The Big Picture

This chart of the Dow below depicts the markets behavior post-Presidential election. It is concerned not with partisan party politics but...

The election of your lifetime. That’s what the vote on November 2nd vote has been called. It’s probably a fair description in...

Ben Sargent via Yahoo! Graphic courtesy Ben Sargent Sargent makes this a partisan issue by juxtaposing George W. Bush’s campaign...

Click for larger graphic Graphic courtesy WSJ One of the last of the swing state polls

Here’s two news stories you may have overlooked this week: CNN will shut down its struggling CNNfn financial news network in...

“If President Bush loses on Nov. 2, the finger-pointing among Republicans will begin immediately. Some may ask whether corporate...

Can Colorado swing blue? That’s an issue hardly anyone thought would be up in the air a week before the election. Bush appeals to...

Over the past year, we have extensively discussed how important job creation was in order for an economic recovery or expansion to keep...

October’s reputation as one of the year’s scariest months appears well deserved this year. The frights began piling up weeks in...

The Dow continues to trade in its downwards channel. As the chart below shows, each cyclical top has been followed by a lower low. The...