Seahawk, I understand your optimism, and no the world will not end despite whatever happens in the Markets. But you have to keep your head cool , and understand "why" the markets are reacting the waythey are now, its not pure-Random.

Possible explainations for the Bulls to be coming out in the Markets now in this new years are:

1) Obama (Golden-Boy) Factor Inauguration HypE ; it will be interesting to see what happens after Inauguration, will reality set back in , since we have a New President in the last 8 Years, why not make a big thing out of it :)

Much like the Last President, Obama will need to turn his words into Action, and show the world he can put this financial crisis behind us through appropriate measurres, or he will just endup like another Bush in the Bush.

2) War in Gaza has caused Cpmmodity prices such as Oil to Increase , resulting in increase in Commodity-sensitive TSX exchange , that has increased more Percentage-wise than the DOW since Boxing-Day.

These two Explainations are in my Humble opinion the Markets are showing some little life after a Huge Fall in 2008. Both these two effects have little to do with the Financial Crisis , and are Both TemporarY.

Markets may have earned themselves a Get-in-Free Pass with this coincidence of events, but further work remains to be done in the Financial sector to loost Economy Sales, Jobs, ect.

Happy Investing and Trading

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