Note: I'm new so consider points newbie opinion and questions of relevance rather than prediction rant. Please correct me if you believe I'm off base, I firmly believe this is a far better place than cnbc to learn about trading.
Market does what it does. Seemed like the market was looking so hard for a bounce it started about 15-20 min early. Then the market panicked again because time ran out for the continued up. BUT, the panic slowed and didn't bring the ES anywhere near low 800's bottom. What happened? Seems like panic was shorter lived and greed was fighting back a bit more. Fear won the day, but greed held the line well, and market makers won't ignore that.
LB CDS results were in. It wasn't good news (400b instead of 280-300b) but it was/is transparency!! Knowledge, truth, confident hard numbers. Something the pros and even scared money prefer.
I think 60b went back in money markets today? Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but that bleeding clearly slowed if not reversed, at least short term.
Commercial paper for GE was "easier" to acquire. That should spread like wildfire to the banks and the pro's. If the rumor gets more positive through the weekend, that is a huge deal here.
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A little more positive Govt news (global cooperation) this weekend and I'm a buyer Monday morning for about 50% of my IRA (fear still has me a bit

After losing 11% YTD, and seeing more red, I went 85+% in cash for the last couple of months.
I'm not sayin the fat lady sang yet, but maybe a White Monday with a week or so of plus activity of 160 to 180 ES points.