The Big Picture

Despite most of the economics profession declaring the recession over — I think they are premature — I got into an...

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers...

Those people who made the call that the highs were in for the year will be disappointed in today’s closing data: U.S. stocks closed...

Nice Mint chart, via Jess Backman of WallStats: > click for 3X larger graphic

The Beige Book describes economic activity as stabilizing and an uptick from the July report that called ‘economic weakness...

Since it is now September, let’s take a classic look at the seasonality of market returns. > click for larger chart Courtesy of...

Yesterday I quantified the S&P 500 results going back to Sept ’98 in gold terms and its 70% decline. Let’s look at the...

Here’s a fun graphic to play with: Can you name these 14 historic bubbles? > click for larger graphic > Answers after the...

> As we have long noted, the coincidental and leading aspects of the employment data remained mired in negative territory. They are...