Commentary

Most of the measures of economic health we look at are still in positive territory and corporate earnings have been generally strong, but the trend is negative.

The functioning of the capital markets is currently based on the continued public pretense that bad sovereign debts are good.

Alfred E. Neuman is alive and well on Wall Street.

The end of one year and the beginning of a new one is typically a time when market strategists flood the airwaves with their Top 10 lists of predictions for the coming year.

More water please: Answering the optimist/pessimist dilemma.

This is not a time to leave your portfolio on autopilot or wander too far from your chair.

Things really could be different if we could only eclipse this destructive cycle of stupid politics, stupid press, and stupid policy and look to and invest in the future.

Is an IRA Roth conversion in your best interest?

Our only viable national exit strategy is to generate meaningful new economic growth fueled by innovation, investment and productive enterprise.

Major investment trends and guidance for navigating the road ahead.