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Opinion: Americans feel worse about the economy than they should
The U.S. economy has recovered from the COVID pandemic reasonably well, yet President…
Office-loan delinquencies hit 5-year high in 2023, and may rise even higher
Office-loan delinquencies hit a five-year high in November for mortgages packed into…
Opinion: How stock investors and traders can weather 2024
“An economic ‘soft landing’ appears to be in the cards.” The U.S.…
Opinion: Ed Yardeni: 12 reasons stock investors will see the S&P 500 hit 5,400 in 2024
Earlier this month, Barron’s highlighted the 2024 S&P 500 SPX targets for six investment…
Opinion: The top 1% of Americans aren’t to blame for income inequality
“The belief that income inequality has risen sharply in the U.S. may…
Opinion: Does a debt crisis threaten Social Security and Medicare? Don’t believe it.
In a recent commentary for the Financial Times, Martin Wolf trots out…
You must borrow to run economy
Senator representing Ondo South in the national assembly, Jimoh Ibrahim has thrown…
U.S. job-growth data looms large on markets’ radar this coming week
Markets seem captivated by the prospect of future declines in U.S. inflation,…
China is experiencing an exodus of foreign investment and talent. Xi Jinping is worried.
The signs of historically weak overseas investment in China are everywhere. And…
Why BofA thinks S&P 500 could rise 10% by end of 2024
U.S. stocks will probably keep climbing next year, with S&P 500 companies…
Opinion: You’re not just imagining things: Our post-pandemic world is more dangerous
Since the publication of in October 2022, the themes I emphasized have gone…
Opinion: ‘AI will be able to do everything,’ Elon Musk says. He’s wrong about jobs.
In a recent discussion with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, tech billionaire Elon…
REPORT: State Will Cease Sales Of New Gas-Powered Cars By 2035
New Jersey Democrat Governor Phil Murphy announced the state will completely phase…
Tinubu inherited a dead economy
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has stated that the administration of President…
Oil Theft greatest threat to Nigeria’s Economy
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has…
Opinion: With U.S.-China relations lacking, Biden and Xi pick the low-hanging fruit
“A Better Biden-Xi Summit?” was the title of my recent commentary about…
Opinion: China has many vulnerabilities for the U.S. to exploit
An earlier malignant superpower the U.S. faced down — the Soviet Union—…
Opinion: Higher interest rates are a tax on U.S. economic growth
U.S. interest rates have surged in the past few months. If this…
Opinion: 4 ways the Israel-Hamas war could end — and the risks to your investments
Hamas’s barbaric massacre of at least 1,400 Israelis on October 7, and…
Opinion: Turns out that inflation really was transitory, no thanks to the Fed
As the world was recovering from the COVID pandemic, inflation shot up,…