With a rate decision by the Federal Reserve on the way on Wednesday, FOMC voting members have been mum on monetary policy as to avoid exacerbating any market bias.

After surprising the markets with hawkish comments on April 30, currency traders not only expect the Federal Reserve to pause on Wednesday, but to also raise interest rates before the end of the year.

Jim Cramer says he’s never seen anything like it.  Not the crash of Drexel Burnham Lambert in the ’80s, not the Asian currency crisis, not the LongTerm Capital Management blowup, and not the dotcom bust.  Now, he says, the mood of gloom on Wall Street just gets worse and worse -- with no sign of let up.

Heightened uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Open Market Committee’s interest rate decision at 14:15 ET virtually guarantees volatility across almost all asset classes - making it the most important event to watch in the week ahead.

The FOMC interest rate decision is less than 24 hours away and the currency market is itching for a breakout.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 24.

Price Headley pulls two important lessons from poker and applies them to trading.

Today's markets were definitely worthy of a nap at your desk. Traders could already be on hold for the FOMC announcement scheduled for Wednesday.

The Fed is losing control of inflation, and a catastrophic event could be around the corner.

On Tuesday, the release of US economic data will likely highlight some of the reasons why traders are ramping up speculation that the country is in midst of a recession.