Upside down.

Total U.S. debt held by the public as of August, 2009: $7.3 trillion
Projected deficit for 2010: $1.5 trillion
Total value of all gold ever mined at $941/oz.: $4.8 trillion

This is soaring?

Yahoo!® Finance reports today that "Stocks Soar on Bank Rally." Not to rain on anyone's parade, but a 380-point bounce in the Dow after losing more than 50% of its market value since last October (a high of 14,093 to 6,547 yesterday) is not what I'd call "soaring," given the context.
 

...And Pretty Soon You're Talking About Real Money

Global Financial Assets Lost $50 Trillion Last Year, ADB Says
 

Bigger than a breadbox

What a trillion dollars looks like.