Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for June 11.

Yes, it's the end of the road for the "quick recovery" crowd. Now, the whole world has the Memphis blues.

The world's monetary system is heading for a crackup, because the people running it have no idea what they are doing.

The latest important news came out on Friday. Eighteen months. Two trillion dollars. And now this: the number of unemployed people is still going up!

It turned out that 95 percent of the new jobs were census takers -- people paid by the government to count the people who pay the government.

Is the US in a "V"-shaped recovery?  Are we returning to the old normal?  A great deal hinges on the answer, and this week we look at some of the evidence before us.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for June 4.

Is the market really headed down or not?  Is it a real bear market that will continue for years?

The problem in the world economy is debt. There’s too much of it. Investors who aren’t delusional know that too much debt spells trouble.

Unless there's a surprise boom in real estate, households will have to get back on the wagon. They need to de-leverage. And they know it.