Feelings and Other Tragedies
3/29/2010 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Most Americans feel like their portfolios haven’t grown over the last year. But feelings are often completely wrong.
Banks and Capitalism
2/25/2010 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Likely mindful of a still-struggling banking industry and other economic vulnerabilities, Fed head Ben Bernanke emphasized the need for continued low interest rates on Wednesday.
The Good Life
12/1/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
After giving thanks for all we have, let’s ponder just why we have so much.
Sickness or Health
8/12/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Innovation happens all the time—even during downturns.
Baby, You Can Drive My Volvo
6/10/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
America’s auto industry is as American as strudel, sushi, and bangers and mash.
Extreme Makeover: Bank Edition
5/26/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Last Thursday’s failure of BankUnited was the largest bank failure of 2009, but there’s no need to panic.
Fisher Investments MarketMinder: Shifted Balance
12/26/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
During crises, it’s not surprising to see balance shift in favor of government over capitalism. But ultimately, capitalism, not government, drives most economic progress.
California Dreamin’
8/12/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Is California’s once-golden economy now tarnished by years of anti-competitive regulation and taxes?
Don’t Fear Failure
7/15/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Investors fearing bank failures shouldn’t—failures make way for progress.
The Paradox of Pursuit
7/3/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
For this year’s celebration of independence, it’s time to ask why we feel so bad while the world keeps getting better.
Gooooooooooooal!
5/12/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
From legislature to soccer fields, protectionism is creeping up.
Resurrection in Rainbows
5/8/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
As old as myth and Mother Nature, creative destruction is essential to economic progress too.
That ‘70s Show
4/7/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Proposed solutions to today’s high gas prices are a bit short-sighted. Do we really want to voluntarily relive the 1970s?
Terza Rima
1/8/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Today’s investing environment isn’t a new bear market, it’s the poetry of capitalism.
The Bigger the Better
9/13/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
A big trade deficit isn’t an economic negative requiring a government fix. Rather, it can be symptomatic of dynamic economic health. Developed nations running trade deficits have had better economic growth than surplus nations.
Free Trade Follies
7/3/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
No one wins in Congress’s war on free trade.
Investing, the Government Way
6/29/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Governments around the world are pouring trillions into “Sovereign Wealth Funds” to gain exposure to capital markets.
Mmm . . . Bacon
6/6/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
A possible story-line for the Simpsons: Homer travels to China with the sole aim of seeing China’s strategic pork reserves.
Indra's Net
4/13/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
One of the great mythic images of the near eastern traditions is Indra’s Net.
No Impact? No Thanks.
4/3/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
We like pretty much everything about Daylight Savings Time.
This Ain't a Scene…it's a (Cognitive) Arms Race
3/22/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Why are free market-based systems the optimal framework for an economy? One way to understand it is through the brain’s evolutionary composition.
Exponential Possibilities
2/9/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
One of the most interesting features of human intellectual history is that often the best ideas stem from simple observations.
Self Reliance
1/27/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
- Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Proud to be Liberal
11/23/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Milton Friedman, the recently deceased economist and Nobel Laureate, once asked the public this simple question: "How do you make a pencil?" By appearance it’s a simple object.
Capitalism and Freedom's Stalwart Defender
11/17/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman has died today at the age of 94.
Have a Market Mentality
10/27/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Capital markets are all about innovation, technology, dynamic change, and the flow of information.
When Destruction is Good
10/20/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Media empires are crumbling! Thousands of electronic products face obsolescence yearly! Large, well-established companies are being exterminated by leaner, more innovative competitors! How can the economy possibly survive amid continual danger to its products? Believe it or not, all this turmoil is positive.
In Defense of Global Capitalism
10/3/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
It’s amazing to us, given the results of the 20th century, that capitalism still needs a staunch defense now and again.