The bear market in property has put one out of every four homeowners underwater.

The US dollar was the weakest of the major currencies on Tuesday.

The US dollar and Japanese yen staged a comeback on Monday, though the yen was by far the strongest of the majors.

So, are things back on track?  Is the recession just about over?

Looking ahead to next week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak on Monday on the stress tests, and regardless of the subject, his comments tend to be highly market-moving.

Euro forecasts will depend on the general trajectory for risky asset classes, and several key pieces of European economic risk promise noteworthy volatility in domestic financial markets.

It is two different things completely to analyze the health of the Japanese yen and forecast the direction of USD/JPY.

The British pound may see its recent gains challenged in the week ahead as a big dollop of negative economic data crosses the wires to weigh on the exchange rate.

Will the government's War on Capitalism turn out better than their War on Terrorism? Or their War on Drugs? Or their War on Poverty?