Would Greece be better off rejecting the financial rescue plan?

For all of the trepidation about a Greek default, and the possible disintegration of the euro, it appears to still have the upper hand in its relationship with the dollar.

Why has the rally in the EUR been so lackluster? Because there are a still more hurdles to overcome before we can put the Greek debt crisis behind us.

The Fed was the world’s biggest customer for US debt -- in some months buying two times as much debt as the US government issued. Now that the Fed’s buying program is coming to an end, shouldn’t bonds go down?

This week, the Greeks are scheduled to vote on a 5-year austerity plan.

What does it mean for euro traders?

Houses in Dublin are selling for about half what they fetched a few years ago.

About the only item of consensus in Europe is that Greece will eventually default.

All this recovery talk has masked the real, underlying trend. That we're correcting 60 years worth of credit expansion.

The US dollar saw an impressive rally into Friday’s close, bolstered by an encouraging outlook on US Federal Reserve policy and a flight to safety on worries over Greek debt troubles.