The Big Picture

.My latest Street.com column, "Does November 2004 Equal March 2003? " is up at RM. It expands upon earlier comments, November...

Challenger, Gray & Christmas said companies announced 104,530 job cuts in November, up 5.1% from a year earlier and 2.6% from...

The question came up yesterday about the technical formation known as an "outside day." An outside day occurs when one...

Are you donating your money to a party that holds the opposite of your political views? You may be doing so, albeit indirectly. Nearly...

Barron’s picks up today’s November 2004 = March 2003 ? Its yet another case where I like their title — Stocks May Rise...

Since the rally began late October, it has been quantitatively different than the prior failed moves of 2004. In many ways, this...

Is the falling dollar good or bad for stocks? The answer, according to Mark Hulbert, is: it depends. "Which is which depends a lot...

I’ve been thinking about music and radio a lot lately, especially given all buzz recently on Satellite radio. (Recall we visited this...

. "I know for a fact that a lot of people first heard my music by downloading it from Napster or Kazaa, and for this reason...

Here’s yet another online-only WSJ column: Season’s Subtotal. The WSJ will take a "regular look at how the holiday...