The Big Picture

We know that “Short the US Dollar” has been a crowded trade for soem time now. And, after falling 41% from 2001 to 2008, the...

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang....

The following comes form a major US trading desk Yesterday From support to resistance…to support…to resistance… Yesterday was...

Interesting argument here by Richard Posner on the (f)utility of GDP. Money shot: “But it is necessary to emphasize that it [GDP]...

The 3 high profile earnings reports last night, NKE, ORCL and RIMM, all provided positive surprises and they are the main catalyst for...

Here is a fascinating twist on the underwater homeowner walking away fromt heir bad purchases: This time, its Morgan Stanley. They spent...

Back home from Florida — its a 60 degree temperature swing from Fort Lauderdale to NYC — and I suddenly realize that I have...

Heh: via Tom Toles

If you are looking for a “where to invest 2010” list of investment ideas, strategies, and predictions, you are not getting...

For all the talk about inflation appearing sometime in our not-too-distant future and, according to Milton Friedman, rising prices still...