We're always counting on government safety nets.

We have a real cracking of the liquidity bubble. The question is whether the crack can be mended with a little central bank epoxy.

The crowd always wants to believe that everything will work out, but history proves this just isn't so.

The prosperity that Americans enjoy today is a swindle.

Some financial commentators are beginning to see the Fed's emergency rate cut last Friday as "Bernanke's first big mistake."

A majority of the world's investors now believe in two great delusions. One, central banking has taken the risk out of investing, and its corollary, market prices are now on the rebound.

The dollar is going up against the euro and down against yen.  Is it because speculators are growing fearful, and because they need dollars to pay their debts and their bills?

Fear has now replaced greed as the underlying emotion in the marketplace.

Why should I pay such a high commission? What if prices don’t come back up?

There's a polite way of saying you’re homeless.