The markets rise. The economy sinks. It is not sinking as fast as it was. But it is still going down. Month after month, the number of people without jobs increases.

Is gold going up or down?

The US consumer was counting on rising house prices to pay for his retirement.  Now, he's disappointed and worried.  What can he do?

Mom and pop don't want to borrow. They've been through 10 years of losing money on Wall Street. Stocks are no higher now than they were a decade ago.

What is most remarkable about the world a year after Lehman fell it is that so little seems to have changed.  Even the papers have noticed.

Are America's glory years over?

There’s a time to buy gold; and there’s a time to sell it. Which time is it?

How is it possible for a consumer economy to grow when consumers are spending less money?

It's payback time. The private sector has cut back. Consumers need to under-consume to make up for the over-consumption of the bubble years.

The US system of capitalism has become a system where the capitalists have no capital.