"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863
The market action was technically volatile and ugly, with a strong downside bias. The Russell 2000 Chart shows a definite divergence to the upside and the best hope for the bullish case.
Today with the simultaneous declines in the major US stock indices, the Treasury long bonds, and the US dollar we had the first indication that capital flight might be occurring. We'll have to see that continue next week to start regarding it as a trend.
