This week the Fed altered their end-of-meeting statement by just a few words, but those words have a lot of meaning.

The next time you stake a trade on a seemingly logical premise, ask yourself, if the illogical alternative is actually the better risk for the moment.

Gold should go up with consumer prices. But, for nearly two decades -- from 1980 to 1999 -- gold went down while consumer and asset prices rose. Now, consumer prices are stable. Yet gold hits new records.

Recession or no recession, people are having a hard time finding jobs and making ends meet.

Government can't deliver fiscal restraint. Not in this economy.

Mike Paulenoff notes that crude oil prices are under pressure again.

US stocks are likely to underperform over the next 10 years.

Mike Paulenoff believes that the hourly relationship between the Volatility Index (VIX) and S&P 500 (SPX) is acting strange.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of September 20.

Investor attitudes have reversed abruptly in recent months.