The market was brutal yesterday. I got stopped out of new longs and decided to sell some legacy names as well. I still feel this market has much more upside than most pundits realize and that the first upside target is roughly any pre-TARP-I level on any US index.I’ve previously detailed my fixes as well as the fact that we've only covered 2 out of 4 of them. We're still in this dreaded no-uptick world where differentiation is lacking (though signs of it are emerging). Stocks can gap massively lower on very shallow volume and it just looks like ...

Investors betting on a sharp snapback in chip demand were clearly disappointed by Intel Corp. which boldly called a bottom for personal computers, but did so with a strong hint of hesitation.

This rally attempt is the most firmly grounded since the crash, punctuated by two 20-to-1 up sessions in recent days. Investors should regard it as a bear-market rally, however, although the near-term path of least resistance for stocks is now higher.

With this month's sluggish price action, a retest of the November lows is a real risk.

The U.S. markets stand at a crossroads where the technical backdrop for stocks and fundamental issues confronting the economy meet. Whether the S&P 500 can successfully challenge what's been a five-month downtrend will largely hinge on investors' response to the government's efforts to shore up the banking system and deliver a big-bucks stimulus to the economy. Complicating matters, both bears and bulls can point to evidence in the charts to support their case for which way stocks may be headed.

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