The Big Picture

Interesting historical chart of the incumbent’s approval rating. Note that sitting president’s below a 50% approval rating 6...

Un-FN-believable: “Most people know it is illegal to download songs from the internet without paying. But far fewer people know it...

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,...