Mike Paulenoff believes that the global equity markets are in a leadership transition from west to east, or from the U.S. to China.

In the next few years, US stocks are not likely to pay off. The stock market entered a bear phase in January 2000. Since then, stock market investors have made some money and lost some money. Some are ahead a little. Some are behind. Most have gotten nowhere.

Remember all the bulls and cheerleaders late last year and into this one talking about a V-shaped recovery?

No matter how much we love our setups we should never assume that they will last in perpetuity.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of August 23.

The Berlin government announced the best results since the wall fell in 1989. From the first quarter to the second one the republic's GDP rose 2.2 percent.

What can you do with your money during a Great Correction?

Consumers are paying down their debt -- or defaulting on it -- at a rate of about 6 percent per year.

Today's early weakness in gold has totally reversed, with the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) pivoting off lows.

There are signs of weakening. GDP growth figures are being revised downward. Consumers aren’t spending. Banks aren’t lending -- except to the federal government.