If it is a real bull market, then it’s a funny looking bull – one that’s missing parts.

House prices seem to be stabilizing. In some areas, they are going up. Of course, in some places you can get a house at half the price it sold for two years ago.

On one side, are the forces of a natural market correction following a long, long period of expansion. The easier money gets, the more people tend to misspend and mis-invest it. Then, inevitably, their mistakes must be corrected.

What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt?

Unemployment is high and rising.  But if the recession is over, won't employment start to rise?

Price Headley looks at several personality types that you may recognize in yourself or other traders you know.

A good trader should always trust his eyes and respect the price action no the matter how difficult or ridiculous it may seem at the time.

On the one hand, depression will probably not push up gold prices – at least, not at the beginning. On the other hand, it won’t push up stock prices either.

The US dollar ended the past week marginally higher after the Federal Reserve issued a more optimistic outlook on the economy.

The euro showed early signs of technical reversal through an eventful week of trading.