“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
25 April 2013
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts
After the bell Amazon beat on earnings, but guided lower next quarter. Their profit margin is thin, and getting even thinner.
Stocks remain thinly traded, without substantial underpinnings.