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

The Fed announced a $600 billion purchase program, from here until June. Will it work? Will it create real prosperity, growth, and wealth?

If bond buyers will not finance America’s trip to bankruptcy, the Fed will provide as much brand, spanking new money as necessary.

The debt level per private sector worker -- the people who have to pay the bills -- will nearly double between 2007 and 2015.

Investors are waiting to see what happens next week. They’re sitting on the edge of their chairs. Will Ben Bernanke play it cool? Or will he want to do something really big, bold, and bumbling?

This week we turn our attention to the elections and their aftermath.

It is certainly the best of times for economists with a sense of humor.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for October 29.

Normal inflation is caused when people have more money to spend and less to spend it on.  They bid up prices.  Hyperinflation is different.

The latest auction of TIPS -- US Treasury debt with inflation protection -- produced a curiosity. Investors were willing to pay $105 for every $100 worth of inflation-protected notes.