Thin volumes and a sleepy trading day, signifying little.
Earnings season begins on Monday with Alcoa. Yum Brands on Tuesday, but I suspect most eyes will be on the TBTF banks.
“Some economists, when thinking about long memory, are concerned that it undercuts the Efficient Market Hypothesis that prices fully reflect all relevant information; that the random walk is the best metaphor to describe such markets; and that you cannot beat such an unpredictable market. Well, the Efficient Market Hypothesis is no more than that, a hypothesis. Many a grand theory has died under the onslaught of real data.” Benoît B. Mandelbrot