The Big Picture

Last Thursday’s presidential debates surprised many of the 63 million Americans who tuned in by offering substantive policy...

In the beginning of the year, we asked the question: “Is the balance of scientific power shifting?” That question gets...

Oops! I overlooked this: The print edition of Barron’s picked up last week’s Bull or Bear Market? commentary. The focus of...

How is this for a price increase: The DOE notes that “Natural gas prices continued to surge in the wake of Hurricane Ivan for the...

We’ve shown this chart (and variations) too many times to count. It was a pleasant surprise to see that the WSJ has discovered it....

Mount St. Helens flipped her lid last week, and the markets, apparently not willing to be outdone, joined her as the new quarter began....

As the chart below reveals, the S&P500 has been suffering in a downtrend all year. Friday’ action finally broke the index above...

Max Sawicky observes “The most important story that nobody is talking about is fifty-dollar-a-barrel oil. The potential harm to the...

Here’s a topic that simply will not go away: The Music industry and CD sales. U.S. music sales rebounded 3.9% in the first half of...

I keep hearing a lot of jabber about the Politcal Futures markets like Intrade.com and Iowa Political Futures, and how significant the...