Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for July 15.

The more the takers take the less the makers want to make.

In Europe, governments are broke. They have borrowed too much. They can only service their debts if interest rates remain low, or if they get bailouts.

What's next for the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)?

In Europe, no sooner was one can kicked down the road than another one showed up. Greece disappeared from the headlines. Italy took its place.

Are the US Oil Fund ETF (USO) technicals looking bullish?

Economists can't really predict levels of employment, growth, prices, or anything else. And they are especially bad at it when they have the wrong idea of how things work.

This week John Mauldin looks at not only the jobs report but also "what-if" proffers for the US and global economies.

One of the maddening things about trading is that it resists any and all attempts to turn it into a regular business activity.

What's imperial suicide? It's what empires do. If no other empire arises to kill them, they kill themselves.