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Kana Cummings got into personal finance in 2020, when “the world was kind of crumbling,” she said. It was her junior year of... Read More

My first job is to be a mother to three school-aged children. My second is as a Texas state legislator. Those two roles are impossible to... Read More

The surprising move this week by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to intervene in Treasury markets to lower the cost of government debt... Read More

This proposal would end California’s energy isolation and lower gas prices for Californians. Read More

Higher drug prices are bullish. Yes, you read that right. What's pricey signals a development achievement that will soon be enjoyed by all... Read More

Here’s a bit of news worth celebrating: Despite multiple violent conflicts around the globe, and stubborn inflation, 2025 was the third... Read More

Data center moratoria threaten union jobs, tax revenue and AI innovation while ceding ground to Beijing, a Democrat argues against blanket... Read More

Here’s a useful lesson of why the left’s climate change agenda leads to poverty, deprivation, and misery. Read More

President Trump is reportedly considering new capital gains tax reforms: indexing capital gains for inflation and exempting more home sales... Read More

The president touts cryptocurrency and data centers while ordinary Americans worry about inflation. Read More

Markets treated the federal government’s latest inflation report as good news. Consumer prices rose 0.1% in July, bringing annual... Read More

The Fed’s “transitory” answer was correct. Its error was in suggesting that what politicians so obnoxiously broke could be... Read More

For many months, bubble and “lofty valuation” fears have swirled around rising markets. Now another alleged sign is stealing... Read More

Long-term bond yields rose to a 19-year high this week. The stock market’s response? Bring it on. Read More

Even taking into account the stock market’s recent declines and extraordinary volatility, it is far ahead of where it would be if this... Read More

Startling headlines about the bond market are inescapable. Yields of U.S. Treasuries this week touched their highest levels since the... Read More

Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" turns 250 as socialism gains ground among youth, and capitalism needs individual heroes to survive this test. Read More

As total U.S. government debt climbs so, inevitably, will taxes that Americans pay. Read More

Thirty years ago, on Aug. 22, a new era of welfare reform began when President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work... Read More

On August 17, four Chinese grain and seed companies moved as if a shortage had already arrived. Qiule and Shennong jumped more than... Read More

Americans will increasingly be buying pantry staples like canned corn and green beans that say in small... Read More

Randy Mastro relishes a good legal fight — and Mayor Mamdani is providing plenty of opportunities to mix it up. Read More

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s recent attempts to influence the Yen and Treasury markets - attempts to keep a lid on long term... Read More

6 charts that say no. Read More

A shadowy polling firm confessed this week to faking survey results in two marquee races — then claimed the entire operation was a... Read More

The hit-making duo turned tech moguls also have thoughts about why corporate America isn’t collaborative enough. Read More

A walk down the bad policy memory lane. Read More

The Federal debt is not a ticking time bomb. Read More

How to improve 401k plans. Read More

I’ve been doing this for more than 27 years now, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the same excuse as to why... Read More

China Shock 1.0 flooded global markets with cheap consumer goods in the 2000s, but China Shock 2.0 represents a sharper acceleration in... Read More

Our goal is to "lead you back to the long and winding road" in common stocks, which our eight criteria define, and to avoid the glamour and... Read More

When the Fed began hiking in 2022, traditional rate-sensitive sectors, including office construction, rolled over quickly but other... Read More

Photo: Paper Trident / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Americans have been moving from high-tax states to low-tax states for a... Read More

I’m not one to usually worry about government debt but I believe we have a problem, folks.  Read More

Energy and healthcare sectors making new highs Read More