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.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for July 30.

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?

Mike Paulenoff is concerned about the trap-like pattern that has developed in the hourly Volality Index (VIX).

There are those who believe we have a recovery, though weak, that will continue and eventually bring the economy back to health. Then, there are those who think the recovery will not come as planned.

It seems that not everyone is ready to join the deflation-first, then-inflation camp I am currently resident in. So in this week's article we look at some of the causes of deflation, the elements of deflation, if you will, and see if they are in ascendancy.

To be great is to seek but never quite attain perfection and therefore to practice the Greek ideal for living a truly satisfying life.

Thousands were employed to regulate, control, protect and administer the public weal.  Millions more were able to malinger and leech.