Jonathon Trugman
The Archive
Amazon's HQ2 pullout is terrible for NYC
So Amazon’s Jeff Bezos divorced NYC on Valentine’s Day and certainly broke a lot of hearts, but he received no love in return for the greatest gift a company can...
Senators should stay away from limiting stock buybacks
Why do Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders — with their ill-informed proposal to limit stock buybacks and dividend payouts — think they can get involved in relations between company...
The heckling of Howard Schultz is what's wrong with politics
Nothing scares politicians more these days than business people throwing their hats into the election ring. The longtime pols who have collected public salaries for decades in some regards feel...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needs a lesson in economics
So it appears that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really needs to learn the ABC’s of Economics 101 before espousing her outrageous opinions about billionaires. I find it hard to accept that...
A correction is actually good for the stock market
A few short weeks ago, the stock market was in the throes of a very substantial correction. And December corrections can get particularly nasty as they bring into play tax-loss...
Ocasio-Cortez's economic vision is more like delusion
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Bronx native and bright new face of the Democratic Party, has made quite a splash on the political scene. For one thing, she’s the youngest woman —...
It's time for Apple to stop playing it safe
The world was aghast last week when Apple stunned investors by guiding its revenue down. After all, Apple was just crowned a member of the Trillion-Dollar Club on Aug. 2....
Wall Street's rocky December could have been much worse
We all know December — historically the best month of the year for stocks — didn’t deliver this year. It was a particularly strange month for Wall Street, which experienced...
Blame the Federal Reserve for the tanking stock market
Ok, so what in the 21st century could lead a stock market to the worst December since the Great Depression year of 1931? Let’s start by saying I have always...
Obscene interest rates continue to bury students in loan debt
As the Federal Reserve is believed to be raising rates another quarter-point this week — making the rate 2.5 percent — I wonder if it will stop to consider the...
Bad communication is why the stock market has been so down
It’s the holiday season. The economy is the best its been in over a decade. So what’s got the stock market so down? To make a holiday cocktail as strong...
Zuckerberg no-show highlights Facebook's bad business model
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ducked the wrath of the world last week when he refused to hear London calling. The quiet one was even trolled by politicians from nine countries...
Look to Wall Street for even better deals this holiday season
While you may not see many retailers discounting merchandise just yet this holiday season, there are plenty of sales in the stock market. Some shares are so heavily discounted from...
To save itself, Facebook must start charging users
The world learned this week what I figured out a while back: Facebook is not run by people with business management skills. In a New York Times piece last week,...
Dems must deliver on economy or risk losing House majority
How will we know if the Democrats winning the House on Tuesday is truly a victory? Well, right now the US economy is doing very well, and unlike all other...
Next steps to take after stock market unpredictability
So now that the market correction is over, it’s time to take stock, engage in a little self-reflection of your buys or sells, if you made any at all. But...
Trump is right: The Fed has raised interest rates too fast
The president came out swinging last week, directly pointing his finger at the Federal Reserve for the softening economic data and the stock market meltdown. In fact, President Trump went...
The faces of American corporate courage
What does great American corporate leadership look like?
Market corrections aren't fun, but they're completely normal
Hello, and welcome to the market correction of October 2018. It’s scary, it stings, it’s just no fun at all. Corrections never are. They are not supposed to be. I’m...
Vote for the person who is best for economic growth
As the Dow Jones index will tell you, your vote counts at the ballot box. Since the presidential election in 2016, the blue-chip index is up 44.3 percent. Where some...