According to the government, there were fewer people out of work in the month of November than there were in October.  At least, that is the way the authorities tell it.

Does gold do anything but rise? It goes up when the news is bad. It goes up when the news is good. When doesn’t it go up?

The rate of delinquencies on credit card debt went up in October. Unemployment went up too.

We're still a long way from gold's ultimate destination.

What was lost to the first world's two leading economies was found by another part of the world that used to be known as the second or third world.  India, China, Russia and Brazil have all grown by leaps and bounds.

If an investor cannot trust the ruling family of Dubai, how can he trust the commies who run China? Or the hacks who run the United States of America?

The only thing rising faster than the demand for government debt is the supply of it.

The recession is over. Welcome back to the Depression?

A little bit of governance goes a long way.

The typical household had less real, disposable income than it had 10 years ago.