As traders, we are constantly taught to seek out trading opportunities with a positive edge.

Every line in the financial world has a hook on it.

The real estate market is de-leveraging. And that takes time. There will be periods when prices are going down. And periods when they are going up. But the overall trend will be down. It took nearly 20 years to deflate the bubble in Japan. It will take years to deflate the property bubble here in the US too.

What's going on with Gold (GLD)?

The spenders spent too much. The savers over-did it too. They built too much capacity. Both need to make corrections.

The feds don't have any money, right? They’ve got the biggest deficits ever, and will have to borrow $2.4 trillion this year just to keep the lights on.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of March 29.

How does an event like a problem in Greece affect you?

Financial markets are at their core not logical at all, but psychological.

You work hard. You save your money. You make a product and sell it at a profit. Everybody's happy. And then, your customers, the silly spendthrifts, go broke. And what do you know? Everybody points his finger and blames you