The Big Picture

USA Today had an interesting article this past week (it happens). The discussion was on the fact that Most Americans no good at...

In the week ended Wednesday, stock funds had net cash inflows of $1.7 billion, according to AMG Data Services. Money-market funds pulled...

As part of a continuning series of academic fisking, let’s have a go at a pair of charts based on data from Yale Prof Robert...

John Kuran points us to a study on Stock Market Extremes and Portfolio Performance. click for larger graphic Graphic courtesy Towneley...

This chart has been used primarily as an excuse for bad investment advice: Source: Marketwatch Why an excuse? It builds in an out for the...

As long as we are talking magazine covers this morn, I am still waiting for someone (anyone) to find this (previously mentioned here)...

Here’s a (belated) recognition of a contrarian signal: The Magazine Cover indicator “The Incredible Shrinking Dollar”...

.My latest Street.com column, "Falling Oil Sets Trap," is up at at the free site; It is loosely based upon two prior posts from...

I got my first iPod (a Press loaner from Apple) the first week they came out. It was a transcendant experience, and I pounded the table...

Wanna know why the market took a big giant nose dive at approxmiately 2:20 today? The WSJ gives you a hint, in their now monthly parsing...