The Big Picture

What are the economic ramifications of the Mortgage deduction being eliminated? How likely is it that such a significant tax change is...

As a consumer, I have long preferred Amazon.com to eBay. Not just because I like Amazon’s interface better, and their system seems...

I missed this while travelling during the week: Here’s the details from the Press release: Moody’s Corporation Acquires...

From Alan Farley comes another good list of errors to be aware of: 1. Fearing you’ll miss the big move. That’s the biggest...

The Saturday WSJ has an interesting overview of China; Data junky and chart whore that I am, it it simply too much for me to pass up,...

Barron’s Alan Abelson revisits an all too familiar subject: Inflation (ex-inflation) and fun with hedonics: "Of course, the...

"Certain price patterns are nonrandom and will lead to a predictive effect." That statement, according to the Random Walk...

I’m travelling today, so light posting. But check out this fascinating chart regarding Capacity Utiliatization Rates, via Chart of...

signs were appearing that Housing was cooling back in August. More recently, there was also a comprehensive front page WSJ article on the...

The latest "Apprenticed Investor" column is up: There Are No Shortcuts. Sorry to be the one to deliver the sad news, but...