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.

Although the weakness in the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) has not inflicted much if any meaningful technical damage to the overall pattern off of the May 1 low, today's big gap down certainly argues that the current upleg is complete.

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.

The Federal Reserve begins their two day monetary policy meeting tomorrow and judging from the price action of the US dollar and reports from the press, dollar bulls are treading carefully on the fear that the Federal Reserve will be non-committal.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of June 23.

Toni Hansen is expecting a bit of a bounce early in the week to help the market correct from this most recent sell-off.

Warren Buffett bet that the S&P 500 would outperform a group of funds of hedge funds over the next ten years.  John Mauldin writes that there are times that making a bet on the S&P 500 to outperform hedge funds makes sense and times when it doesn't.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 23.

China's economy continues floating higher and higher. But all these extra dollars are pushing up wages and prices as well as the economy.