The Big Picture

My friend Paul has a chart from BP’s data, Visualizing Global Oil Markets: 1965-2007 (not my favorite chart porn in the...

Editors give ‘The Big Picture’ first-place honors in competition for Internet’s best financial postings > Wow! Absurdly nice...

In our prior post, I alluded to the failure of markets and mortgage origination. This requires additional discussion. When discussing...

In a story this morning, the Washington Post picks up a meme circulating amongst conservative thinkers, and gives it front page...

click for video Excerpt: "Stocks, property and commodities are overvalued as an economic slowdown and inflation will curb earnings...

At Lehman’s annual meeting held in April of this year, Richard Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers, was rumored to have said: "I will...

Dan North of Euler Hermes provides a smart overview of what the Fed’s options are: Marketwatch:

Today’s Chart Porn is The Varying Impact of Gas Prices (via the NYT), which looks at local Gas Prices, Median Income, and...

Yesterday, we asked what the Misery Index would look like if the CPI and Unemployment were reported honestly. A colleague at...

> This morning, I am on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, at 9:35 am. Overseas markets are trading very heavy, and US Equity...