“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
28 December 2011
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Light Volumes
Watch for window dressing at the end of week unless Europe blows up.
These are just the preliminary portfolio adjustments no matter how much 'analysis' they may wish to wrap around this dead fish.