Moody's downgraded Portuguese debt to junk status. The IMF says it will still take the debt as collateral until all four rating agencies downgrade it.

The United States was once the most blessed nation on the face of the earth, but now we are literally falling to pieces.  Does anyone have any ideas about why this could be happening?

Mike Paulenoff thinks that the euro and gold are warning us to expect potentially powerful, bullish upside resolutions.

The debt ceiling is distraction. It's just an American nuance to a genuine problem that is plaguing all the mature democratic economies.

John Mauldin shares his thoughts on what the next six months could look like.

Why is Boris Schlossberg a proponent of trading flow -- trading in the direction of the immediate trend.

What if bond buyers suddenly recalled how they got mugged the last time?

Would Greece be better off rejecting the financial rescue plan?

The Fed was the world’s biggest customer for US debt -- in some months buying two times as much debt as the US government issued. Now that the Fed’s buying program is coming to an end, shouldn’t bonds go down?

This week, the Greeks are scheduled to vote on a 5-year austerity plan.