by Larry D. Spears, Contributing Writer, Money Morning If you had to pick one word to describe the outlook for the world's major currencies heading into 2013, it would have to be "inconclusive." Since late May, none of the leading currenc… more »

Predicting the weekly or even daily movements of the Euro under today’s market conditions has been a confusing exercise at best, often defying the “odds” that have been heavily weighted for its demise. The relentless stability of the currency, especially… more »

We are not experiencing systemic inflation. Rather, it is clear from the underlying dropping consumer and housing debt statistics, which the FED has been battling through QE, the true battle has been with deflation. more »

the twenty-first century may see wealth created in the Far East by global enterprises controlled by Asia. The quest for financial profits in the West could lead to control of profits from production in the East as the dominant economic force of a century. Successful investing in the coming decades must recognize this potential sea change in global economic tides. more »

The Russell 2000 index is out-performing the S&P 500 on both the upside and the downside. There is evidence that micro-cap stocks are decoupled from large stocks and macro economic events. more »