The Big Picture

Interesting graphic article today discussing tax rates in many developed countries, from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

A pair of not unrelated stories: First, today’s Dumb Headline of the Day, is this annoying piece courtesy of the NYT: Core...

A few quick words on yesterday’s Housing data: Of course, it was god-awful. Despite the incessant bottom-calling by the clueless,...

Last minute fill in on tonite’s Kudlow & Co. — just the first segments, from 7:00pm to 7:20pm or so, on CNBC. The always...

as of 3:04pm From the usually data (not spin) driven Bloomberg homepage: Inflation Stays in...

CPI gets released this morning at 8:30. Consensus forecast for September 07 — both the headline number, and the Core — are...

I’m a slob (No kidding?) It should come as no surprise that I often stain my shirts (I’m careful to move the tie out of the...

Last month, we discussed Exporting Inflation from China. Time liked the post so much they more or less ran it in the magazine: ...

On 9/16/2007, I gave the keynote speech at the Forex Trading Expo in Las Vegas using Economic data in investing and trading. The video...

Sometimes, short term mechanical concerns can magnify market moves. Example: Consider option gamma and this week’s option...