The rhetoric surrounding gold now glitters as brightly as the metal itself. Gold is slipping today, but its recent move has been dramatic and historic: in fact, gold reached a new all-time high price

“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.” --Ellis Boyd Redding, Shawshank Redemption Is anyone else having the strangest sense of vuja

While the yellow metal has captivated our attention in recent weeks, the “poor man’s gold” has also been quietly reaping big gains.Silver is up 56% this year, hitting a record of $1

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I’d like to discuss human nature and the paper we call money from a slightly different perspective. I was recently thinking about what's transpired in this country in the last decade: First the

“What'd you think, son? That I was just some crazy old coot, putting everyone in harm's way as I yelled "YEE-HA"?”- Capt. Ramsey, Crimson TideIt’s not easy sharing a varia

Is anyone else having the strangest sense of vuja de? Like, we've been here before and we sincerely wish we weren't? One of our mainstay mantras through the years has been that we masked the disease

Alcoa (AA) shares got a boost today after CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said he’s “very optimistic” about sales as the Chinese economy continues to grow. In a Bloomberg television interview,

Friday's Financial Times article by Mohamed El-Erian, "American Jobs Data Are Worse Than We Think," demonstrates that more and more people are starting to understand the nature of the econo

European banks are strong enough to withstand the current downturn so long as there is a quick “V-shaped” recovery. But there may be another wave of turmoil if the recession drags on long