Risk appetite was strong on Wednesday, leading the S&P 500 to rally 3.36 percent higher and trigger sell-offs in Treasuries.

Bill Bonner writes that the woe in this global meltdown is most acute on the periphery.

For the first time since August 2007, the Federal Reserve is not expected to change interest rates.

Economic data from the US remained bleak, as the Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to a new record low of 37.7 during the month of January from 38.6, missing expectations of a slight rise to 39.0.

Price Headley looks at Bollinger Bands and how they should be used.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for January 27.

This week, a large group of people who know nothing about the financial crisis are going to travel to Davos, Switzerland, to talk about it.

The US dollar and Japanese yen both slipped against their major counterparts on Monday, and as usual, the moves had more to do with risk trends rather than any major fundamentals factors.

Tim Bourquin interviews Don Miller, who talks about the strategies he uses, including trend indicators, tick movements, moving averages and VIX.