1. Two Economies, One Outcome: DeflationMost people mistake inflation and deflation as the simple idea that inflation means rising prices and deflation means falling prices. The problem is, those are

Gold broke out to a new high yesterday of $1084, and the yellow metal is glittering again today.More impressively, strategists note, gold prices moved higher on Tuesday even as the S&P 500 ticked

1. Behold, the Green Shoots!It's a good day to be an optimist. A couple of datapoints out this morning surprised to the upside by a significant margin. First, the Institute of Supply Managements' fac

Ninth Inning, Extra Innings, or Game Over?As the stock market enters the second week of its most famous month of the year, one has to wonder if we’re in the last inning of the game for this pow

The yellow metal continues to shine, with everyone bearish on the dollar and bullish on gold. Australia yesterday jacked up its official rate by 25 bps to 3.25%, which investment pros think could be

When Sony Pictures Animation announced it was producing an animated film version of the entertainingly bizarre 1978 children's book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs featuring Mr. T as a voice for on

Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992), Austrian economist, author and 1974 Nobel Prize-winner for Economics wrote: “With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governme

Minyan Jeremy writes:  Dear Professor Lewis,I follow your posts on the 'Ville and enjoy them a lot. I know from your writings that you're still constructive on metal stocks. The other day you

Despite a drop off in prices, bullion continues to shine brightly for investors -- and for good reason.The weakening of the US dollar and fears of inflation are 2 major reasons why. Traditionally, th

Goldman Sachs (GS) may be in talks with regulators to repay the $10 billion in TARP funds it received by mid-April. According to Bloomberg, executives at the Wall Street firm are squirming under the