July 2012 - Page 29 of 39 - The Big Picture

Lakshman Achuthan, chief operations officer of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, talks about the performance of the U.S. economy....

Poor ol’ Greece. Lucky Instagram. We live in interesting times. Click to enlarge: Source: Gapingvoid Art

I was away during last week’s Employment Release, but thanks to Ron Griess of the Chart Store, I can catch up with a huge run of...

LIBOR, the Fed and the TED David R. Kotok July 9, 2012 “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different...

Chinese imports rose by less than forecast in June. They were up +6.3% YoY, much lower than the +11.0% expected. Exports rose by +11.3%,...

European stocks turned higher at 4:30am after the UK reported an unexpected rise in IP for May (yes somewhat dated and the beat was due...

Back from Europe, here are my morning USA reading: • Ten Reasons I Like Stocks for the Second Half (The Reformed Broker) see also...

Click to enlarge: CNBC – Earnings Are the Next Big Test for Stocks In the coming week, the second quarter earnings season kicks off...

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I am back from my Northern European sojourn (at least I am — my luggage is a different story). It was an interesting trip, and I...