WILLIAM PESEK
Anyone who said a year ago that China’s economy was crisis-bound was dismissed out of hand. Today, skeptics have lots of company.

KEVIN HASSETT
If you go to Germany during Spargelzeit -- “asparagus time” -- you will experience the amazing intensity with which Germans can focus on a good thing.

MATTHEW LYNN
Looking for a new definition of a hedge fund? How about an organization that takes 20 percent of the profits on your money in the good times, then refuses to let you have it back when the weather turns rough?