The Big Picture

A crazy Tuesday — snow in the morning, way late getting into the office, rush around all day, then Fast Money in the evening, then...

Stat check: This further spike higher in interest rates today now has the 10 yr yield up just shy of 100 bps since Aug 26th and the 30 yr...

> Tonite I will be on Fast Money on CNBC at 5:00pm discussing QE2, and a few stock picks for 2011: Arch Coal (ACI), Suncor Energy...

David Bowie (Will Ferrell) visits Bing Crosby (John C. Reilly) during the holidays to sing a duet of two Christmas classics, Peace on...

The FOMC statement was almost identical to the one given in Nov with slight tweaking in the 1st paragraph on the economy. In the Nov...

Here is what’s on my Instapaper: • The Von Mises Prophecy Explained (Mercenary Trader) • Inside ‘Anonymous’: tales...

I really like the way Michale Hirsh, author of Capital Offense: How Washington’s Wise Men Turned America’s Future Over to Wall...

The Global Macro Monitor blog was started b an independent trader and economist and, in a prior life, was a global macro hedge fund...

My pal David Rosenberg points out that the Value Line Arithmetic Composite Index is at an ALL TIME HIGH. (This is an equal weighted price...

Dan Greenhaus is at the Equity Strategy Group at Miller Tabak + Co. where he covers markets and portfolio theory. He has contributed...