The feds paid trillions to bail out the automakers and the big banks. Since both industries now rely on the government for bailouts both are happy to go along with the politicians, no matter how absurd their plans.

The most recent down-leg in the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) appears to be carving out a falling wedge formation.

Despite widespread belief inside the Beltway that the U.S. economy is on the mend, reality is that it's going to be a long time before U.S. markets return to normal if there is such a thing anymore.

Does Twitter help gauge the emotion of the market?

Day by day the debt grows larger.  And day by day, the moment of truth grows closer.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for August 5.

The latest news shows the US economy is practically dead in the water.

A quarter of the people asked by Gallup pollsters said they thought the economy really is in a depression.

The iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV) is following its optimal technical path.

Gold is fundamentally a bet against America. It's a bet that, over the long run, America's experiment with a pure paper money system will not work.