Wiesman, I'm inclined to go along with your view. I expected an uncharacteristic strong Sept and Oct and said so back in August, but I also expected the August lows to drop further than they did. Now it seems there are several factors that should continue to put upward pressure on the market. These would be a weakening dollar, which the Fed seems to have no current interest in holding up, and continued downward pressure on long term interest rates via the Feds announced intention to use the proceeds from their mortgage related holdings to buy Treasury bonds. That action will hold down rates and at the same time pump money into the economy. With all the stimulus activity that results it seems the market can be buoyed up, at least for the time being. Whether there will be any real gains in constant dollars remains to be seen. But I expect the nominal value of the S&P to continue rising at least until the election.
There still seems to be a lot of short interest as many just can't believe that the market can rise in the face of a dreadful (in real terms) economy. Those folks that are holding short going into October, normally a very weak month, might be in big trouble.
Today (Friday) was interesting because the usual market internals (breadth, A/D, Vix, /DX, etc.) all suggested we should go higher yet the market dropped to fill the overnight gap (no surprise there) but than just went into idle just as if someone was holding the clutch down. Sooner or later, maybe next week, the market will move, and if it is down I won't trust the move, because we should break higher from here, not lower.