The Big Picture

Fascinating infographic via the FT on the top twenty financial institutions, according to market cap. Click either of the graphics to...

As soon as the news broke about Waggoner’s resignation, I put up a quick post, writing: “I am no fan of Wagoners, but I have...

In the economic and investing environment that we are in where the gov’t is so involved with every aspect, particularly in our...

More on the Geithner Plan. The problem of banks buying the assets from themselves

“I don’t know of any economist who doesn’t believe that better functioning capital markets in which assets can be...

> Uh oh, looks ugly out there this morning. Nikkei fell nearly 400 points, off -4.53%; Hang Seng fell over 650 points, off -4.70%....

Look Ahead: March 30-April 3 3/27/2009 GM and Chrysler are expected to submit restructuring plans; Barack Obama heads to Europe for G20;...

The White House asks GM’s Wagoner to step down: The Obama administration asked Wagoner, 56, to leave the company and he agreed, an...

The Chart of the Day has an interesting look at median prices of single-family homes in the US on an inflation adjusted basis (below)....

Doug of d-short fame looks at the above question, and concludes, not so much: Diversification is a cornerstone of Modern Portfolio Theory...