There has been three recessions in the past 30 years. In each of those recessions, the dollar weakened in the first six months of the recession, then gained strength in the next six.

Todd Gordon has numerous levels of support that he is watching.

The US dollar remains within the range it has held to since the start of November, and for what it’s worth, day-to-day moves signal little more than consolidation.

November was a good month for trading.  Click the article title link for a video of the November trading action.

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Dr. Adrian Manz analyzes the major markets, stock sectors, and individual stocks for December 2.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for December 2.

Black Friday turned out to be less dark than people feared.  Sales rose 3% over the year before.

The US dollar ended the day higher versus most of the majors, but fell versus the currencies that tend to gain the most during times of risk aversion.

The good news this week is that preliminary figures are showing stronger-than-expected Black Friday retail sales.  The bad news is the upcoming November employment report is expected to show a loss of another 350,000 jobs, which would be the worst drop since 1980.

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