This week John Maudlin looks at data from the Bank of International Settlements.

The brain is a pattern-recognition machine and when focused properly, it can quickly deepen a person's grasp of a principle.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of June 13.

The stock market comes to reflect neither the economy nor what stocks are worth. Instead, it shows what speculators think they can make from anticipating Ben Bernanke’s next move.

Mike Paulenoff sees the S&P pushing down more in its current cycle.

America is going broke. Congress is worried about getting re-elected. Do you need to know more?

Despite deteriorating economic fundamentals, longer-term yield is at or very near the completion of a significant correction.

No wonder the economy is not growing. Four out of every ten dollars is zombie spending. It supports hamburgers consumed in 1998, gasoline burned in 2002, bankers' bonuses handed out in 2008, and food stamps distributed in 2011.

While investors have recovered most of their ’08-’09 losses, the poor working stiff is still getting it in the chops. He doesn’t own stocks. He owns a house. And housing just keeps going down.