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Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

The volume is light because there is no reason to buy at these levels and too scary too short because this is just asking for a short-squeeze. It seems the only traders in the market are the robot kind, which buy on every dip to blow shorts out of the water.
The volume will continue to be light until the market returns to some sort of reality.

What's Wrong with Market Speculation?

What is wrong with "manipuation"? Easy. Remember all those 401Ks that american public has been sold on for the last 20 years? Stock market became as mainstream as a CD account, only CD yeild 1% and stock market is supposed to yiled 7%. So, Joe American expects it to wrok as a CD, he doesn't realize that he might have to endure 50-60% down years . and that additional 6% is for risk taking. Joe American doesn't want risk he just wants stable 7% a year.
So, now as american retirement funds are tied up in the stock market, people want an explanation why their retirement fud is down 30-40%,. And it is always easier ot blame it on scapegoats rather than acknowledge that 401K was a very very bad isea pushed on average american by Wall Street and benefiting Wall Street only.