Tim Bourquin interviews James Stankiewicz, who talks about how he determines the strike price and expiration he wants to buy and how he manages each trade.

John Mauldin takes a look at the economy and its long term effect on our portfolio returns.

It took investors a while to connect the dots, but now they seem to have the picture: the Fed’s big bank bailout will not really wipe out losses, nor make Wall Street more profitable. What it will do is save the big banks from going broke, while destroying the dollar.

Fed funds futures have fully priced in 75 basis points of easing and set a 60 percent probability of a 100 basis point cut.

Investor sentiment soured further as more problems from the credit crunch continue to emerge, and pushed the US dollar to new record lows.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for March 14.

It is tempting to look at this market and come to a simple conclusion: the economy is declining and the feds are trying to stop the decline with more cash and credit.

February's US Consumer Price Index is expected to show inflation easing to 4.2%. This will be welcomed news by the Federal Reserve.

For the first time in over a decade, one US dollar bought less than 100 Japanese yen.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for March 13.