The November unemployment report was bad on Friday, but declining oil prices and mortgage rates could be the stimulus that the economy needs.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for December 8.

Tim Bourquin interviews Adam Ulichny, who talks about the timeframes he watches and the moving averages that he has found work best to spot reversals of trends and other techniques.

Professional trader Price Headley analyzes the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq stocks indices.

It’s difficult to assign the US dollar a bullish fundamental bias considering the acceleration of the economy’s recession and the fact that American markets are the epicenter to a global financial crisis, but regular economics do not apply in times like these.  In normal market conditions, expected returns hang in a delicate balance with a general tolerance for risk.

The lack of volatility was surprising considering the fact that the ECB cut interest rates by 75 bps, which was the biggest since the single currency was instituted.

The Japanese yen could reverse recent gains next week as seasonal capital flows create the perception of a boost to risk appetite.

The British pound has been acting tipsy just above its precarious support level at 1.45 against the US dollar. Data this past week was heavy hitting, but no surprises were generated from its collective impact.

The Swiss franc strengthened this week to pick up 200+ points against the U.S. dollar amid the dismal GDP release however, investors are likely to turn over their positions next week as the Swiss National Bank is widely expected to lower the 3-month target LIBOR rate by 50bp to 0.50%.

Professional trader Price Headley discusses the top four lessons from the bestselling book Conversations with Top Traders.