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Overly aggressive ICE enforcement, particularly in Minneapolis, has taken a heavy toll on President Donald Trump and his party, but they have... Read More

Millions of Americans will collect bigger tax refunds this filing season, thanks to an assortment of new tax breaks legislators... Read More

So some say.  Read More

More than five years after the failure of the so-called Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois politicians are still trying to eliminate the state... Read More

Many persons have, through the ages, demanded that the government of a nation or community repay public debts incurred for various public... Read More

Remember when the president vowed new economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran? A month later, his threats have been... Read More

Recent deals by Canada and the European Union suggest the West may be rethinking its hardline approach to Chinese technologies.  Read More

On April 7 of last year, with tariff panic gripping the markets and the Dow plunging toward 38,000, I went on CNBC’s Squawk Box with a... Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average just crossed 50,000 points for the first time, but that doesn't mean the economy is healthy. Read More

Is it any wonder why the public strongly disapproves of the president’s economic performance? Read More

For generations, Washington worshiped a strong dollar. Presidents invoked it as shorthand for American confidence, fiscal prudence and global... Read More

How have stocks really performed under new Fed heads? Read More

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

The central bank is just not that important. We insult the U.S. economic engine when we pretend that it is.  Read More

Accurately predicting disaster is actually quite useful, and prediction markets reward people for operationalizing information others don’t... Read More

The proper and long-recognized goal of antitrust enforcement is to protect consumers. Today, the a new bipartisan strain of thinking... Read More

Warsh doesn’t want to anger the man who appointed him – and who could make his job a living hell if he doesn’t cut rates. Read More

Capitalism is under attack from classrooms to town halls to voting booths. According to polls, a rising segment of the population is calling... Read More

It’s bonus season on Wall Street, and a record-setting 2025 is yielding bigger paychecks than ever for America’s... Read More

The key issue in the current Supreme Court case about Trump’s tariffs is whether the U.S. trade deficits are an... Read More

Powerful new research sends a flashing red warning to the 19 states that increased their minimum wage on Jan. 1 this year. Those... Read More

The problems in software will not become a macro problem because the underlying US economy is about to take off. Read More

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What if you bought Google in 2011 and kind of forgot about it? Read More

The market value of Olympic medals has more than doubled since the 2024 Paris Games because of a surge in precious metal prices. Read More

Some thoughts on bitcoin, gold, DoorDash, AI, the Lions, interest rates and more. Read More

Wind power in particular is soaring even as President Donald Trump disparages it. Read More

The age of humans who could think like computers is drawing to a close. Read More

Social Security, even with all its problems, is unquestionably an important component of retirement income for millions of Americans. You... Read More

For the last 15 years, investors have been rewarded for doing nothing more than owning the S&P 500. What if those days are over? Read More

Why IRR Can Mislead Private Investors Read More

AI fears sparked major losses this week. Is the market overreacting? Read More

Fed heads tend to buck expectations. Read More