The big trend for the US stock market is probably down. Why?

The resumption of euro/USD weakness keeps intact the October-November topping pattern.

Europe remains the focus of markets, but the picture is not clear.

How does Boris Schlossberg deal with such a tough week of trading?

Most people don't have any money. If you want to have money, it stands to reason that you have to do things differently.

The right direction is to let the accumulated wisdom of willing buyers and sellers figure out what things are worth, let them destroy those that are worthless, and raise up those that have real value.

Bill Bonner's guess is that the great men of finance won’t be able to solve Europe’s debt problems.

What statistics about the poor with astound us?

While US policy makers are terrified of another Great Depression, Germany's officialdom is afraid of hyperinflation.

You can't read any serious economic analysis of late that does not talk about jobs, whether in Europe or the US or Asia. And not a lot of it is pretty.