The Big Picture

Today’s big NFP is as close to consensus as we have seen in recent years: within 1k of the estimates: Peter Boockvar writes:...

Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York. ~~~ Outlook: As we look at...

Get a grip, people. I’ve been dying to tell that to the parade of sycophants, pundits and talking heads who have been aghast at the...

Today’s must read MSM piece is a brutal Bloomberg column, delineating why the Bailouts have been such a sweet deal for the banks....

via NYT > Source: Holiday Sales Were Dismal, Data Shows STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM NYT, January 8, 2009...

Retailer Slash Forecasts – Wal-Mart Leads Declines; Neiman Marcus Sales Sink 28% in December; Next Shopping Season Not Until...

Heard on the Street columnist Liam Denning explains to Simon Constable of Dow Jones Newswires what sectors will get hit next by...

Good Evening: Stock prices held in fairly well today, but it’s very difficult to draw firm conclusions from the trading on a...

> Thank you for all the kind words and well wishes after my ordeal in Korea: South Korea said on Thursday it had arrested an elusive...

Robert Shiller visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “The Subprime Solution: How Today’s...