Rick Newman

View photosMore President Trump claims he’s responsible for the “best economy in our country’s history.” Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden argues Trump lucked out by inheriting a strong economy from the “Obama-Biden…

I’m sick of talking about tariffs and the Trump trade war. You’re tired of hearing about it. Malaise has hit financial markets, as trade worries depress stocks. And farmers are certainly sick of hearing how they need to bear short-term pain for…

Pop quiz: What is the purpose of President Trump’s trade dispute with China? If you’ve been following Trump’s remarks on the matter, you might think it’s to hurt China’s economy. But that’s not it. You might also think it’s to persuade firms that…

If you’re bullish on ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft—both now public—you probably believe in a future where fewer people own cars, more people hail rides, and self-driving cars will eventually show up when you need them and disappear when you…

General Motors has survived the Trump tariffs, so far. But Trump’s threats to hike tariffs on auto imports and other components could hurt the nation’s biggest automaker, along with its employees and customers. “I wish we had a little more…

Charging stations were elusive when Pras Subramanian and I took the newest Nissan Leaf for a test drive in the New York City suburbs. Our mission was to top off the tank—er, batteries—which were almost halfway run down. The optional NissanConnect…

President Trump is right: China cheats on trade. But getting better trade deals doesn’t require tariffs and other protectionist measures that hurt the U.S. economy along with China’s. There are better ways. Trump has now imposed four rounds of tariff…

President Trump’s protectionist trade policies are harming the US economy. But a powerful corrective – the stock market—will limit the damage. And Trump’s recent behavior reveals he can only bear modest market declines before he seeks a way to…

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts didn’t spend his 20s figuring out what to do with his life. After graduating from Harvard in 2001, he joined the Marines as an officer, eventually spending four combat tours in Iraq, fighting a war he…

The economy is strong and the unemployment rate is at the lowest level in 50 years. If you’re a Democrat trying to unseat President Trump, how do you run against that? Rep. Tim Ryan has a pretty good idea. The Ohio Democrat represents the district…

President Trump calls Democrats “socialists” and says they’ll wreck a solid economy if they win the White House in 2020. But we found some Democratic presidential contenders who reject socialism and say it will take market-based solutions, not big…

During a TV appearance in March, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper declined to identify himself as a capitalist, earning eyerolls for changing the subject instead. Hickenlooper, 67, has since found his voice. He now calls himself a “proud…

View photosMore President Trump just raised your taxes. But he wants you to think it’s a gift. As threatened, Trump has now raised the tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. This is meant to punish China for refusing the…

Nobody should ever pay a 25% interest rate to a credit-card issuer. With that said, the understandable urge to pass a law capping what banks can charge could hurt the very people it’s meant to help, and cause other problems that may ravage people’s…

Americans feel better off under President Trump. But that has not generated the groundswell of support a president might normally enjoy with a strong economy. In fact, new polling suggests there’s a ceiling on Trump’s popularity that may never reach…

View photosMore For weeks, the Trump administration has been saying trade talks with China are “productive.” That ruse is over. President Donald Trump now says he’ll raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports from the 10% levies he…

You can quibble with the details, but there’s no denying the job market remains strong, with President Trump as a main beneficiary. Employers added 263,000 jobs in April, a sizzling pace of job growth that exceeded what economists expected. The…

View photosMore In 2014, around 3 million people lost health insurance they were generally satisfied with, because of changes in coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act. That made the law unpopular and fueled many Republican efforts to…

The Federal Reserve is “patient,” for now. It’s not planning to raise interest rates, following its latest policymaking meeting, which is bullish for stocks and might help keep President Trump’s blood pressure down. But markets should be prepared for…

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to make college free for all students at public universities—but it wouldn’t be free. It would cost around $70 billion per year, which Sanders wants to finance through a new tax on stock trading…