Jeff Sommer

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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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.

forward.com/news/720682/...

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...

Which Interest Rate Should You Care About? The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, credit cards and much more, our columnist says.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/b...
Watch the 10-year Treasury market for clues about mortgages, credit cards, stocks, and the future of the Trump administration. My New York Times column.

When It Comes to Investing, Is A.I. Worth the Hype? After the arrival of a less costly A.I. model from China, U.S. markets and academics are wrestling with the ultimate economic value of the technology.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b... What’s A.I. really worth?

The Fed Is Sitting on the Sidelines, but for How Long? The relative calm in the markets may not survive upheaval in the A.I. sector and a deluge of disruptive Trump policies, our columnist says.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b... My latest NYT column

It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests

For Investors, the Business of America Is Still Business Our columnist suggests how to think about stocks and bonds during a presidency that is signaling a deep devotion to profits.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/b...
In my latest NYT column, I suggest ways of thinking about stocks and bonds during a presidency with a deep devotion to profits.

Holy cow. Executives at CBS’s parent company have discussed settling Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News/60 Minutes, because they need the Trump administration to sign off on a planned corporate merger. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Investing in Stocks and Bonds Will Be Trickier Under Trump Sizzling returns well may continue, but our columnist suggests that it would be wise to prepare for the next storm.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b... The markets are confused, and no wonder. My NYT column.

Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.

Orthodox economists are finally getting their come-uppance."What was the point of their careful data-gathering, their complex models, their intricate theories if no one was going to listen to their advice anyway?" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...