
Business School Didn't Mirror Real World I Entered
Mike Sharrow RealClearMarkets
Pete Hegseth Determined to Make the Most Evil A.I. Possible
Alex Kirshner Slate
No Such Thing As 'Free Bus Fares' In Any City
Christopher Baecker RealClearMarkets
How to Bring End to California's Cost-of-Living Craziness
Editorial California Post
Relocation Threats Shouldn't Stop CA's Billionaire Taxing
Maureen Kennedy The Hill
Saturday, February 28
Why Is Everyone So Afraid Of Competition?
Adam Ozimek Agglomerations
Palo Alto's Help Wanted Signs Tell Ignored Economic Truths
John Tamny RealClear
Warning Signs Flash From The Tech-Heavy S&P 500
Jacqueline Gu New York Times
AI Hurtles Ahead
Howard Marks Oaktree Capital Management
Anthropic Stands On Principle Against Pentagon
Jennifer Huddleston Cato @ Liberty
Why Americans Are Leaving The US In Record Numbers
Drew Hinshaw WSJ
The New Cool Thing: Being Human
Ted Gioia The Honest Broker
Not Refunding The Tariffs Would Make Their Collection Theft
Eric Boehm Reason
A Productivity Boom And An Economic/Market Crash?
Sonu Varghese Carson Group
All of the Jobs That No Longer Exist
Ben Carlson A Wealth of Common Sense
Amazon & The Cost of (AI) Lateness
Om Malik On my Om
Money Wins: Paramount "Wins" But At What Cost?
M.G. Siegler Spyglass


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