The Big Picture

There is an embarassingly nice profile in the "Quite Contrary" column of yours truly today. My favorite line of the...

The weekend’s terror warnings raise certainly rattled the futures markets. Traders should be asking themselves: How much of a terror...

When looking at a historic depiction of U.S. GDP over 20 years, it is fairly hard to avoid noticing the business cycle. The lighter line...

Interesting observations from the WSJ this weekend: “The market has a problem with the possibility of a Democrat winning, but...

When looking at a historic depiction of U.S. GDP over 20 years, its fairly hard to avoid noticing the business cycle. The lighter line...

We’ve mentioned previously that as the stimulus fades — once the pig is through the python — the economy will settle...

I have kinda mixed feelings about this one: I get an advert in last weekend’s paper for Coconuts Music & Movies; (their...

Fascinating story in today’s Times regarding the drop in Americans’ incomes. The surprising culprit? “Falling incomes,...

As we have noted recently and on several occasions in the past, Cuban American voters in Florida continues to be a potential problem for...

WSJ: “While U.S. voters are nearly evenly split about Mr. Bush’s performance, a recent Wall Street Journal survey found that...