RealClearMarkets Week of May 4, 2026 Archives

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Monday, May 4

Welcome to America's Investment Boom

Editors The Committee to Unleash Prosperity

America Will Pay Dearly for Its Energy Arrogance

Gregory Brew The New York Times

High Gas-Price Culprit? Gavin Newsom and Sacramento

Editorial California Post

Democrats In Control Will Put U.S. Energy at Risk

Gary Abernathy RealClearEnergy

The Myth of So-Called "Voluntary" ESG

Allen Mendenhall & Daniel Sutter Law & Liberty

A Knowledge Problem Dooms Muni Groceries

Jimmy Alfonso Licon The Daily Economy

Tuesday, May 5

Fractional Work Is Offering Rising Stability For Workers

Theara Coleman The Week

Congress Wants to Make Roads More Dangerous

Michael Gorman RealClearMarkets

Opposite What You're Told, NBA Ratings Not at 33-Year Highs

Bobby Burack Fox

Why Americans Are Unhappy with Trump’s Economy of Choice

Ali Velshi MS NOW

California Is In the Midst of 'Mad Max' Gasoline Nightmare

Editorial California Post

Oil Stays High, China Bets Big on Wind

Keith Bradsher & Qilai Shen The New York Times

Making a Case for Amtrak Having Airport Security

Jonathan Hartley Civitas Institute

Wednesday, May 6

Listing the Worst Performing Stocks of 2026

Wayne Duggan U.S. News & World Report

Gold-Timing Signal That Has Historically Signaled Rally

Mark Hulbert Marketwatch

Remembering and Rebuking the Sick Covid Regime

Phillip Magness Civitas Institute

The One Weird Gas-Cheapening Trick That Trumpists Hate

Hayes Brown MS NOW

The AI You Have Today Is the Worst That You'll Ever Use

Kevin Frazier Law & Liberty

Why State Farm Hasn't Been a Good Neighbor In Calirornia

Editorial California Post

Thursday, May 7

You Just Retired (or Are About to). Now What?

Christine Benz Morningstar

To Save Social Security Taxes Will Rise, Benefits Will Be Cut

Brett Arends MW

Stocks Are Exuberant But Bonds Are Worried

Jeff Sommer New York Times

Storm Clouds Over The European Economy

Desmond Lachman AEI-Ideas

How AI Will Create a "Permanent Underclass"

Charles Fain Lehman City Journal

Only Congress Can Fix American Trade

Trevor Sutton Foreign Affairs

Friday, May 8

What's Going On In Toyota's $10 Billion Private Utopia?

Tim Stevens Ars Technica

How American Healthcare Is Driving Global Imbalances

Karthik Sankaran FTAV

Wall Street’s Wisest Man

Jason Zweig Jason Zweig

How China Can Ground The F-35

Financial Sense Financial Sense

America and the Gulf Still Need Each Other

Daniel Benaim Foreign Affairs

The Consensus on China’s Economy Is Strong—and Wrong

Arvind Subramanian PS