It seems that not everyone is ready to join the deflation-first, then-inflation camp I am currently resident in. So in this week's article we look at some of the causes of deflation, the elements of deflation, if you will, and see if they are in ascendancy.

To be great is to seek but never quite attain perfection and therefore to practice the Greek ideal for living a truly satisfying life.

Which 18 stocks are we watching this week?

Thousands were employed to regulate, control, protect and administer the public weal.  Millions more were able to malinger and leech.

The markets appear to be very nervous in general and particularly nervous about the EU stress test results.

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Dave Landry takes a one-minute look at the stock market in his video for July 23.

Part of the answer to whether the S&P 500 will come back to the 1130 level will become clearer in the price development of the CHF/JPY pair.

Near-term sentiment is certainly improving, as indicated by yesterday's technical breaks of resistance in the major indices.  Leading individual stocks are also starting to break out.

Tightening seems like the right thing to do. It is the right thing to do. But it results in bigger deficits. How could that be?