The Big Picture

A few interesting oil data points: Gary B. Smith of Real Money agrees that there is no inverse correlation as of yet: ] >Also, check...

I’ve been getting deluged with Spam Comments and Trackbacks lately. In an effort to keep this site from turning into little more...

My latest Real Money column, "The Fundamentals Stink: Buy Stocks" is posted. It is loosely based on yesterday’s...

A word about tipping points: As much as I want to avoid using cliches, "tipping point," is such an economical phrase, I ask you...

I’ve been meaning to point to NYT article — and an even better chart — from earlier this week: "For Americans, oil...

This week’s snark comes to us directly via Barron’s Alan Abelson, who is less than enthused about the recently released...

A quick heads up: I will be on Kudlow & Company tonite at 5pm. Its for 2 segments, and the topics will include the Economy,...

Its important to recall that economic data – indeed, any data series – is not a snapshot, but a moving picture. And even moving...

The latest "Apprenticed Investor" column is up, and its titled (apropos of nothing in particular) Nothing Doing. In it, we look...

I have not yet read the widely applauded Freakonomics, but its in my queu. Here’s a decidely non-Freakonomics look at smoking....