The central bank has a story to tell about itself. Should you believe it? We explain why the Fed wants you to think it has superpowers, even as it befuddles you with preposterous language.

How do you define "Deflation"? Hint: It begins with psychology, NOT with falling prices. Deflation turns the economy and financial world upside down, to the point that borrowers get PAID by lenders. Get the 9-minute story in this episode of Pop Trends, Price Culture.

We survey history's greatest horror films across the decades, and WHY they so often cluster during stock market declines.

Bond yields have fallen to 50-year lows in the world's major economies, and this trend has reached nearly ALL countries. Yet if you can even find a news article about this story, it will probably include phrases like "unanticipated," "surprise," and "against the consensus forecast." What that means is, the experts did NOT see any of this coming...

Three hugely popular horror movies, and three simultaneous stock market declines. Is that just a semi-interesting coincidence... or could the timing of bear markets in stocks and the popularity of...

Social mood transformed a pair of conventional comedians - George Carlin and Richard Pryor - into two of history's greatest stand-up comedians. Hear the story you haven't heard told until now...