“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
16 November 2010
SP 500 and NDX December Futures Daily Charts
This is important support and if the market will find a bottom this is about where it will be.
At the least I think the stock decline may take a pause for the GM IPO. The Street and the government have a vested interest in its success.