11/16/2020
Today Charles Gasparino, New York Post Talk to people who know Jamie Dimon, the best banker in the business, and they will tell you that he really wants to work in government at some point in his career. |
Tom Joyce, Washington Examiner Bernie Sanders is open to a career change. The socialist and Independent senator from Vermont told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday night that if offered the secretary of labor position in President-elect Joe Biden's administration, he would accept the offer. |
Ron Lieber, The New York Times Owning actively traded shares can create conflicts of interest. Georgia's Senate candidates agree. Will others? Mutual funds could be good for them. |
Charlene Rhinehart, Motley Fool Bragging about stock market losses is never in style, except when you're filing your tax returns. If you've been a victim of the stock market's wild ride and sold stocks at a loss in 2020, don't despair – there's a special rule in the tax code that allows you a unique opportunity to turn your stock loss pain into a tax savings gain. |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments The last several weeks show how stocks discount widely expected events. |
Alessandra Malito, MarketWatch How to keep from being overwhelmed so you can enjoy your retirement instead |
Alexis Benveniste, CNN Rebekah Mercer, a prominent conservative donor, revealed Saturday that she is helping to bankroll Parler, the rapidly growing but controversial conservative social media platform that was at the top of App Store charts last week. |
John Tamny, Forbes Congress can spend in size fashion because it?s backed by the American worker. The Fed has a huge balance sheet because it?s backed by the same American worker. |
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times The $2.5-million fine imposed by the SEC on Wells Fargo's John Stumpf isn't even a slap on the wrist. |
Eryn Brown, The Week Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. |
Jeffrey Tucker, AIER The New England Journal of Medicine has published a study that goes to the heart of the issue of lockdowns. The question has always been whether and to what extent a lockdown, however extreme, is capable of suppressing the virus. If so, you can make an argument that at least lockdowns, despite their astronomical social and economic costs, achieve something. If not, nations of the world have embarked on a catastrophic experiment that has destroyed billions of lives, and all expectation of human rights and liberties, with no payoff at all. |
Andrew Wilford, RealClearMarkets As the country continues to struggle with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local governments facing budget shortfalls have had to make some hard choices. One choice, however, should be easy: moving away from targeted tax incentives in favor of comprehensive tax reform. In normal economic circumstances, states and localities often attempt to spur economic development by offering businesses temporary, targeted tax incentives in order to move to their jurisdiction. One well known episode was the bidding war for Amazon’s new headquarters, with some localities going... |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Market Minder, Fisher Investments As the Bank of England expands quantitative easing, we revisit the program's flaws. |
Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network |
Michael Townsend, Charles Schwab Debate over another round of coronavirus aid and economic stimulus likely will be at the top of the agenda for the post-election session. |
Hayden Adams, Charles Schwab Helpful tax tips for your end-of-year charitable contributions, including stock donations. |
Matthew Yglesias, Vox With low interest rates and divided government, it's time for an ice cream party. |
Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer Joe Biden's presidency will have trouble moving through a Senate that will be either split or Republican controlled. But if he agrees to a tax cut for the rich, Republicans will give him social spending on green energy or health care. |
Anatole Kaletsky, Project Syndicate According to conventional wisdom, US President-elect Biden will find himself immediately paralyzed because Republicans will follow the same obstructionist playbook they used to sabotage Barack Obama's administration. But there are five new features of US political dynamics that this argument has overlooked. |
Dave Sekera, Morningstar As the pathway to economic normalization in 2021 becomes clear, the market has begun to favor value stocks over growth stocks. |
Austan Goolsbee, NYT The coronavirus crisis and the transition of 2020 have the clear potential to spiral out of control. |
Aaron Brown, MSN Stocks may be expensive based on historical measures, but it's nothing compared to skyrocketing home values. |
Tom Orlik, BBW $36 trillion |
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Value historically has performed best after new presidents take office |
Rebecca Robbins, New York Times Success will hinge on an untested network of governments, companies and health workers. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Benjy Sarlin, NBCNews Republicans and Democrats are still holding out for their preferred relief deals, and legislation could be delayed until President-elect Joe Biden takes office. |
Daniel Hanley, Pro Market The Biden Administration can revive federal antimonopoly enforcement after 40 years of little action, even when faced with congressional opposition. Here's how. |
Lance Morrow, City Journal Reality may fail to measure up to cocktail party assumptions, but the chit-chat of the better people rings on, unchanged. |
Ben Carlson, AWOCS Inflation is personal. |
Jeff Tracy, Axios Number of rounds played is up 25% year over year. |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator The value factor has fallen on hard times in recent years, prompting debate about whether this risk premium can recover as technology-fueled growth stocks eat the world. |
Claire Jones, Financial Times The Bank of Amsterdam is to central banking history what Little Richard is to rock ‘n’ roll. |
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