Republicans like to call themselves the party of fiscal discipline, but if you dig into the numbers, you might find a surprising answer. Since 1938, Democrats increased the budget deficit by about 8.3 percent while Republicans grew the deficit by 9.7 percent - a nearly 20 percent increase. Perhaps most startling is what happens when you change the sample date from 1938 to 1946.

The time’s right to short the iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG) says Sara Nunnally. She thinks it can’t hold it’s current level much longer - get in now before it drops faster than Gee Dubya’s popularity rating.

Editor’s Note: ETFs are revolutionizing financial markets, according to Money Morning’s Horacio Marquez. They allow investors to follow global trends without having to select individual stocks. They provide easy access to otherwise impossible-to-reach profit plays. And, by grouping stocks in a fund, they significantly reduce systematic risk in the market. For these reasons, Horacio says ETFs are the best way for investors to play today’s global trends…

We all know the U.S. government is in debt up to its eyeballs. Moody’s is already threatening to downgrade the country’s debt rating due to unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security.

The largest freezer in the world is in Le Mars, Iowa. The freezer is six stories high and shaped like a cube. The local newspaper calls it a “high rise freezer.”