There’s no doubt the Federal Reserve holds a much more hawkish bias nowadays, but is their stance extreme enough to warrant a preemptive rate hike next week?

The socialization of the mortgage business may be a vote-getting idea in any housing downturn.  In an election year, it is unstoppable.

The market is looking a bit bearish into the open on Tuesday on the 60-minute time frames. Toni Hansen is still looking at the week's action as a whole to most likely bring the indices higher, but it looks like it's going to continue to be a choppy climb to get there.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 17.

Bill Bonner writes that the cure for high oil prices is still high oil prices.

Toni Hansen is expecting more upside in the market this week as a reaction to the support zones which hit on Wednesday and Thursday and held into the weekend.

This week John Mauldin looks at the cost of what could be a renewed effort to Whip Inflation Now, not just here but in countries worldwide.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of June 16.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for June 16.

Tim Bourquin interviews Mark Whistler, who talks about how he uses macro-economic information and technical analysis together in his trading.