economic analysis

When it comes to predicting the U.S. economy, who has the best crystal ball? Lou Crandall, chief economist at economic advisory firm Wrightson ICAP, according to Bloomberg Markets magazine's new list of top analysts released Thursday.

For investors, more than half of the financial crisis survival test involves sorting out the valid analysis from the rhetoric. For example, most investors by now know how to avoid overt financial propaganda. Conservative commentator Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Cable Network is a classic...