More Proof Of America’s Inadequate Infrastructure
The details are still being sorted out on the deadly Amtrak crash that killed at least six people earlier this week and injured 100s...
Is The Only Purpose of a Corporation to Maximize Profit?
I am pleased to introduce to Big Picture readers someone I have known and admired for many years: Bruce Bartlett worked for Congressmen...
2010 Felix Salmon: Get Out Of The Stock Market Right Now
This video, based on this May 10, 2010 column, Why volatility means you should sell stocks, is now 5 years old. Rather than me comment on...
Flash Crash a Perfect Storm for Markets
Great couple of graphics from the WSJ this AM. This is the simple version, a short explanatory overlaid on a graph: Perfect Storm...
Create Your Own Stock Market Narrative!
What makes this so good is how dead on accurate this collection of cliches have become: Click to create your own personal...
The Great Unbundling
Nobody wants to watch the Discovery Channel. 2.9 million people viewed “Naked and Afraid.” But a hundred million paid for it....
CEO Compensation is Broken
Executive Pay Gluttony Maybe big institutional investors could make a difference. Bloomberg, April 30, 2015 ...
Beware of Indicators That Predict Nothing
A Market Indicator That Predicts Nothing Its predictive value is minimal. Bloomberg, April 29, 2015 Every now and...
A Pizza Place Closes in Seattle . . .
Barry here: I know Invictus personally for more than a decade. I also know he works at a shop that does not allow its staff to publish...