Chances for extension of the 2003 tax cuts have gotten better -- and markets are beginning to see it.
Donald L. Luskin
Quick Takes
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
What's driving gold, corporate earnings slowdown, and tax cut extension progress.
Quick Takes from Washington
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Extending the tax cuts and the GOP majority, new Fed governors, new CEA chair.
Election Risk: It's Back
Thursday, January 26, 2006
The 2006 congressional elections are coming into view as a driver of stock prices
Resilience or Folly?
Friday, January 20, 2006
Stocks have weathered well this week, but we're suspicious.
Accidentally on Purpose
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
How the stock market and the Fed are getting it right by getting it wrong.
Don't Put a Fork In It
Friday, January 6, 2006
The Fed's not done, and either is extending capital-friendly tax rates.
Bernanke's Conundrum
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
As the new Fed chairman takes office, his deepest beliefs will pull him in opposite policy directions.
Tax Bill Game Theory, and Why It Matters
Thursday, December 8, 2005
More thrills and spills on the way to extension of the 2003 tax cuts -- and a remembrance of what those cuts have done for the economy.