Fiscal stimulus, monetary stimulus, unorthodox stimulus -- trillions of dollars' worth.  What happened?

It's a mixed bag in the metals sector today, which bears close watching for the iShares Silver Trust (SLV), Silver Wheaton (SLW), the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX).

Real trouble comes unannounced.  Black swans do not honk before they appear.

While the debt supercycle is still growing on the back of increasing government debt, there is an end to that process, and we are fast approaching it.

When we think of trading models, most of us inevitably fall into the quantitative trap.

If you believe the "recovery" story, you naturally think inflation will pick up and bonds will go down. You should be a vigilante. You should sell bonds. Bonds should go down.

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

Is the Great Correction over?  Where will this end?  Bankruptcy?  Hyperinflation?  Or revolution?

As more and more people are caught up in the system -- as either knave, enabler, or accomplice -- the more the system becomes zombified.

Mike Paulenoff is unnerved by the sloppy price action in the S&P.