The 5 examines a wave of bad news for the dollar and U.S. national debt. Plus, a sector to short and how retail looks as though it won't be able to pull us out of the recession just yet.

US already on track for another record annual budget deficit, plus the latest admission from the FHA and Goldman Sachs' claim that they are doing God's work.

Questions of inflation of deflation matter less against the deeper implications of peak oil and the failure of complex systems.

The Agora Financial 5 Min. Forecast written by Addison Wiggin and Ian Mathias features insights about the economy, politics, financial markets, gold, oil, and more from those behind the headlines.