The Big Picture

Gold has been surging since 2001, and closed over $400 per ounce for the first time since March 1996. Be it terrorism fears, economic...

Here’s a Hollywood rumor that keeps popping up from time to time: Disney, in need of tying up Pixar’s soon-to-be-ending...

The International Securities Exchange devised a new contrary sentiment gauge: The ISE Sentiment Index (ISEE). ISEE is more than a mere...

The long ugly process of collecting on your patents . . . Excerpt: “If you’ve ever used a modem to surf the Internet, chances...

Harsh words from billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros. In an Atlantic Monthly article, “The Bubble of American...

Last week, we made reference to the historical Seasonality factors impacting Thanksgiving week trading. The feedback this generated made...

I just got tagged for Fox’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto.” It will be on today, at 4:00 . . . The topic is...

Stephen S. Roach, chief economist for Morgan Stanley, has an op-ed in Sunday’s N.Y. Times: The Productivity Paradox. If that title...

Hope you had a Happy Turkey day; While I’m off in Chicago stuffing myself, I thought you might like to see what today looks like...

Be sure to check out our charming holiday tale, the “Mensa Society Rejects,” over at Essays and Effluvia.