The Fed's easy posture simply doesn't support a sustained dollar rally.

Bleak sentiment is way overblown -- but some real risks are getting closer and closer.

The Treasury's move will help stabilize housing and credit markets, and take pressure off the Fed.

The takeover heals near-term crises, but raises serious long-term questions.

The takeover heals near-term crises, but raises serious long-term questions.

Nationalization risk replaces credit risk in the financial sector.

The Fed takes a big chance in order to break the cycle of "immoral hazard."

The Fed has eschewed bailouts. Can the FOMC resist a pointless rate-cut today?

Government rescues are making the most important firms "too big to not fail."

With the SEC's ban on short-selling, two wrongs could make a right.