Many traders and analysts have taken advantage of the growing correlation between asset classes to forecast movements in one market by analyzing the changes in another.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for April 1.

Commentators, pundits, and policymakers are thinking about how to fix problems in the capital markets. Most of them couldn't fix a flat tire writes Bill Bonner.

The Institute for Supply Management is expected to report that their survey of conditions in the manufacturing sector fell to a nearly five-year low of 47.5 in March from 48.3.

Todd Gordon writes that the flows were highly irregular as traders needed to transact business to square up their financial books.

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, bailed out a US bank for the very first time since the Depression and announced that they are willing to swap their safe US Treasuries for risky and dubious mortgage backed securities.  Despite their efforts however, the US economy is still in trouble and liquidity in the money markets remain a problem.

Currency strategist Boris Schlossberg analyzes the major currencies for the week of March 31.

Existing home sales rose by 2.9% in February, the first significant rise in home sales since the housing market started to decline last year.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for March 31.

Now credit is becoming scarce and busted is becoming plentiful.  At least, that is what Bill Bonner expects.