The US labor market is in a recession and the latest numbers confirm that.

In a bear market, he who loses least wins.  But even he doesn’t feel like much of a winner – not when cash is outperforming him.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for November 7.

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

World markets had been recovering from October’s drubbing.  The Morgan Stanley index, which measures capital market performance around the globe, had risen 20% from last month’s lows.  But stocks keep selling off.

Even though the US economy has not officially entered a recession, the US labor market has.

What does this signal for tomorrow's jobs report?

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for November 6.

Barack Obama may have been elected president.  But it's still not possible to get rich by spending money.  Nor is it possible to save a man from too much debt by giving him more credit.

Both the stock market and higher yielding currencies gave back some gains after Barack Obama won the presidential election.