The Big Picture

Rising frustration with gas prices has led two presidential candidates, Senators John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton, to promote...

>"This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a...

Richard DeKaser Calls Consumer Sentiment Data `Puzzling’...

Fascinating interview with Sy Jacobs. Since several different trading desks have emailed me this, I am reposting it here: Download...

Nice map: From Friday’s WSJ: "Mounting concerns about global energy supply are fueling a drive by the oil industry and some...

In case you didn’t know, Herb Greenberg has retired from WSJ and Marketwatch to go into "private practice." For his final...

James Brown’s version of Tighten Up (1968) And the original Archie Bell and the Drells version Archie Bell and the Drells

I hope everyone is enjoying their long holiday weekend — I have the iPod charged up, the burgers ready to for the grill, some SPF...

I’m a macro guy; that means I try to see the world from the 40,000 foot view. I look for big themes, long arcs, threads that run...

Another good Friday on CNBC — excellent guests, discussing real issues, and in great detail. Like the interview two weeks ago with...