China is leading the markets this morning. Word is that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao may announce new stimulus measures tomorrow , adding to a 4 Trillion yuan ($585 billion) spending plan as the government tries to revive growth in the world’s third-biggest economy. Wen will announce “a new stimul...

No matter how much you’ve read about trading, or how much experience you have as a trader, it is difficult to trade profitably in a volatile market environment like the one we are in now. A rising market is often perceived to reflect optimism and investor faith. Enthusiasm and rejuvenated interest...

The ISM Services report really threw the market for a loop today. When services make up some 90% of the economy you really don’t want to see weakness there. What we saw today was simply recession fears: Signs of a recession. Both the 41.9 business activity reading and the 44.6 summary number r...