Do you feel your middle-class standard of living slipping away, that one misstep could send you spiraling down? Alissa Quart, author of Squeezed, says, “It’s not your fault,” and that the game is rigged. Join us on What Could Go Right? to hear her take on the struggles of the middle-class American family.
Read moreZachary Talks Tesla and USMCA
Zach Karabell Head of Global Strategies Envestnet joins Yahoo Finance's Jen Rogers and Melody Hahm to discuss Tesla’s stock rebound and the US/Mexico/Canada trade deal.
Read moreThe Case Against Elon Musk Will Chill Innovation
ELON MUSK HAS long established himself as a both a visionary CEO and a lightning rod for attention, good and bad. The bad reared its head dramatically this week as the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Musk with securities fraud for misleading investors with August tweets about taking Tesla private.
Read moreSteven Pinker
Are we really on a path toward destruction? Or do we just embrace despair far more easily than we do progress? Hear why Harvard’s Steven Pinker believes thriving on “outrage” is actually the more destructive path.
Read moreAt $1 Trillion, Amazon Should Fear Regulations More Than Rivals
Amazon briefly touched $1 trillion in market capitalization on Tuesday, barely a month after Apple topped $1 trillion. The companies share the letter A and 12 zeros, but the similarity largely ends there.
Read moreSo Apple is Worth $1 Trillion. Now Comes the Hard Part.
So it finally happened. Apple announced stellar quarterly earnings; investors liked them; the stock rose; and Apple became the first US company to surpass $1 trillion in market value. In our love for big numbers, that made it a big story.
Read moreTariffs Would Work — if Trump Could Build an Economy Like China’s
In recent weeks, President Trump has threatened tariffs on $500 billion of Chinese imports, on $200 billion of auto imports from various countries and on any nation he perceives as ripping off the United States.
Read moreWall Street Letting Fear Overtake Rational Investing, Market Veteran Zachary Karabell Says
Zachary Karabell is concerned there's too much fear on Wall Street, based on one particular question from his clients.
Read moreTrump's Words Might Denigrate the Rule of Law. His Actions, Less So
A frequent media trope is anxiety that the Trump administration is undermining American rule of law in the name of his own personal power, ego and profit. One recent Trump tweet in particular – “I have the absolute right to pardon myself”
Read moreTrump's Trade War Won't Hurt China, But it Could Hurt Tech in the U.S.
In the latest installment of the simmering trade war, the Trump administration reportedly plans to impose restrictions on Chinese investments in US technology companies and American technology exports to China. If implemented as rumored, any company with more than 25 percent Chinese ownership
Read moreHas Trump Gone too Far With Tariffs on Allies?
Stefan Selig of BridgePark Advisors and Zachary Karabell of River Twice discuss how President Trump is handling trade issues with allies of the United States.
Read moreTrump’s Creative Destruction of the International Order
Apparently, according to multiple reports, U.S. President Donald Trump blew up the post-Cold War world order during brief, contentious meetings at the G-7 summit in Ottawa this weekend. His summit with North Korea, of course, promises more of the same, though at least in a manner that most support.
Read moreWhy the US-China "Trade War" Remains a War of Words
So, about that trade war. Recent days have presented a dizzying series of reversals followed by reversals of reversals over whether, when, or if the United States will impose punitive tariffs on China in response to unresolved issues, ranging from intellectual property theft to lack of access
Read moreElon Musk's Ire Reveals a Wall Street-Silicon Valley Divide
Wall Street and Silicon Valley have never been happy bedfellows, and that was on full display this week during Tesla’s quarterly earnings call. These calls are usually dull affairs, with CEOs or CFOs reading a prepared script summarizing the already-released financial results and articulating
Read morePeace with North Korea Seems Unlikely. But Peace Often Does Ahead of Time.
Trump's Attack on Amazon Actually Has Its Precedents
As public attitudes towards Silicon Valley and Big Tech continue their rapid pivot from admiration to vilification, the current occupant of the White House has sought to lead the chorus. Several weeks ago, he launched a tweet-driven crusade against Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos, accusing the company of ripping off the US Postal Service and harming
Read moreHow to Win a Trade War With China
Donald Trump is right—the United States is not in a trade war with China.At least, not yet. As the rhetoric has flown back and forth between Washington and Beijing, breathless news coverage has made it seem as though the war of tariffs has already begun. It has not—hardly any new duties have been levied.
Read moreWhy Trump's Misguided China Tariffs Won't Help the US
Last week, the White House announced plans to levy tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese imports. The primary, and legal, rationale hinges on the little-used Section 301 of a 1974 trade law that permits retaliation against countries that infringe US intellectual-property rights.
Read moreIf You're Playing the 'What If Game' With Stocks, Market Watcher Zachary Karabell Says You’ll Sabotage Gains
The biggest risk in the markets may be inside investors' heads.
Read moreGary Cohn Doesn’t Matter
So it happened. After months of speculation about whether and when Gary Cohn might resign, he finally did. The former prince of Goldman Sachs—and the unofficial leader of the free-traders, internationalists and Wall Streeters at the White House
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