The Big Picture

Here’s a great idea for Dow Jones: Why don’t you make Dow Jones Market Talk a blog? Its a great news service that is...

A fairly scathing article by Eric Savitz in Barron’s this morning on SPACs: The New Blind Pools: "It’s the return of the...

I use ETFs alot, and find they can be vastly superior to Mutual Funds in many ways. The WSJ did a nice comparo between ETFs and...

I gave the NYT props the other day for an epecially good issue; I almost never do that for the WSJ (because its a given). But I did mean...

Barron’s Alan Abelson lets fly another fusillade this morning. In Parting the Mist, he observes that the White House is...

Global Warming is actually misnamed — it should be called Global Weather Volatility. Because of gulfstreams, ocean currents, etc.,...

I’ve been thinking about both the Cult of the Bear comment and the accusations of pouting pessimism. The name calling —...

One of the economic realists I enjoy reading is Northern Trust’s Paul Kasriel. NT makes their Economic research available on a 24...

Part II of the Apprenticed Investor reading list for traders and investors is posted: More Reading Ideas. Tis time, we go...

Fascinating article on the front page of today’s WSJ: Music Labels See New Threat From Satellite Radio. What makes this...