The Big Picture

Video-o-rama: Figuring out the lie of the financial land In addition to more “Outlook for 2009” videos (dealt with in last...

I found this data intriguing: Nearly two-thirds of U.S. millionaires say their investment advisers have failed them during the global...

I love the way the two data lines on the graph below overlap: via Jake at Econompic > Source: Table A-12. Alternative measures of...

WSJ’s Walt Mossberg talks about the top gadgets of 2009, from a headset that makes PC video games 3-D to HP notebooks, that are...

Today’s big NFP is as close to consensus as we have seen in recent years: within 1k of the estimates: Peter Boockvar writes:...

Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York. ~~~ Outlook: As we look at...

Get a grip, people. I’ve been dying to tell that to the parade of sycophants, pundits and talking heads who have been aghast at the...

Today’s must read MSM piece is a brutal Bloomberg column, delineating why the Bailouts have been such a sweet deal for the banks....

via NYT > Source: Holiday Sales Were Dismal, Data Shows STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM NYT, January 8, 2009...

Retailer Slash Forecasts – Wal-Mart Leads Declines; Neiman Marcus Sales Sink 28% in December; Next Shopping Season Not Until...