The Big Picture

Over the past few months, I have noted our current bullish posture, along with the reasons for it. Earlier this week, I noted the...

Thornton Parker is the author of “What If Boomers Can’t Retire? How to Build Real Security, Not Phantom Wealth” and has...

“Consumers have to be slashing the prices of the homes they list. There’s a significant inventory of homes for sale. You’re still...

Wholesale Inventories in August fell by 1.3%, .3% more than expected and July was revised lower by .2%. Because sales rose 1%, the...

Recently declassified memorandum from Fed Chief Arthur Burns to President Gerald Ford: From the Desk of Gerald Ford-Declassified

30 Day Gold Chart > We own some gold and miners. As I mentioned in an article this summer, you can look for a close ofGLD over $100...

Alan Grayson (D., Fla.) will ask that the Senate hold off on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s confirmation hearing until the...

Initial Jobless Claims totaled 521k, 19k less than expected, well down from 554k last week which was revised up by 3k. It’s the...

On the heels of higher than expected earnings from Alcoa, a much better than expected jobs report in Australia helped to carry Asian...