Quote from logikos:
This was one of the points of my initial post. The sell-off a few weeks back was quick to be discounted by the financial talking heads. It started in Asia, it is perfectly normal in an uptrend, market outlook still looks bright, blah blah blah.
Being that most in this forum are perma-bulls, there is little room for a pessimistic outlook. But for those who have studied market action last week, one had to notice the lack of follow-through on any buying activity. Lots of selling near the close on rally days. This tells me that sentiment has changed.
If there is any single important stock market fact that a trader should never forget, it is that the performance of a stock, or the market as a whole, is more closely tied to GROWTH than any other fundamental or technical facet.