In 2012 the world was supposed to end Europe was supposed to crumble China was supposed to have a hard landing and the US economic recovery was supposed to stall. In today's 24-hour news cycle the media does not let any good crisis go to waste. As it turns out the world didn't end and life goes on. The market did a great job this year of taking doomsday headlines in stride. As technicians we read the tape and measure the price action rather than focus on the fear mongering. Some mistake me for a perma-bull but in reality ...