The Big Picture

Some longer form works, saved for your Saturday morning reading pleasure: • Standard Chartered’s Fitness Is Key Grounds For Shutdown...

Racy moments from Groucho’s quiz show that couldn’t be broadcast. They were compiled into “stag reels” for the...

Not surprising to anyone sitting on a trading desk today but the NYSE consolidated total volume was the slowest full trading day of the...

Key Data Points German 10-year bund 4 bps lower; Italy 10-year 11 bps tighter to the Bund; Spain 10 bps wider; Portugal 96 tighter;...

Succinct summation of week’s events: Positives: 1) Initial Jobless Claims total 361k, 9k less than expected and Labor Dept says...

click for larger chart Source: Federal Reserve Given yesterday’s Bonds beat Stocks discussion, I thought this chart...

The first of the July inflation reports over the next week was just released. Import prices fell .6% m/o/m and 3.2% y/o/y vs expectations...

Some morning reads: • Meaning of weakness in Dow transports (MarketWatch) • Rally Has People Feeling Better About Stocks...

RBA raises Australian 2012 GDP forecast to +3.5%, from +3.0% in May. In addition, the Central Bank reduced its CPI forecast to +2.25%,...

Yesterday, not many cared about the weak economic data in China (retail sales and IP) but today they do and it highlights the daily tug...