John Mauldin comments on a "minor" change of the rules on how we value assets, proposed changes in regulations, employment and ISM numbers that are clearly showing we are in a recession, and what it all means.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for April 7.

Everyone says he saw the bottom in the U.S. stock market in January, and the bottom in the financials when Bear Stearns owners panicked and agreed to sell the firm for $2 a share.

Volatility in the currency market has hit an extreme, which means that it may soon revert back to the mean.

While most central banks are in the process of cutting rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia has been on the other side of the coin as they’ve raised rates at two of the past three monetary policy meetings.

Tim Bourquin interviews Ron Rascati, who talks about he uses simple suport and resistance levels and a 50-day moving average to find trading opportunities.

Want a sure bet?  Bet on deleveraging.

The US dollar has staged a modest recovery over the past week on the relief that there have been no new blowups in the US financial sector.

While the Canadian credit markets remain very tight and the Bank of Canada is expected to continue cutting rates, economic conditions in the first quarter of 2008 have actually proven to be rather resilient. Indeed, retail sales and business activity have rebounded from very weak levels in December as domestic demand remains robust.  Why?

Now more than ever, the change in non-farm payrolls for the month of March will determine the outlook for the US dollar and US monetary policy.