Lawmakers who cut corporate taxes last year probably did not expect to unleash a wave of share buybacks.
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Unintended Consequences In The Tax Law
Tag Archives: Economics
Belatedly Recognizing China’s Trade Aggression
There is nothing new in the U.S.-China trade conflict except American acknowledgement of it.
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Stock Market Turbulence
When stocks encounter turbulence, investors should fasten seat belts – not jump out of the plane.
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The Dreaded Inverted Yield Curve
Who’s afraid of the big bad bond market standing on its head? Not the chief of the New York Fed.
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What Hyperinflation Looks Like, In Color
Images of nearly worthless cash piled next to the goods it can buy recall Weimar Germany, but come from today’s Venezuela.
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A Record Bull Market, Born Amid Panic
As the stock market’s bull run reaches a record length, we recall that it was born amid the panic of 2008-09.
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Trumping The Fed
As breaches of presidential protocol go, Trump’s jawing at the Federal Reserve is just another day at the Oval Office.
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Tariffs Can Serve A Purpose
President Trump wields tariff threats as a trade negotiating tool, but is it a scalpel or a bludgeon?
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How Now, Thou Dow?
With GE’s exit, the Dow Jones industrial average continues to become less industrial.
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A Steady Economy Beneath A Wobbly Market
December’s stock market volatility represents a return to reality, not a reason for investors to panic.
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