Once you've taken interest rates down to zero, and announced that you'll leave them there for the next three years, what more can you do?

Capitalism is what you get when you don’t have master designers on the job. It's what happens when the feds leave it alone.

Why not be satisfied with the demand as it is? Why not accept the decisions of willing and able consumers as to how much stuff they need and how much they can afford to buy? Why is it important that they buy more than they need with more than they have?

With government debt-to-GDP at 100 percent and rising, and the shift to short-term financing over the last few years, the feds are extremely vulnerable to an increase in interest rates.

Europe's leaders are committed to keeping both the euro and the eurozone as it is. But for it to do so, everything must change.

A single modification in trading behavior can make the difference between winning and losing.

Could any major bank or developed nation survive?

Spot gold and the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) continue to act extremely strong.

It's not a recession because it is not a temporary setback for an otherwise healthy economy. Instead, it is a turning point...a major turning point.

Dollar and commodity indices could have a major impact on a cross-section of markets.