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Oil’s Rebound and Other Wrong-Way Forecasts People keep making predictions, though they’re almost always incorrect....

The Dubious Tax Case Against Vanguard Rules to prevent offshore tax evasion don’t apply to the fund giant. Bloomberg, February 8,...

It is usually several months later in the year that I begin my annual lament over the state of the U.S. federal budget. Not so much the...

Some really fascinating things have been going on beneath the surface of the roiling primary elections. The sages in the political...

Confusion About the Financial Crisis Won’t Die Explanations driven by ideology muddle rather than clarify. Bloomberg, January 28,...

As you surely know, this is an election year, and that means a combination of sophistry and ignorance is flooding the news media. The...

The recent financial market volatility has many people wondering if this stock-market decline will turn into a bear market. Others are...

Today I want to discuss the curious nature of surprises. Astonishment, shock, alarm, disbelief, wonder, amazement — pick any...

By now you are likely sick of all the chatter about tonight’s astounding $1.5 billion Powerball lottery drawing. I have been quite...

I have a peculiar love for contrary indicators — the weirder, the better. I find magazine-cover indicators, page-view...