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 The Capitalist Perspective |
| Tariffs are bad for growth, but the income tax could be worse - 05/21/2025 |
| One of the classic obligations of government is to limit the economic harm done by taxation. This is not a prescription for trade without tariffs. It calls for balancing multiple sources of revenue, each taxed at a low rate. Read the most recent Capitalist Perspective now without charge. [ Read ] |
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Equity-Market Outlook |
| Don't buy the stock market's "bubble" myth - 03/31/2025 |
| A selloff may seem a peculiar time to address the subject of stock-market over-valuation. But only a few weeks ago that seemed all too concerning to many risk-averse investors. In fact, a thorough review of the post-WW II period uncovers no reason to take bubble theory seriously. |
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Tactical Asset Selector |
| How oil prices help to anticipate asset-class performance - 04/30/2025 |
| The link between stock prices and crude oil one year in the past is mirrored by other risky assets such as junk bonds and even commodities. The common factor is real GDP growth. |
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Economic and Investment Observations |
| The astounding cost of progressive income taxation - 03/31/2025 |
| Since the 1940s the US income tax has obeyed a remarkable and revealing regularity. However high tax rates have been imposed and however deeply they have been cut, tax collected has been slightly less than 20 percent of GDP. Vast amounts of income are taxed at much higher rates and cost the economy proportionately. |
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Economy Watch |
| The falling dollar, tariffs, and the trade deficit - 04/24/2025 |
| The likelihood of permanently higher import tariffs starts a chain of events leading to a reduced trade deficit. But along the way much damage is done to the dollar, inflation, domestic investment and growth. |
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Economic Barometer |
| "Market forecasts" for the coming twelve months as of 04/21/2025 |
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Emerging-Market Selector |
| "Market forecasts" for the coming twelve months as of 04/17/2025 |
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Synopsis |
| Briefing Points on the Economic and Market Outlook - 04/30/2025 |
| The radical economic policies of the Trump administration insert many uncertainties into the economic and capital-market picture. Inflation continues to be held down by depressed oil prices which, in turn, are partly a symptom of elevated geopolitical risk. |
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