RealClearMarkets Week of April 6, 2026 Archives

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Monday, April 6
Get Ready For Blue States to Ask for Major Bailouts
Mike McDaniel American Thinker
Trump Killed the 1 Thing That Made Filing Taxes Easier
Binyamin Appelbaum NYT
The One Tax Cut the GOP Should Leave Out of Bill
Henry Olsen Washington Examiner
To Boost Investment, Bring L-T Capital Gains To Zero
Michael Toth Civitas Institute
High Taxation and Costs Drive More New Yorkers to FLA
Bernard Goldberg The Hill
Strait of Hormuz Could Not Care Less About Federal Reserve
John Tamny Forbes
April Jobs Report Looks Good, But There's Rot Underneath
Helaine Olen MS NOW
Sen. Sanders Is Lying To You About Taxes and The Rich
Editorial Issues & Insights
Tariff News Is Ancient, & Unlikely to Sway Stocks
Market Minder Fisher Investments
Minimum Wage Politics: Stealthy Tax Grab In Disguise
Andrew Gruel New York Post
Don't Give Up On Nvidia, An All-Time Wealth Creation Great
Stephen McBride RH
Government Shouldn't Dictate How Online Markets Operate
Paul Steidler RealClear
A Jackson Browne Economy: Running On Empty
Richard Roberts RealClearMarkets
Has Trump’s Unpredictability Broken the Oil Market?
Chas Newkey-Burden The Week


Tuesday, April 7
Is Donald Trump About to Do What Gold Bugs Never Could?
Aaron Brown RealClear
This Is Starting to Look Like Slow-Motion Bank Run
Natasha Sarin New York Times
Same As Ever Despite Volatile World Since 2020
Joe Calhoun Alhambra Investments
Who Needs Vegas When You Have a Casino In Your Pocket?
Teresa Rivas Barron's
April RCM/TIPP Tumbles Amid War Anxiety, Rising Gas Prices
Raghavan Mayur RC
Lunch Isn't Free: They've Only Just Begun to Tax Consumption
Mitch Daniels L & L
Economic Growth Is National Debt's Cause, Not Its Fix
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Trump Liberation Day Tariffs Recall IRS Tax Code
Anne Bradley Washington Examiner
Lina Khan’s Continued, and Negative FTC Influence
Jessica Melugin Civitas Institute
Affordability Could Eventually Bite Democrats In the Bottom
Chris Orchard The Hill
Trump Can Show U.S. That Energy Demand Should Drive Policy
Newt Gingrich Fox
Why Taxpayers Shouldn't Rely Exclusively On AI
Dokyun (DK) Lee RealClearMarkets
Allbirds: Latest Fail In Shaky Direct-to-Consumer Model
Justin Klawans The Week
A California Law Will Make Housing More Expensive
Jennifer Hernandez City Journal
Retirement Security Calls for Modern Investment Access
George Landrith RealClear
There's No Routine Retirement Age, Particular Not In U.S.
Daniel de Visé USA Today


Wednesday, April 8
The Market Is More Expensive Than It Looks. Tread Carefully
Jack Hough Barron's
Corporate Insiders Quietly Increasing Their Holdings
Mark Hulbert MarketWatch
Job Growth Is Mostly Flat
Christian Weller & Kennedy Andara Center for American Progress
Buy-and-Hold: A Vastly Overrated Investing Notion
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Value of Your Social Security Check, Each Year After 62
Sean Williams Motley Fool
The Retirement Crisis Can't Wait, & Neither Should Congress
Andy Blocker The Hill
The Google/Meta Verdict Carries Sinister Implications
George Will Washington Post
If You Tax Rich, They'll Simply Go Elsewhere: Steve Forbes
John Stossel StosselTV
Growth-Focused States Move To Rein In Property Taxes
Patrick Gleason RealClear
Attacks on Iran's Infrastructure Hurt U.S. Economy
Tom Rogan Washington Examiner
Sports Broadcasting Act Is Still a Home Run for Consumers
Norm Singleton RCM
War Will Change Travel, Food, Mortgages
Bill Saporito & David Stubbs New York Times
As It Becomes Wholesale, Banking Is More Essential Than Ever
Cory Frank RCM
Confirm Kevin Warsh to Avoid Economic Shutdown
Charles Gasparino New York Post


