Amidst the hubbub of the New York Stock Exchange technical outage, it’s easy to neglect the fundamental problems afflicting the world’s economy.

Less than robust economic health in the United States is nevertheless pulling the world train along. It has to by default.

Liquidity is a key issue in all major economic regions, although for very different reasons.

Today has been a trying and troubling day in world markets as everyone awaits the next move in the European-Greek drama. We’re hard-pressed to see how it can turn out well for anyone with any exposure to Greece’s debt.