Wayne McDonell specializes in currency trading and recently authored a book. Here he discusses which currency pairs he watches when trading around big economic announcements such as the Non-Farm Payrolls report. He also discusses futures trading and how he trades the 10-year T-Notes and stock indices using the futures market.

All the things that used to convince pundits that China was hopeless now persuade them that it's the hope of the entire world.

Price Headley takes a closer look at the CBOE Put/Call Ratio.

Easy credit killed the American consumer.

Vincent Bagnato is a full-time trader who uses various moving averages and other technical analysis tools to find trading opportunities in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In this interview, he talks about how he transitioned from trading by "feel" to relying on reading charts and trends for his trading strategy.

Bill Bonner writes that whole U.S. consumer economy is a house of cards.

The feds are in the insurance business now, too.

The S&P is now below the November lows.  The Asian markets are off substantially in overnight trading.  Are we in for more carnage this week?

Are stocks really cheap or still too expensive?

The government grants you a European vacation?