Thursday, April 9
From Merchants of Death to Merchants of Confusion
Aaron Brown RealClearMarkets
Artificial Intel Is Mother of All Unstoppable Megatrends
Stephen McBride Riskhedge
Don't Read Too Much Into the Unemployment Rpt.
Market Minder Fisher Investments
Before Radio, TV, and Social Media, Books "Threatened" Kids...
David Ozgo RCM
Dumb Reason To Add Equity Risk
Cliff Asness & Daniel Villalon & Antti Ilmanen AQR Mgmt
No Matter Your Opinion On Iran, War Is Depression
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
How New 401(k) Limits Could Speed Up Your Retirement
Kailey Hagen Motley Fool
Gen Z Supersavers Propelling IRA Contributions to Highs
Jessica Hall Marketwatch
How Bonds Ended the Civil War, Led to Rise of JPMorgan
Kenneth Pringle Barron's
Trump's Hormuz Deal Paints Beautiful Picture
Editors Committee to Unleash Prosperity
100-Year-Old Bank That Could Solve Housing Crisis
Chris Hughes New York Times
As Pols Attack Single Family, Multi-Family Residences Shine
Ivan Barratt RealClear
The European Union's Harassment of U.S. Firms Must Stop
Steve Forbes Fox News
U.S.'s Red States Move To Rein In Property Taxes
Patrick Gleason RealClearMarkets
What SF Can Teach LA Abt. Homelessness
Drew Pinsky & Mary Theroux California Post


Friday, April 10
The $39 Trillion Habit That Washington Cannot Quit
Jay Rogers RealClearMarkets
The National Debt Is An Effect of Too Much Tax Revenue
Christopher Baecker FEE
The Affordability Problem Is Real: How We Can Fix It
Hillary Clinton New York Times
How Democrats Are Losing Working Class
Tiana Lowe Doescher Washington Examiner
Dems Falling for Faux Populism of Middle Class Tax Cuts
Zeeshan Aleem MS NOW
The Fed Cannot Unclog Global Shipping Lanes
Alexander Salter RealClearMarkets
Iran: Mkts. Don't Wait for All Clear, You Can't Either
Market Minder Fisher Investments
RCM Book Review: Eswar Prasad's "The Doom Loop"
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
Tesla Building Several Interesting New Businesses at Once
Chris Wood Grow or Die
NYC City Council Just Countered Mamdani Tax
John Ketcham & Christian Browne CJ
Why Married Couples Must Coordinate Social Security
Kailey Hagen Motley Fool
How Elon Musk's DOGE Has Stolen Your Soc. Security Data
Nancy Altman The Hill
An Obscure, Very Costly CA Scam
Christopher Rufo & Kenneth Schrupp California Post
How New York & California Are Bleeding People, Prosperity
Chuck Flint Fox News
The Heart of the American Dream Is Opportunity, Not Guarantees
Andy Ross RCM
Saturday, April 11
The Iran Shock & The Dangerous Allure of Energy Autarky
Jason Bordoff FA
The Bullish Meaning of a Trip to the Gasoline Station
John Tamny RealClearMarkets
We Had A Serious Inflation Problem Before Iran
Sonu Varghese Carson Group
Frictionless Capital Will Power Growth
Mitchell DiRaimondo & Brian Esposito RealClear
An Investment That Can Shield You In Uncertain Times
Jason Zweig WSJ
What 1,000-Year-Old Companies Know About Resilience
Eric Markowitz Big Think
A Higher Corporate Tax Rate Would Cost New York Jobs
Bruce Thompson RealClear
Hormuz Lessons: Helium Is Very Hard To Replace
Brian Potter Construction Physics
Why The Fed May Need To Hike Rates Soon
Desmond Lachman AEIdeas
The Skylines Of The Future Will Be Made of Wood
Matt Simon Grist
Will SpaceX Insiders Be Able To Sell On IPO Day?
Edwin Hu FT Alphaville
The 'New Right' Movement Is Incompatible With Freedom
Stephen Davies Reason
Why Communism Always Fails: A Structural Argument
Michael Aaron Cody Quillette



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