This has the look and feel of an 'official rally' to create the appearance of enthusiam for Gordon Brown's bid to save the world.
Do not get in its way while it is in progress. Buying of the SP futures led us higher yesterday, with the Nasdaq 100 confirming with its own breakout attempt.
Jobs Report tomorrow is key.
We would rather miss a portion of a move than be early and suffer losses and exhaustion by fighting the tape.
Potential near failure points are at 1312 for the NDX futures and 842 for the SP futures.
Longer term nothing has changed. The real economy is paper thin, the paper being supplied by the US dollar and the monetization of debt to create the appearance of vitality.
"Where such a shift in power is in favor of the governing elite, Power will achieve its murderous potential. It simply waits for an excuse, an event of some sort, an assassination, a massacre in a neighboring country, an attempted coup, a famine, or a natural disaster, to justify the beginning of murder en masse. Most state sponsored murder occurs under the cover of war, revolution, or guerrilla war, or in their aftermath."
R. J. Rummel