Sitemap - 2026 - The Pinpoint Press, with Rick Newman
The most outrageous failure in Washington
4 reasons for investor optimism, despite the Iran war
Pinpoint Intel, 4.11.2026: Markets after the Iran war, and what the astronauts saw
Rick on CNN: Inflation isn't coming back down any time soon
The Weekly WTF: America won its holy war so now Epstein is back
Here’s the economic toll of the Iran war (so far)
5 huge problems with the US-Iran ceasefire
The economic costs of the Iran war, in 11 charts
Rick on CNN: Get ready for high gas prices well into summer
Pinpoint Intel, 04.04.26: What two downed jets tells us about the Iran war
The Weekly WTF: God mulls US request for overwhelming violence
Trump pranks financial markets, again
Decades of energy-efficiency gains are saving the US economy
Trump’s 6 craziest Iran war statements
$4 gas hurts, but not like it used to
Pinpoint Intel, 03.28.26: Shaky wartime president sinks stocks
The Weekly WTF: Imaginary presents from Iran
Pencil in May 1 as the Hormuz Strait reopening date
Where stocks will go after the Iran war ends
Rick on CNN: $4 gas is coming "any minute"
Pinpoint Intel, 3.21.26: Iran war bungled, not lost
The Weekly WTF: Trump’s surprising oil buddies
7 Ways Iran Can Stop Oil Shipments
The Better-Off Index rose—before the Iran war set it back
Pinpoint Insider: What news leaks tell you about Trump’s Iran war
Don’t expect the US Navy to open the Strait of Hormuz
4 ways Trump’s Iran war is costing you
Pinpoint Markets: Why the Iran war oil crunch isn’t as bad as the 1970s
Pinpoint Intel, 03.14.26: What the Marines could do in Iran
The Weekly WTF: War Secretary Gets His Feelings Hurt
Video: What oil prices tell you about the Iran war
The bomb count in Iran is the Pentagon’s new “body count”
Tariff inflation out, oil inflation in
Trump sacrificed his favorite affordability brag
3 dramatic scenarios to watch for in Iran
Pinpoint Markets: Traders price in a longer Iran war
Pinpoint Intel, 03.07.26: What’s going wrong in Iran, in Trump’s trade wars, and in the job market
3 new worries about oil prices and the Iran war
The Trump economy slips into reverse
The Weekly WTF: A winning bet against Kristi Noem, stunning autopen verdict
We’re watching the demise of oil as a weapon
Judge the Iran war on the outcome, not on your view of Trump
How Trump gets out of his Iran war
Markets are fine with the Iran war (so far)
What mattered this week: Trump's Iran war, a new stock-market bogeyman
The craziest part of Trump’s Iran war
The Weekly WTF: Dept. of Drone Farce
Rick on CNN discussing Trump's [lack of] affordability plans
Windy speech shows Trump stuck in neutral
These are the risks if Trump attacks Iran
Presidential speeches used to be short
Beneath the chaos, Trump is losing on tariffs
What mattered this week: Tariff uproar, slowing economy, dead housing market
The Supreme Court did Trump a favor by killing his emergency tariffs
The Weekly WTF: Spank the economists!
The latest stock market buzzword you might want to know
How's the Trump economy doing?
All my trades on the prediction market Kalshi
Why I started gambling on the news
Rick on the Michael Medved Show
What mattered this week: The Kristi Noem clown show, ailing stocks, the revenge of greenhouse gases
An encouraging inflation report won’t satisfy anybody
Scenes from a broken government
The Weekly WTF: Cartel drone incursions, Bunny wars, panicans
We have a K-shaped job market, too
The “sell America” trade is looking pretty good
What mattered this week: Stock-market rout that wasn’t, nationalized elections, Minnesota martyrs
Billionaires can’t save journalism, or America
Who’s up and who’s down in the K-shaped economy
The Better-Off Index rises in February
How to survive America in 2026
What mattered this week: The Federal Reserve survives Trump
Trump is not going to attack Iran
The gold rally has an ominous message for investors
Why Trump let up on Greenland while rampaging through Minnesota
Why Americans say they’re worse off under Trump
What mattered this week: Stocks are still calling the shots
Your 5-step guide to the next Trump crisis
Here’s the off-ramp for Trump’s Greenland showdown
Trump's first year was an economic bummer
What if the Nobel Committee just gave Trump a Peace Prize?
What mattered this week: Trump’s wars on everything, everywhere, all at once
Let’s grade Trump’s affordability plans
You’re only better off under Trump if you own stocks
Introducing the Pinpoint Press Better-Off Index
Inflation is moderate, affordability is still a problem
Voters hate both political parties more than ever
Markets hate Trump’s latest attack on the Federal Reserve
What mattered this week: Minneapolis erupts, Venezuela submits, jobs tank
The real way to make housing cheaper
The Trump Disruption is now the Trump Revolution
4 things to know about Trump’s Venezuela takeover
The Pinpoint Quiz: How much do you know about Venezuela?
What mattered this week: Venezuela wow, Tesla down, Trump’s compression socks
Rick on CNN: What to expect in 2026