The Big Picture

. The Sunday NYT reveals a common misunderstanding about volatility: "Feeling relaxed? Evidently, many investors are. An important...

Ralph Acampora is the Chief Technical Strategist for Prudential Equity Group (part of Wachovia). Too many years ago, I took Ralph’s...

It’s year’s end, and that means list time. The annoying thing about the ubiquitous year end list — best Books, best...

From Chart of the Day, comes this explanation of the so-called January effect. A common topic this time of year is the January effect....

A quick heads up: Me and my big Snoopy Christmas sweater will be appearing on Kudlow & Cramer tonite at 5pm. Once again my wingman...

. Disintermediation: In economics, the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain. . James Taylor provides a text book example of...

. A heads up: I’ll be appearing on Fox today: Cavuto on Business @ 4:25pm EST. The topics will be the Federal Reserve and the...

Some interesting oil discussions: Curses! Oiled Again Canadian Energy Viewpoint Bundle Up. It’s Going to Get Colder...

. We’ve addressed this several times over the past year: Initially, last January (Is the balance of scientific power...

. John Dorfman published a must-see year-end portfolio checkup at Bloomberg. Its good, common sense advice for those investors who manage...