This week the Fed altered their end-of-meeting statement by just a few words, but those words have a lot of meaning.

The next time you stake a trade on a seemingly logical premise, ask yourself, if the illogical alternative is actually the better risk for the moment.

Gold should go up with consumer prices. But, for nearly two decades -- from 1980 to 1999 -- gold went down while consumer and asset prices rose. Now, consumer prices are stable. Yet gold hits new records.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for September 24.

Recession or no recession, people are having a hard time finding jobs and making ends meet.

Government can't deliver fiscal restraint. Not in this economy.

US stocks are likely to underperform over the next 10 years.

Investor attitudes have reversed abruptly in recent months.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for September 17.

Can you make money buying gold now? Yes, but now you're betting on a different phenomenon.