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Prosperity: The Three Questions That Really Matter

By Jerry Bowyer (May 17, 2013)

Tune in to financial TV, read financial news, listen to financial radio and most of what you watch, read and hear is noise. Cable TV increased the number of channels from... more

Perhaps Niall Ferguson Had A Point About Keynes

By Jerry Bowyer (May 15, 2013)

If you pay attention to economic debates you know by now that a celebrity historian named Niall Ferguson made some off-hand comments at a financial conference in which he... more

The Economy Has Nothing To Do With The Stock Markets, Right?

By Jerry Bowyer (May 01, 2013)

One of the first financial guys I ever met told me confidently “the economy and the markets have nothing to do with one another.” Recently I was interviewing... more

Does GDP Growth Predict The Direction Of Stocks?

By Jerry Bowyer (Apr 23, 2013)

Previously on Forbes.com I wrote an article critical of a newsletter from John Mauldin in which he questions the link between growth and stock... more

The Stock Markets Are Forecasting Economic Stagnation, Not Recovery

By Jerry Bowyer (Apr 09, 2013)

A number of commentators, some of them friends, have been declaring that current stock market valuations prove that the economy is in full recovery. They think that the... more

An America In Decline Literally Becomes The 'New' Great Britain

By Jerry Bowyer (Mar 28, 2013)

I’ve argued this point before and often investors intuitively get the point better than money managers. For example, the other day I was talking to my... more

Is Jorge Bergoglio, The New Pope Francis, A Capitalist?

By Jerry Bowyer (Mar 15, 2013)

I remember when Cardinal Ratzinger was announced as Pope. It happened while I was on live TV, on CNBC with Larry Kudlow. They cut away from me and the other pundits to a... more

John Mauldin's Muddled Stock Return Model

By Jerry Bowyer (Mar 10, 2013)

John Mauldin has become a financial celebrity. His blast email empire has grown to roughly 1.5 million recipients. He has used the latter to launch... more

When Investing, Pay Close Attention To Country Over Company

By Jerry Bowyer (Mar 02, 2013)

The stale old stock pickers’ debate about whether to bet on the right jockey or the right horse might leave out the most important long-term factor for building a... more

Down On Downton: Why The Left Is Torching Downton Abbey

By Jerry Bowyer (Feb 15, 2013)

The first thing to do is to admit that I’m a Downton Abbey fan. In fact, I’ve watched every episode twice. But in my defense, I counterbalance my... more

Kept Conservatives: Prominent Right-Wingers Who Sound Very Liberal

By Jerry Bowyer (Feb 01, 2013)

We’ve had a wide variety of conservative: the neo-cons, the paleo-cons and most recently the crunchy cons. Have you ever noticed how many of the most prominent conservative... more

Is President Obama Liberalism's Gorbachev?

By Jerry Bowyer (Jan 22, 2013)

Angelo Codevilla has spent more than his share of time as a sojourner among America’s ruling class. He was a key part of the Reagan transition and point-man in the Gipper’s... more

The Republican Fiscal Cave Is Much Worse Than The Fiscal Cliff

By Jerry Bowyer (Jan 18, 2013)

The fiscal cliff debacle showed conclusively that the GOP establishment is a completely ineffective guardian of our liberties against President Obama and the Washington... more

Law And Grace In Best Picture Nominee "Les Miserables"

By Jerry Bowyer (Jan 12, 2013)

I take my political debates into the movie theatre with me. Suspend disbelief? That I can do. Suspend political/cultural/religious debate? Never. It’s probably a good idea to... more

The Next Big Thing From The Official Who Predicted Communism's Demise

By Jerry Bowyer (Jan 04, 2013)

Herbert E. Meyer served during the Reagan administration as special assistant to the director of Central Intelligence, and vice chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence... more