In today's world, most of us tend to focus only on what could go wrong. What about the other side of that coin? Zachary Karabell doesn't disagree with the negative, but he does feel that examining the potential good deserves a fair shake. Join him and some of today's most prolific leaders from the political, economic, and artistic sphere to thoroughly consider the question of What Could Go Right?
Read moreFinally, a Force that can Stop Nationalism in the White House: Wealthy Elites
The recent dustup over whether the Trump administration should withdraw the United States from the NAFTA accord cast the ongoing power struggle inside the White House in sharp relief. The conflict, often characterized as a duel between Steve Bannon and his ilk (nationalists) and Jared Kushner and his crew (“globalists,” according to Bannon), isn’t necessarily the choice we would want: who would pit wealthy elites against “burn baby burn”
Read moreTake Advantage of Calm to Rejigger Investments
After a dramatic start to the year, with equities rallying worldwide and bond yields rising in anticipation of stronger economic growth, markets have entered one of those eerie calm periods whose very placidity tends to spook investors. It’s springtime, and while the weather becomes progressively milder, investors seem less certain than ever.
Read moreLook to Zuck’s F8, Not Trump’s 100 Days, to See the Shape of the Future
The Circle, a film adaptation of the best-selling novel by David Eggers about a mega-Silicon Valley company that has sinister plans to control the world, opened recently to tepid reviews and unimpressive box office. That shouldn’t obscure the fact that the issues it attempts to address—and which the novel brilliantly took on—are ones that need to be dealt with, urgently.
Read moreUpworthy’s Quest to Engineer Optimism for an Anxious Age
The world finds itself in an age saturated with anxiety—at least, that’s the sense created by the daily deluge of news portraying a grim present of economic hardship, global tensions, terrorism, and political upheaval. The five-year-old site Upworthy doesn’t want you to see the world that way.
Read moreTesla Lost in Utah Court, but It’s Winning the Bigger Battle
Bull Or Bear: Should Investors Still Care?
Not a day goes by without hearing what appears to be the predominant question for investors, namely, When will stocks come back down to earth? Variants of that query include, Isn’t this bull market getting long in the tooth? And, stocks go up and up, so we must be on the verge of a selloff, right?
Read moreWho’s Afraid of the Big, Bad CBO?
Every few years, Washington rouses itself from its partisan noise and rounds its attention on the Congressional Budget Office, a sleepy, nonpartisan place that quietly wields immense influence over most legislation of any consequence.
Read moreKarabell: Struck by Market's Complete Detachment From Political Noise
CNBC contributor Zachary Karabell, Envestnet, weighs in on what the GOP's pending health care and tax plans means for the markets.
Read moreTrump Promises Tax Reforms That Will Bring "Massive" Tax Cuts to Middle Class
In President Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday, he promised to bring "historic" tax cuts. Zachary Karabell, a contributing editor at Politico, spoke to CBS NEWS about the steps that need to be taken for this tax plan to become reality.
Read moreGold's Fourth Winning Week
Erin Gibbs, S&P Global, and Zachary Karabell, Envestnet, discuss the run in gold with Brian Sullivan.
There's Very Little White House Has Actually Done
There's a disjunction between political sentiment and action from the White House.
Read morePresident Trump Has Done Almost Nothing
Just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, you would think that everything had changed. The uproar over the president’s tweets grows louder by the day, as does concern over the erratic, haphazard and aggressive stance of the White House toward critics and those with different policy views. It is the illusion of a presidency, not the real thing.
Read moreWill Trump Cut the Red Tape?
Of the many polarizations of the United States today, the battle over regulation is particularly fierce and many years in the making. Over the past decades, since at least the presidency of Ronald Reagan, the right and the Republican Party have come to view regulation as the premier sign of government overreach, stifling freedoms and hobbling economic growth. The left and the Democrats for the most part see regulation as the vital bulwark protecting the mass of Americans from corporate and government abuse.
Read moreIs Frontier Market Investing Worth The Risk? | Trading Nation | CNBC
Zachary Karabell of Envestnet and Max Wolff of 55 Capital discuss a frontier market ETF, the FM, in this discussion with Brian Sullivan.
Gold Jumps To 2.5-Month High | Trading Nation | CNBC
Can investors expect more upside for the yellow metal? Zachary Karabell, Envestnet, and Max Wolff, 55 Capital, discuss with Brian Sullivan.
Macy’s is Laying off 10,000. Is it Donald Trump’s Fault?
Trump has proven adept at taking credit via tweet for a series of decisions by multinational companies to invest in factories and hiring in the United States, most recently the announcement by Fiat (which is part of Chrysler Motors) to invest $1 billion to modernize two of its auto plants in Michigan and Ohio.
Read moreTrump’s Economic Team of Rivals
Donald Trump ran his company and campaign, as many have observed, like an episode of “Game of Thrones”: Pit various factions against one another and see who comes out on top. It may be an inelegant and crude way to manage, but it has a certain logic if you are interested in power and who can wield it effectively.
Read moreYes, Wall Street’s Bullish on Trump—Which May or May Not Be Good News
Those who have been hard-hit by the dual forces of globalization and technology flocked to Trump's promise to restore jobs and wages, convinced with good reason that only a radical choice for president had any chance of reversing or at least halting these trends.
Read moreRussia Mess Shouldn’t Stop Trump From Shaking Up Shaky American Foreign Policies
Trump's plans to appoint Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state has been clouded by confirmation from the CIA that Russian security services engineered the release of hacked information designed to hurt Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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