It seems unreasonable to believe that investors and traders are worriedly waiting on the outcome of tonight’s debate, but many analysts are saying it is so. We’re serious doubters.

The end of an anxious week gave us tumbling oil prices as Saudi Arabia publicly said it did not see a strong possibility there would be a production freeze agreement among OPEC and big on-OPEC producers.

If there is any doubt that the United States Federal Reserve is the big dog among central banks, behold the aftermath of yesterday’s decision to hold interest rates steady until the next meeting (at least).