April 2009 - Page 15 of 30 - The Big Picture

Fortune 500 Annual List is out for 2008. It is FUGLY: ▪ 2008 was the worst year in the history of the Fortune 500 for America’s...

This year’s Top 20 companies, with rank, revenues and profits, +/- (in millions) are: 1. Exxon Mobil (442,851.0; 45,220.0) 2....

Very nice chart showing the peak-to-trough recovery duration of SPX earnings: > > Hat tip: Chad Starliper

David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in...

BoA has completed the superfecta of earnings from the money center banks with an earnings beat but with the run the whole group has had...

Today, I added a new blog to the blog roll for the first time in months. I urge you to do the same. Why? Because they were sued by GS for...

Nassim Taleb suggests ways to make economic life closer to our biological environment: smaller companies, richer ecology, no leverage....

Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn At the Conference in Honor of Dewey Daane, Nashville, Tennessee April 18, 2009 Monetary Policy in the...

This was (re)broadcast while I was away — I Tivo’ed it to see when I return . . . > > Related links Main Page...

Via Barron’s, we learn that Merrill’s David Rosenberg has four markers that he is tracking to identify when the economy is...