The SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) is up about 1 percent from the intraday low prior to the FOMC statement.

After 18 months and $2.5 trillion in counter-cyclical budget deficits, people have begun to realize that the "recovery" is a flop.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of August 9.

State and local pension funds are drastically underfunded. What does this mean for us?

Don't let the setup trade you.

It's really very simple. The private sector ran up too much debt. It didn't have the income to support the debt.

What is this? Some kind of joke? No, it’s America’s Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Timothy Geithner.

The inventory build was a bit less than expected, but sellers came out of the woodwork in the U.S. Natural Gas Fund ETF (UNG).

The Japanese-style correction is still underway. Consumers are careful about spending because they fear they might not have jobs. Employers are careful about hiring because they fear they might not have revenue.

Could the US economy experience Japanese-style deflation within the next several years?