"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
21 January 2011
SP 500 and NDX March Futures Daily Charts
Weakening momentum and light volumes.
Any event will likely do it, even if Benny throws his best slop at it.
But if volumes remain light and the markets detached from reality, they can drift on monetization.