Jeff Sommer

White House Posts False Jan. 6 Narrative on Riot’s 5th Anniversary

In a breathtaking reversal of reality, Trump uses a taxpayer funded website to whitewash the history of Jan. 6, blaming Capitol Police, Democrats and Pence -- everyone but himself and the mob that stormed the Capitol. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast.

Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b... A prediction to ignore. Some talk about tennis. And some serious thoughts about the markets. My latest for the New York Times.

The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square

The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w... Important information about the June 4 Tiananmen massacre

The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks.

The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b... With a “gift” link

The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks.

The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b... My latest NYT column, on the risks in the market and how to deal with them.

Can You Still Get the Covid Shot?

Final update for tonight to this explainer (gift link). I'm going to go eat something unhealthy.

Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security.

For most Americans, Social Security is their most valuable asset, a CBO study shows, making up 1/3 of wealth for the middle class and keeping low-income households out of destitution. via @jeffnyc.bsky.social (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/b...

Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security. For the vast majority of people, the stream of promised retirement checks is worth more than anything else, our columnist says.

This powerful essay from @jeffnyc.bsky.social makes an excellent point: For most of us, Social Security is our most valuable possession. Like all assets, it's important we keep it, and it's on our elected officials to protect it.

The Stock Market Is Good, Bad and Ugly, Often in Quick Succession

The market’s best days frequently occur in the midst of misery, so don’t bother trying to figure out where stocks are heading, says @jeffnyc.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

The Danger of a Market Melt-Up

The Danger of a Market Melt-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b... My latest for @nytimes.com

A Solid Report Card for the Markets, Despite Shock and Worry

Markets are indeed doing well. Feels a bit like the Summer of 2007.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/b...

The Markets Are Balancing on a Knife’s Edge

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...

There’s a Good Chance Crypto Is Spreading in Your Retirement Account

There’s a Good Chance Crypto Is Spreading in Your Retirement Account www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/b...

The spoils of being C.E.O.

Via @jeffnyc.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...

The Rich Compensation for Being the C.E.O.

corporate income inequality is off the charts, writes @jeffnyc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...

The Rich Compensation for Being the C.E.O.

It’s good to be the boss.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...

Thank you, my friend. We had a great run. You could not only tell the dismal story but make it funny, a greater feat. @jswatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/b...

We Are Witnessing the Bond Market’s Power to Intimidate

My secret goal for reincarnation. Out there for all to see….

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
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#finance
#bonds

Ben & Jerry's co-founder was arrested this week — it was far from the first time Since Ben & Jerry's ice cream company was founded in 1978, activism has been (half) baked into the brand's DNA.

Ben&Jerry’s is in the news again and one of my favorite writers is on it.

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Don’t Count the Dollar Out Just Yet As President Trump’s tariffs rock the world, German bonds and the euro are benefiting. But U.S. strength endures, our columnist says.

Putting the recent dollar decline in a larger historical context, from
@jeffnyc.bsky.social.

The Fed’s Real Broad Trade-Weighted Index showed the dollar up 23 percent over 2004-2024... stronger late last year than it had been since 1985.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...

Long-Term Investing Has Gotten Riskier as Trump’s Tariffs Shake the Markets President Trump’s policies have shaken the markets. Protect yourself first, and, only then, take advantage of investment bargains, our columnist says.

Oy. How to navigate the Trump markets and preserve your 401(k). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.

You knew this was coming:

How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...

Jump Shots at 6,000 Feet: Inside Oaxaca's Love of Hoops Every year, thousands of Indigenous athletes flock to a small mountain town for "el honor del competir."

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bal... #baloncesto #basketball #Oaxaca #México

I mean, true, but not by changing statutory rates...

My latest column.

My latest column.

The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time With stocks in a steep decline and tariffs inducing recession jitters, the patience of investors may be tested.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/b...

With the Worst U.S. Stock Market In Years, Try Some Old-Fashioned Investments People have avoided huge losses by holding old-fashioned, well-balanced investments, an approach our columnist is banking on for the future.

In Worst Stock Market in Years, Slow and Boring Has Eased the Pain www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...

How to Invest in a Time of Stock Market Turmoil and Economic Uncertainty (Gift Article) People with bond and international stock funds have held their own, despite a shaky U.S. stock market and the uncertainty and turmoil flowing from the White House.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/b...