The Big Picture

The purchase component of the weekly MBA data reflected no bounce after the Nov 6th extension of the home buying tax credit. It fell 4.7%...

I meant to get to this yesterday, but travel plans got in the way: Those regular Sarbox bashers forget that it is all about keeping...

Unfriend was the New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year for 2009. Check out the list of runners up below: Technology hashtag –...

I post this to NOT make any political statement whatsoever — George Bush’s face can be superimposed on Obama’s and the...

Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn At the Kellogg Distinguished Lecture Series, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University,...

Some interesting reads: • Recovery Can Only Go So Far Without Jobs (Market Talk) • Paul Farrell: Wall Street’s 2012 meltdown...

While the US Treasury market is having another impressive day that is sending yields down to 3.32%, the lowest since Oct 8th on a closing...

The Nat’l Assoc of Home Builders sentiment index for Nov was 17, 2 pts below expectations and flat with the Oct reading which was...

Nice infoporn via Mint, showing the breakdown by income level. To put this into context, as of 2007, the median annual household income...

David Rosenberg asks the question: Is Gold a bubble? > Gold Prices Relative to the S&P 500 (ratio) click for bigger chart > I...