Rick Newman

You’re tired of hearing about the never-ending Trump administration trade negotiations with China. And we’re tired of reporting on it! But the drama continues all the same, and the implications for markets are too important to ignore. President …

Should wealthier consumers travel more safely? Or should safety standards apply to everybody equally, regardless of money? This is emerging as a touchy issue as the investigation into two deadly crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets intensifies. We’ve now…

Instead of tweeting his outrage, President Donald Trump might actually want to endorse a recent New York Times article providing new details of his financial relationship with Deutsche Bank. The Times found that, beginning in 2004, the German lender…

The Trump-o-meter this week flirted with a BIGLY reading, the second highest. President Trump asserted needed leadership by grounding Boeing’s 737 Max jet—against the plane maker’s objections—after two fatal crashes in five months. He also overruled…

The young American mind is up for grabs. Despite its flaws, capitalism has made the United States prosperous and innovative, and created opportunities millions of Americans wouldn’t have under another system. But many young Americans don’t see it…

There’s a disturbing murmur amid the vigorous discussion of two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets during the last five months: Maybe some pilots of foreign airlines aren’t as qualified to fly complicated jets as their U.S. counterparts. The three U.S.…

View photos Imagine you’re a rich parent whose kid lacks the grades or test scores to get into the University of Texas. Money is no object. What should you do? If you’re thinking you should get that kid some tutoring or enroll him in a test-prep…

It will take months to pinpoint why an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 fell out of the sky in Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 people on board. But the crash is already an urgent problem for Boeing, the jet’s manufacturer, and for nearly 50…

View photosMore President Trump has an invincibility cloak. It’s the U.S. economy. The economy has performed so well under Trump that it has shielded him from what might otherwise be devastating political consequences of a protectionist trade policy…

Here’s a particular embarrassment for President Trump: After crusading for two years about the need to lower the nation’s trade deficit, the gap between exports and imports hit the highest level in a decade during Trump’s second year in office. This…

To gain approval for a Moscow hotel project in 2015, the Trump Organization reportedly considered giving a lavish, $50 million penthouse to Russian president Vladimir Putin. That would supposedly clinch Putin’s approval for the deal, while drawing…

You’ve probably heard about the tax cuts President Trump signed into effect in 2017, which kicked in last year and lowered the tax bill for about two-thirds of Americans. But you may not have heard about the tax hikes Trump imposed in 2018, even…

March 1 has come and gone, and something important hasn’t happened: The Trump administration has not imposed new tariffs on Chinese imports, as threatened. Markets are relieved, and, in fact, have been anticipating this very (non) development for…

Come on, Tesla. The electric carmaker finally found a way to lower the price of its “mass market” Model 3 sedan to $35,000, as it has been promising for several years. But if you visit Tesla’s website, you’ll see an even better deal. Tesla lists the…

Among many tantalizing morsels in Michael Cohen’s Feb. 27 Congressional testimony is the suggestion that President Trump’s top lieutenants struggled to figure out how to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to remain silent about her alleged…

Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony regarding his former boss—President Trump—was gripping and, in ways, unprecedented. But did it reveal anything new? The answer is yes. Cohen spent 10 years as a top official at the Trump Organization, Trump’s…

View photosMore Is it OK to bankrupt America to save the planet? The “Green New Deal” gaining traction among some Democrats would remake much of the US economy in order to slash carbon emissions and address global warming. It would also extend…

View photosMore If somebody offered you a sandwich for free, you’d probably take it. $10? You might take it, if it was really good. $30? No thanks. Voters are beginning to do similar cost-benefit analysis on Medicare for all, the Democratic plan for…

President Donald Trump’s border-wall “emergency” is ridiculous. Illegal border crossings have fallen significantly during the past 15 years, not risen. Other dangers are a far bigger threat to the safety and property of Americans, including gun…

Amazon decided last November to locate a new “HQ2” in New York City, where it would receive $3 billion in tax breaks while creating 25,000 jobs paying an average salary of $150,000. Some local politicians felt the price was too high and campaigned…