Insurrection is in the air all over the world.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for March 12.

China has quietly bought stakes in America’s leading companies, and in various businesses all over the world. But the only way large amounts of US dollar cash can be readily and safely deployed is in US bonds.

Let’s look at the private sector. There, we find unemployment still around 10%. Adult males in their prime working years, however, have fewer jobs than ever before.

Like the two sides of the brain, people use politics both ways.

We are in an era of accelerating change, moving toward a future that will be profoundly different from the past we grew up in.  But what will the nature of that change be?  What will the future look like?

Stimulus spending is a net negative in the US; what about in China?

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

There are many towns and cities that are losing population, losing key industries, and probably on the verge of extinction.

Consumers spent a little more than was expected of them. And manufacturing did a little better than expected too. On the other hand, the federal government’s tax receipts plunged.