The Big Picture

I have a ton of offline stuff to get to today, but what the heck — here’s a few items of interest: • Economic data this...

I like to use Sundays to post other perspectives and "how tos" on Investing. Today’s involves a slight twist: Its on Real...

"It looks like the U.S. economy is now dominated by housing, shopping, eating and drinking (with some help from very expensive...

Barron’s ran with Tuesday’s No Goldilocks Economy in the weekend print edition: "RAFAEL PALMEIRO ROCKED the...

Baidu.com’s (BIDU) IPO, billed as China’s answer to Google, was up fourfold today from its $27 offering price. It broke $150...

The WSJ reports: The Labor Department announced Friday morning that U.S. employers added 207,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls and that...

Here’s a real conundrum for ya: Who do you fight, the Tape or the Fed? That’s my takeaway from an interesting WSJ discussion...

This was a good — but not great — NFP report. In fact, its one of the better reports we’ve seen. It points to an...

Well, its the first Friday of the month, and you know what that means: Non-Farm Payroll report. Consensus is for 180,000. Since its been...

I am back on CNBC’s Power Lunch today between 1:00pm and 2pm today, with Bill Griffeth and Sue Hererra....