Tim Bourquin interviews Brian Shannon, who talks about why he sets a 3-5% gain goal each week for himself, and how he finds opportunities with "acceptable risk."

What happened to the price of copper?  Why are Asian stocks going down? Are they really going to cut rates today?  The answers are not always satisfying, but the questions keep coming.  And the question this morning is what has really changed?

The US dollar fell against many of the majors including the euro and British pound, but the move was driven primarily by European fundamentals rather than those out of the US.

The U.S. is economy is expected to have lost another 60,000 jobs when Friday’s Non-Farm payroll report is released.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 5.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke broke with long standing tradition in order to express himself on the dollar yesterday.

The dollar's upside trajectory was maintained Wednesday, though its advance certainly lost some of its steam from yesterday.

The Bank of England is expected to leave rates unchanged at Thursday's monetary policy meeting, as inflation continues to rise on increasing fuel and food costs.

The Fed is very likely to leave rates unchanged at 2%, as more accommodative policy is no longer needed, and may actually be damaging as upside inflation risks build.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 4.