Gold is what you buy when you fear the authorities are up to no good. But so far, very few people own gold.

The rich have gotten richer.  The poor have gotten poorer.  People don't know why.  But they don't like it.  And they figure it has something to do with the rich rigging the system. They're right, but not in the way they think.

Markets are always discovering prices. Prices go up and down. But they usually find an equilibrium in a fairly narrow range. In a world of real money, prices don't vary that much.

The market is going up, so all must be right with the world.  Or is it?

Japan has the highest debt to GDP ratio in the world.  And it just keeps adding debt.

Despite today's weakness, Silver Wheaton Corp. (SLW) continues to act well off of last week's low.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of January 31.

What can you do today that will improve your trading?

More people spend their time trying to figure out how to redistribute wealth than trying to create it.

A Great Correction is very different from a recession.  It is not a pause in an otherwise healthy economy. Instead, it is a change of direction -- an adjustment to new circumstances.