The Big Picture

An unusually sedate Jim Cramer has a very intelligent conversation with James Altucher about the markets, edges for individuals and the...

Mark Hulbert asks an interesting question: What does a strong first quarter imply for the rest of the year? On the one hand, we know that...

Is it just me, or are there an inordinate number of trading contests suddenly going on? I wonder just what this means in terms of...

We noted last week that the shorter term risk was to the upside. After outlining many of the technical positives of the market, we noted...

Maybe this will help explain the street’s obsession with running any and every piece of data is through a “Fed lens . . .” As the...

Despite tremendous interest in music, iPods, and all things digital, the recording industry continues to flounder. This comes as no...

Floyd Norris asks how well the US Market has done relative to other global markets. The answer? On a comparitive basis, not great. Better...

BusinessWeek’s Blogspotting, which focuses on a different blog each edition, highlights The Big Picture this week. >...

Short version: A group of Fed researchers presented a paper that rebuts the slack in the labor market argument. The Fed, therefore, is...

Now that was a crazy week — up down sideways — at least the weather was nice. I am of the belief that the market does have a...