The trouble with saving money is that it is incompatible with a debt-soaked economy.

Solon was in charge of Athens in the second part of the 7th century BC. Then, as now, the people had gotten themselves into a jamb. They owed too much money. The burden of debt was so great that the economy was apparently being crushed by it.

Why aren't interest rates up-ticking and bond prices under pressure?

The market often represents the sum of the stupidity of all of its participants.

The US is facing financial reality.

Is the US is headed for ruin and revolution?

Now that the rating agencies are circling France, the whole rescue project is in danger.

The nice thing about revolution is that you don't have to understand it.

Mike Paulenoff looks at the big picture of 10-year Treasury Note yield chart.

It may be the appetite that builds wealth, but it's the spirit that fuels revolutions.