The Big Picture

ADP said May private sector jobs fell by 532k, about in line with expectations of a drop of 525k and vs a decline of 545k in April...

> The dollar tanked again on Tuesday but commodities turned mixed. Commodity leaders, principally oil and copper, declined. This...

I will be hosting the Big Picture conference today at the NYAC, and out of the loop all day. There are a few posts scheduled for later...

Comments in the earnings reports from homebuilders Toll and HOV highlight the signs of stability but also still the fragility in housing....

This morning’s outrage comes to us via the WSJ, and it discusses how our elected representatives rolled over for their overlords,...

Good Evening: The major U.S. stock market averages closed with smallish advances after trading in a narrow range for most of the day on...

For the Fibonacci followers out there, the DXY (US$ index) at the current level of 78.38 (down sharply again) has retraced 61.8% of its...

Tomorrow, I am moderating the media panel at the conference: If you could ask this panel of worthies any question, what would it be?...

We loaded the final Q1 2009 data from the FDIC into The IRA Bank Monitor on Friday and the results are rather striking. As you will...

April Pending Home Sales, a measure of contract signings and thus a precursor to the existing home sales data, rose 6.7% m/o/m, much...