Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 5.

The U.S. economy is in decline.  The latest figures show it growing more slowly than the population, which means, the average citizen is getting poorer.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 4.

John Mauldin believes that over the next 20 years the US economy will grow at roughly a rate of 3 percent compounded, in real terms.  But he believes that we have some headwinds for the next year or two.

Bill Bonner writes that the bull market in commodities isn't over.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for August 1.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 1.

Yesterday, George W. Bush signed the housing bill in which up to $300 billion is to be spent bailing out naïve homeowners, caddish mortgage lenders and Wall Street geniuses.

The US dollar has appreciated in recent weeks, as overnight index swaps signal that traders expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 75 basis points over the course of the next eight FOMC meetings.  However, the next release of non-farm payrolls is expected to reveal job losses for the seventh consecutive month while the US unemployment rate is anticipated to hit a 4-year high of 5.6 percent.

We have seen a big surge in the dollar and long term-interest rates, which means inflation needs to be contained.