A lot of bullish commentators are talking about a recovery being in the works, and they may very well be right.  But it is not going to look like any recovery worthy of the name.

Have you ever noticed that what you focus on mentally is what you get in end results in life?

When it comes to trading, so many of us make same critical mistake of optimizing for success rather than for failure.

The most immediate threat to the greenback's stability is the intensity and direction of risk appetite.

The euro looks vulnerable in the week ahead as headline inflation figures point to the increasing likelihood of deflation while a the US Treasury holds a record-setting bond auction that stands to boost the dollar at the expense of the single currency.

Direction from the Japanese yen is often the product of risk appetite, and the fundamental outlook for next week doesn’t suggest this essential correlation will break any time soon.

The economic calendar this week will give us further insight into the U.K. housing market and prevailing credit conditions.

A report by the SNB showed foreign currency holdings rose 46% in the second-quarter to its highest level in at least 12-years as the central bank attempts to stem the appreciation in the franc.

What’s good for Goldman is generally bad for the country.

Trading is hard.  So what does that mean when trading gets tough?