The Economist: The Debate We Would Like To See
The Economist offered up another free 4 week trial for Big Picture readers, so I am passing it along. As I was kicking around their site,...
Tracking NAR Spin
Yesterday saw a subtle shift in the reporting of existing home data from the NAR (Existing Home Sales Down 19.3%). While they...
Question Everything
Why so skeptical? I hear that question way too often. The short answer is that after a few decades on Wall Street, you learn that when a...
NYT: Inflation Retreating
Media criticism day continues, with the following NYT laugher: U.S. Inflation Appears to Be Retreating. The basis of this...
Economist Cover: The Great American Slowdown
One of the things that people get wrong all the time is the contra meanings of magazine covers. This is a subject we have discussed for...
Herb Greenberg to leave Marketwatch, Dow Jones
Here’s Herb’s 2 weeks notice: "On May 1, I’m leaving MarketWatch, Dow Jones and traditional journalism to start an...
WSJ Goes Inflation Crazy!
After last week’s inflation snafu, the WSJ makes up for it this week — and then some. Just in time for today’s 8:30 PPI...
Headline of the Day: Blockbuster Circuit City Merger
My favorite headline regarding the Blockbuster (BBI) with Circuit City (CC) merger comes from my friend John, formerly of GMSV, now of...
Surprise: Gee! No, G.E.
So much for the theory that because there weren’t a lot of profit warnings, earnings will be hunky dory. Just back from a morning...
WSJ: “Inflation is back”
I’d like to point out a new feature in the usually astute WSJ: Printing erroneous information on the front page. Last month, in a...