While the new health care plan could have negative implications for business, for taxes, for the deficit, for interest rates and so on, the S&P 500 has gone straight up since its February 5 low.

Will the US muddle through what promises to be a period of below-trend growth and a long-term secular bear market?

Short-term trading is never only about analytics. It is also about systemic risk control.

All over the developed world, governments are getting a death grip on their economies, taking control of vital industries and increasing the state's share of GDP.

Download Adrian Manz's Around The Horn Intraday Trading Plan PDF for March 19.

In the US, producer prices fell in February, more than expected. Core inflation was barely positive. That is not just a US trend.

When will this bounce end? What will happen when it does?

Kathy Lien takes a close look at the Federal Open Market Committee statement on March 16.

The most recent figures show the consumer becoming a little freer with his money. But look beneath the surface and you find government statisticians juking and jiving with the numbers.