Fear has now replaced greed as the underlying emotion in the marketplace.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 16.

It appears that no Federal Reserve Chairman is able to escape the first year curse. Although we are a few months beyond the first year mark of Ben Bernanke’s term, the current credit crunch has been slowly gnawing at the economy since the beginning of the year.

Why should I pay such a high commission? What if prices don’t come back up?

Inflation growth in the Euro-zone is expected to slow during the month of July, with CPI estimated to have fallen 0.2 percent from the month prior, while the annualized rate is expected to hold steady at 1.8 percent.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 15.

There's a polite way of saying you’re homeless.

The meltdown in the financial markets continued as stocks finished down over 200 points, bond yields continued to slide and the US dollar rose as traders flocked to the safety of the mighty buck.

Inflation growth in the US is expected to slow during the month of July, with the annualized headline CPI figure estimated to drop to a four month low of 2.4 percent, while the annualized core measure is anticipated to hold steady at a 15-month low of 2.2 percent.

It was only a week ago that the FOMC statement signaled that the Federal Reserve remained hawkish, but the recent liquidity crunch has forced the bank to add billions of dollars into the money markets.