Turns out yesterday's uptick was in really low volume, meaning that while there were traders that were thinking in economic problems would 'blow over' there weren't that many of 'em.
This morning we got stock futures off/mixed and metals futures sharply down. Kind of what I was thinking yesterday w/ taking 'measured' steps. Other news yesterday had Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization both surprisingly up, and in the news this morning--
Is This the Best the Economy Can Do? - Evan Soltas, Bloomberg
New Doomsday Poll: 99.9% Risk of 2014 Crash - Paul Farrell, MarketWatch
Happy Birthday to the Five-Year Bull Market! - Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity
There Are Some Serious Blow-Ups on the Horizon - Reformed Broker
Montana unemployment falls to 5.3 percent
North Dakota tries to woo workers for empty jobs
Detroit retirees see pension cut plan as divisive