“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
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.