The Big Picture

Only two groups: The Media and Wall Street economists. I’ll make this as simple as possible. (If you are a journalist...

Freddie Mac Fires Back, Pt. 1 Inside Freddie Mac, with Richard Syron, Freddie Mac chairman & CEO and CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo....

"5.5 Billion in Capital Raise is just the beginning . . . "

A few tidbits for your evening amusement: • Confessions of a risk manager (The Economist)An insider explains why it is so hard to stop...

Mea Culpa: I was surprised when I saw Mark Hulbert say that "Markets were up, but not ‘9-to-1 up" on Tuesday. I checked...

Take A Report (you’re done), the outrageous, raunchy, and at times, hysterically funny anonymous blog from an unknown Trader has been...

Yesterday, I was supposed to do a quick 3 minute spot at Bloomberg, so I headed off to the studio after the close to talk about AIG...

There is a closer relationship between annual index changes (from the same month a year earlier) and year-ago changes in sales...

Be sure to see last night’s Mortgage Delinquencies: 2007 Even Worse Than 2006 . . .

Wow, lots of interesting responses from yesterday’s 300 Point Dow Gains? During Bear Markets ONLY. I appreciate those of you who...