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From markets to spending to debt, usually reliable indicators that forecast where the economy is headed are proving deeply fallible. Read More

What the official inflation data misses about rising costs. Read More

Similiar rules govern fitness and finance. Read More

A childhood job at a racetrack taught Kevin Warsh more than he realized about how to amass power. Read More

Investors, don’t miss out. Read More

Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard? Read More

How is it that Californians pay the highest taxes in the country but get the worst results? Highest gas tax in America — but we have the... Read More

“Our dollar is getting too strong,” President Trump said at the beginning of his first term, “and partially that’s my... Read More

Money in no way alters reality. This truth eludes Harvard economist Jason Furman. Consider his assertion in the New York Times that the... Read More

It’s as if the president sees himself as the executive producer of an elaborate spectacle. Read More

The big goal of industrial policy advocates these days is to “re-shore” supply chain,s for instance by moving semiconductor manufacturing... Read More

Overlooked amid the Greenland uproar in Davos came an extraordinary statement from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Not only did the... Read More

Why Elon Musk's prediction about artificial intelligence eliminating need for retirement savings could cost workers hundreds of thousands in... Read More

America’s credit card industry is the most competitive in the world and delivers enormous value for consumers and merchants ranging... Read More

Reviewing the limitations of the personal savings rate. Read More

RiskHedge—Disruption Research, Disruptive Technology Stocks—RiskHedge helps investors profit from disruption by providing research on the... Read More

Dan Ives is a busy man.  Read More

Fottrell will offer thoughts.  Read More

February 8 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which updated the Communications Act of 1934 in certain... Read More

There is no durable prosperity built on cheap money and political shortcuts, and no political upside to unleashing the next inflation spike. Read More

Donald Trump’s call for “American energy dominance” once drew eyerolling from Silicon Valley. Now, in a twist no one saw coming, Meta... Read More

Proposals sold as targeting extreme wealth would turn any ownership into a recurring liability for the middle class. Read More

A man with his finger in the political wind Read More

Three strategies to consider if you want to maximize your lifetime spending. Read More

How my approach diverges from the mainstream Read More

Apple’s active devices and active users reach new threshold. Read More

Investors still have plenty of faith in U.S. financial markets. Read More

There's nothing social about social media anymore Read More

Commodities and foreign stocks led the performance race in January for the major asset classes, based on a set of ETF proxies.  Read More

Investors seek uncorrelated returns from hedge funds. Read More

When almost everything is trading at a high level, a measure of caution is warranted for investors. Read More

The stocks of these high-quality companies with large market capitalizations look undervalued today. Read More