The Big Picture

No surprise here: The Case-Shiller Home Price Index fell yet again. Through August 2007, prices of existing single family homes across...

If you want to know about abstract economic theory, speak to an economist. However, if you have questions about inflation, I suggest that...

"Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. By a continuing...

Last month, I asked "What happened to Google Blog Search?" For some strange reason, a few months ago, Google stopped finding...

I would greatly appreciate if readers filled out this short survey: The Survey is now closed! Thank you to all who participated. My...

Futures look strong this morning, and I’m running into a few appointments. Before I hop, I wanted to get you this quick chart from...

I assumed this was a older parody (maybe not), but in light of last week’s Microsoft $240 million, 1.6% investment in Facebook, it...

Yesterday, we looked at the week gone by; Today, we look at the week that will be. All eyes will be on the Fed: The two day FOMC meeting...

“The conventional wisdom of a year ago was that we would have a soft landing in housing. Today, the stock market message is a hard...

Mo’ money, mo’ volatility. That was the story this wild week, when pretty much everything went up — excepting (of...