Stocks are in a freefall with selling pressure spreading into industrial metals and other economically sensitive commodities. There are few places to hide in...
With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropping quickly after this week’s tariff announcements, investors are scrambling to identify areas of the market demonstrating strength...
Jeremy Horpedahl and Phillip W. Magness While the Trump administration had already rolled out tariff increases against our largest trading partners—Canada, Mexico, and China—several...
The New York Times recently ran a detailed report on US involvement in the Ukraine-Russia war and—surprise!—the Biden administration regularly lied to American voters...
Thomas A. Berry President Donald Trump has singled out several of the nation’s largest law firms for serious, potentially business-ending sanctions by executive fiat,...
Michael F. Cannon As the United States government barrels toward a debt crisis, both House and Senate Republicans seem content to keep forcing taxpayers...
Americans like to believe that the US is a wealthy, indestructible country, but as government debt piles up and inflation ravages the economy, perhaps...
Patrick G. Eddington A new book, The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to Eisenhower, by Cato’s Patrick G. Eddington,...
By their nature, free markets promote harmony between people and increase overall standards of living. This view is radically different from the ones promoted...
Organizations like the European Union and the United Nations are inventions of government elites and are designed to serve the interests of government elites....
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), its mission is partly to “[regulate] the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution...
Michael F. Cannon Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has announced and begun implementing the elimination of 10,000 positions at the Department of Health and...
When the stock market lacks clear direction, options strategies can be a dependable friend. I often go through the OptionsPlay ChartLists in StockCharts to...
Jeffrey A. Singer According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), over 6.1 million people over age 12 have opioid use...