The Big Picture

Daniel Lyon heaves a big ole rock at a hornet’s nest in the upcoming Forbes, opening fire at Bloggers in a column called Attack of...

We have had robust reflation/inflation ever since the Fed took rates down to half century lows, and then left them there for quite a...

Fascinating discussion today via Barron’s Alan Abelson. He looks at som interesting ideas from MacroMavens, who raise some...

The latest "Apprenticed Investor" column is up: Protect Your Backside This week, we look at how investors can avoid get...

What will today’s GDP data look like? (and yet another call to take "the under?") The consensus is for 3.6% growth,...

Some people have been suggesting that the investigation into the Plamegate affair is the source of the market’s woes. I totally...

Not too long ago, I recieved an email asking me about the difficulties of combining Technical and Economic Analysis. I thought it might...

I mentioned a new column on why Inflation is real the other day (here). But an incident today was so telling re: measuring...

Exactly one month ago, the WSJ reported that Economists were optimistic: Economists Expect ‘Solid Expansion’ To Last Into...

A few caveats about the data mentioned previously: First , the BLS data only goes to 2003. That probably doesn’t matter with this...