Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for December 28.

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack. Geopolitical instability such as this is sure to have an effect on the markets: stocks are down, and gold, oil and bond prices rose on the news this morning.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for December 28.

With Japanese wage growth faltering, retailers have little room to pass through the cost increases from food and energy. As a result, the price pressures that may be reflected in the December CPI readings are likely to fall back in coming months.

Tim Bourquin interviews Juan Sarmiento, who talks about how he applied Elliot Wave theories to various markets.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for December 27.

Central banks are working together to forestall any sharp tightening in credit conditions that might lead to a downturn around the world. On Friday, the Dow rose 205 points. But what markets take away, the feds have a hard time replacing. This is the Battle Royale that Bill Bonner has been talking about. Inflation vs. Deflation; Markets vs. Market Manipulators.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for December 24.

This week John Mauldin takes a brief look at the consumer, recent "shock and awe" central bank actions, money supply and more, trying to see how it all fits together.

Big financial stocks are down nearly 50%. Many of the derivative contracts they sold to others, and sold to themselves, were never ‘marked to market.’ Instead, they were ‘marked to model,’ mathematical models with deep, obvious flaws. Worse, many were ‘marked to make-believe’ in a way similar to subprime mortgages themselves.