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.
"The wealth of another region excites their greed; and if it is weak, their lust for power as well. Nothing from the rising to the setting of the sun is enough for them. Among all others only they are compelled to attack the poor as well as the rich. Plunder, rape, and murder they falsely call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."
Tacitus, Agricola