May 2009 - Page 34 of 37 - The Big Picture

> Here is the S&P 500 Index on a weekly basis since May 1992. The slope of the yearly (52 week) and 70 week (favored by some...

March Pending Home Sales, a measure of contract signings of existing home sales, rose 3.2% m/o/m vs expectations of flat. The gains were...

Here is a bit of genuinely good news: The NAR’s Pending Home Sale Index rose 1.1% from March 2008. The less significant monthly...

China today is again proving that it’s the most important country in the world right now in terms of being the engine of global...

The Chrysler bankruptcy is a fascinating development in the great financial crisis of 2008-09. It may be a enormously significant...

> This morning, I will be chit chatting from 9:10 am to 10:00 am on the Bloomberg radio program “Bloomberg Surveillance,” with...

OK folks, a busy week ahead — Whats on your minds? What are you paying attention to?

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

There are two excellent, long pieces in the Sunday Times: • How Lehman Brothers Got Its Real Estate Fix: Many factors, of course,...

After 45 years, the Pontiac GTO still stands as a symbol of the days when Detroit made and marketed vehicles that fired imaginations as...