Do Americans need to accept a lower standard of living?

The latest commentary from the Federal Reserve continues to focus on upside inflation risks, but has yet to warrant expectations of a rate hike to follow in the coming months.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 26.

The whole United States seems to be following in the direction of Merced, California – epicenter of the housing quake.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 25.

Yet another crisis confronts us, as we will have to deal with the aftermath of a rather large number of bank failures over the next year, which is likely to overwhelm the ability of the FDIC to insure your bank deposits.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for August 22.

Tim Bourquin interviews Rob Booker, who talks about how he determines how much he risks on each trade, and why he takes long-term positions in addition to his daytrading.

Private investors are in no mood to ante-up for Fannie and Freddie.