The Big Picture

My friend Michelle sends over this little tidbit — Looks like no one at emarketer is looking for a recession anytime soon:...

Bill Miller on Risk: You also know that rising stock prices mean lower future rates of return and falling stock prices mean higher rates...

The initial read on Retail sales was pretty good: The Commerce Department said Retail sales increased by 1.2% over October 2006 2007, and...

We continue to discuss the technical aspects of the Dow action in the office. There is a divergence of informed opinions, ranging from...

This is our third in a series of gift ideas for the holidays (parts one and two are here) As previously mentioned, I am a terrible book...

Crude oil a hair under $95, on the Fed rate cut and inventory drop. > Chart courtesy of BarCharts > As I am fond of saying, there...

The Fed released these two announcements today: Federal Reserve and other central banks announce measures designed to address elevated...

This morning, I’ll be guest hosting Morning Call on CNBC, from 11:00am to 12 noon. On today’s agenda: –...

The market is screaming higher on the Fed emergency plan with four other major central banks to inject more liquidity into global...

After all of the criticizing I do about misleading headlines, it was a rare pleasure to read one that perfectly summed up both the...