Barry Ritholtz, Author at The Big Picture

“Critics of the Federal Reserve warn that its low interest rates are boosting prices for stocks, bonds and houses to unsustainable...

The market’s plunge since the bombing in Madrid, coming on top of the slow slide which began late January, brought us to very oversold...

Since 1970, changes in the Capacity Utilization Rate have correlated well with Corporate Earnings. In the past, capacity utilization...

Aaargghh! Over the past 2 days, I heard Treasury Secretary John Snow, CNBC commentator James Cramer, and several other heads engage in...

The Wall Street Journal had an unusual and insightful election report today (3/17): “Arab-Americans Sour on Bush.” The...

WSJ reporter and long time Fed watcher Greg Ip makes the observation that the Fed was somewhat less bullish this meeting than the last...

I’ll be on CNNfn this morning at 11:30 discussing the markets, the Presidential elections, and terrorism. Should be interesting . ....

Several people have written asking where they can find this or that data series. While there is a tremendous amount of material on the...

Interesting commentary from The Asian Times: Spain’s elections show why radical Islam can win: “Radical Islam has scored its...

I’m on Fox today (Your World with Neil Cavuto @ 4pm EST) discussing terrorism and the markets. See the previous post for an...