The Big Picture

For the first time in 3 years, the market has put together back-to-back winning quarters. In the third quarter, the Dow gained 3.2%, the...

The San Jose Mercury News picked up last night’s discussion of Magnatune . . . (Good Morning Silicon Valley: “The real winner...

Merrill lynch’s Steven Milunovich seen dabbling in hubris this morning, as he puts out a scathing “open letter” to...

The BBC has a quiz about the EU: The Brussels brainbuster I got 5 out of 10 right — not bad for a Yank.

Last time we checked in on our Music Business Models, we were looking at Weedshare, a MLM/DRM/P2P method of promotion and distribution of...

Important front page article in the NY Times today: “Slowing Stream of New Jobs Helps to Explain Slump.” While job losses...

They’re back. The Wall Street Journal notes that the day traders have returned. Not in the same size and scope as during the bubble...

Kevin Laws (by way of Tim Oren’s Due Diligence) raises some very interesting issues regarding the music industry, and questions of...

After a nearly uninterrupted six month run, the markets’ momentum finally faded last week. The combination of the dollar weakening,...

Intermediate trend still intact; A pullback to support (1760-1780) would not be a problem. Nasdaq 6 Month Chart Source: Gary B. Smith,...