Gold ticked higher in volatile trade on Thursday, underpinned by improving investment appetite and gains in other commodities such as oil and metals and despite the dollar rising against the euro.

Last Tuesday the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by my friend Gary Shilling and Richard LeFrak. They offer a simple solution for the housing crisis: give foreigners who will come to the US and buy a home resident status, green cards).

A pair of crucial economic indices seesawed in February, helping some analysts to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I started out writing today’s piece on anything BUT energy and infrastructure. After all, the street has trashed most of the stocks in both these sectors and left them for dead.

McDonalds (NYSE:MCD) is warning investors today, yet share price is on the rise. When cheap is good, this is a great company to have in your portfolio. Fortunately, cheap has never been more popular.

Have we hit bottom? The U.S. unemployment crisis has changed the purchasing habits for the American consumer. The Investment U Research Team gives us two stocks that are benefiting from the recession and this new way of life .

Investing bearish right now could help protect your savings.  And just like fellow contrarians have been telling you all along, Ted Peroulakis suggests you broaden your horizons into contrarian investments like gold and silver.

U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) contracted at a 6.2% annual pace in the fourth quarter of 2008, the most since 1982, the Commerce Department said Friday.

A few years back, I couldn’t believe that my father had finally bought a Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN) GPS navigation system.

This recession isn’t like anything we’ve seen previously. Even I’ve cut back on the egregious amount of fast food dining I do in the face of deflation.