Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 21.

Many investors are now betting that the whole world economy will fall into a soft, Japan-like nap.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 20.

The U.S. is not out of the woods. Are we really only halfway through the credit crisis?

The Federal Reserve is finally being a bit more realistic about the downside risks to growth.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 19.

Currencies are usually traded on the strength of their corresponding economy, so the dollar in theory should be trading down with the continued credit crisis, housing problems, and concerns about rising inflation.  Why is the dollar so strong?

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 18.

The old mantra was that if the United States sneezed, the rest of the world would catch a cold, as the US was seen as the main driver of world growth.  That was then.

OPEC now takes in more cash than the U.S. government.