The Big Picture

Here are some of the things I have been reading this week . . . INVESTING & TRADING • The Reluctant Bulls (Barron’s)...

I have no way to verify the accuracy of this — Can anyone provide any feedback on this? How is this composed, ranked, or otherwise...

GDP Deflator versus CPI click for larger chart chart courtesy of Eric Jantzen > In our exploration of how laughable the 3.3% GDP was...

Interesting discussion from the Denver Convention:

CNBC’s Steve Liesman on "Unique insights on the credit crisis and the future of the banking system from a stream in...

Floyd Norris’ column in Saturday’s NYT hits upon one of our favorite themes: That the 2001-07 recovery was one of, if not...

Barron’s Alan Abelson takes a look at Thursday’s GDP laugher, and sees the same issues we noted, plus a few more: "GDP,...

Its a long holiday weekend, and the crowd is off to where ever they are going. For those of you left behind — or arriving where...

A bonus Friday afternoon guest post via Macro Man — a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies,...

The year on year rate of change of the official civilian unemployment rate is the measure, and when this passes 15, then every time it...