The Big Picture

Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York. > This month we discuss...

Initial Jobless Claims totaled 565k, much better than the consensus of 603k and it’s the first reading below 600k since Jan 23rd....

This morning, I will visiting with Dylan Ratigan & Co. on MSNBC’s Morning Meeting at 9:00 and 10:00 am. Amongst other things,...

Better than expected earnings from Alcoa (partially citing China) and Chinese car sales rising 48% y/o/y in June are helping to lift...

For the holiday shortened week, spot gold closed at $929.80 per ounce, down $9.80 or 1.04 percent. Gold equities, as measured by the XAU...

Here’s something to give the conspiracy buffs a total breakdown: Combine these stories from Bloomberg, Daily Kos, and Zero Hedge,...

Treasury officials say the gold has just been in the bottom of some vaults at the US Bullion Depository anyway, and the government needs...

I read articles like these with dread and horror: “As the White House begins to ponder whether to reappoint or replace Ben Bernanke...

Ahead of the reopening of the 10 yr bond auction and with the S&P’s back to where they were on May 1st, we can compare where...

A conversation Peter Peterson, Founder of Peter G. Peterson Foundation