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

Gold and the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) are attracting capital along with the U.S. bond market and the U.S. dollar. Why?

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.

The history of human progress and civilization is essentially a never ending attempt to assiduously remove as much luck as possible from human affairs.

Major industries -- finance, health, education and defense -- have been taken over by zombies, parasites whose real interest is to transfer wealth to themselves, from the part of the economy that remains productive.

ETF traders may want to watch the ProShares UltraShort Yen (YCS).

The markets continue trying to discover what things are worth. With so many things in motion, so much fog and so much doubt, they're having a hard time.

The e-mini S&P 500 countertrend rally continues and points next to a test of its near-term resistance line.

The financial bailout zombified much of the economy. Businesses that should have closed their doors were able to keep the lights on.

Few people really like capitalism -- even people who call themselves capitalists.