The Big Picture

At a certain point, the falling dollar and runaway Oil prices are going to have to take precedence over the economy and credit crunch....

China’s subsidized fuel prices worked miracles in the past, but because they hurt energy stocks, they are now a major policy...

"Recent reports about falling home prices have rallied support for the plan." [Rep. Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts]...

• Battered by Oil, Dow Touches Bear Territory (New York Times) • Dow Hits Bear-Market Territory (Wall Street Journal) • Stocks Near...

Mike Santoli on the Reshaping of a newer, smaller Wall Street: click for Video This is based on the article in this week’s cover...

Your mileage may vary:> "In the average bear market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 30% and sometimes much, much...

S&P500 June 1999 to June 2008 > One might think that the chart above would give the usual cheerleaders some pause. One would be...

Discussing where the market goes next, with Louise Yamada, managing director of Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors: click for...

via Mish, comes this Frickin’ hysterical photo: The living dead courtesy of Mish

On Monday, we showed a one year chart of the VIX versus SPX. We noted that the VIX had stayed relatively modest, implying that a tradable...