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WEB3 days ago · John Tamny, RealClearMarkets. Oaktree Capital co-founder Howard Marks has long made the essential point (referenced here regularly) that the seeds of bad times are planted during the good, and ...
Asia Pacific's Record Coal Use Makes Western Sacrifice Pointless
WEBAug 19, 2024 · The West's grand crusade for a carbon-neutral future is turning into a colossal case of useless sacrifice. While Olympic athletes were asked to forego air conditioning in Paris to save the planet, and
A Call To Extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Its expiration would mean a sharp tax hike for almost every American. Recent analysis shows that about two-thirds of the TCJA’s expiring individual tax cuts benefit those making less than ...
A Very Dangerous Market: Interview With Fred Hickey
WEBJul 21, 2021 · Christoph Gisiger themarket July 21, 2021. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP) Fred Hickey, editor of the investment bulletin «The High-Tech Strategist,» expects that the bull market ...
The Growing Danger of Private Credit Overregulation
WEBAugust 15, 2024. AP. From Wall Street to Main Street, everyone in finance is talking about private credit. This non-bank lending sector has grown from $400 billion to $1 trillion in assets in just ...
Russia's Link of the Ruble to Gold Is a Practical Admission of What ...
WEBApr 19, 2022 · In short, Russia’s announced gold/ruble link is an acknowledgement of what money is, and always has been: a facilitator of the exchange of actual goods and services for goods for goods and ...
Trump Inherited a Meek Economy, and Made It Roar
WEBJoe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris, claimed last month that Trump “inherited the longest economic expansion in history from Barack Obama and Joe Biden” and “ran it straight into the ...
No Time for Victory Laps On Inflation | RealClearMarkets
WEB2 days ago · No Time for Victory Laps On Inflation. On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet to set the rate at which banks can lend to one another ...
Justice Gorsuch Is Right, There Are Too Many Rules
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Remember Gorsuch said there were too many rules. There’s good news. Coinciding with the release of Justice Gorsuch’s new book, the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine taking away the ...
Trump Tariffs Betray GOP Promises To Voters - RealClearMarkets
WEBAug 8, 2024 · In the platform they revealed last month ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the GOP proposed to expand tariffs to protect American workers and bring back manufacturing. Yet, tar