Barry Ritholtz, Author at The Big Picture

Towards the end of April, we raised the idea of “Economic Mulligan;” The War in Iraq gave the economy a “do over,” rationalizing...

I’ve been trying to decide how to separate the two typepad blogs: The Big Picture — where you are now — has developed...

Quote of the day “In the U.S., money supply is advancing by 8%, based on year-over-year comparisons of so-called M2 as of June....

Kevin Lane is a friend who also is the Chief Market Strategist of Technimentals Research Group; His comments today as to the present...

I do not have a whole lot of familiarity with OMB Watch (described as a “non-partisan nonprofit”), but they raise some rather...

I’ve been playing with typepad for about a month now. My experiences have been nearly all positive; If I have any complaints, its...

Justin Lahart of CNN/Money has been writing some of the most consistently interesting commentary on the bond market and the Federal...

WSJ: As U.S. Shows Signs of Strength, Global Economies Look Up, Too Just as evidence mounts that the U.S. economy is gathering momentum...

After this week’s Fed non-event, comes a busy, back end loaded week of economic releases. Most important to our economic thesis will be...

Consider these two articles from Business Week: Bush in ’04, Even with This Economy, AUGUST 4, 2003 Suddenly, He’s...