Silver and the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) have been higher and outperforming gold by a wide margin.

There are some very smart people who believe inflation rates are going up – soon.

Two technical features jump out in a comparison of the Shanghai Composite and S&P 500 daily charts.

The economy of the US grew at a weaker than expected 2.4 percent in the second quarter, but the first quarter was revised back up to 3.7 percent on the strength of stronger-than-projected inventory rebuilding. But the recession years were revised downward rather significantly for this late in the cycle.

Can treating a trade as a bet improve your trading?

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of August 2.

The thing economists said was nearly impossible actually happened last week.

This surge in the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond (TLT) reflects greater-than-expected economic deceleration.

Wall Street is still in bull mode. Can you make money by joining it? Maybe. Is it worth it? Probably not.

Everyone is doing the right thing. Households are reducing spending. Business is reducing its costs. GDP growth is falling and investors are taking shelter in Treasury debt. So what’s the problem?