It was believed that the market would rebound in the new year or there abouts, but instead, it wimpered and disappointed many who were expecting a rally into March, aside from gold issues. A number of analysts now are seeing something of a slow rise starting in March, a time when others thought things would possibly begin to dive again. Now that more information has been acquired as to where governments are heading and the Obama distraction is over, perhaps their timing might be more calculable.

Those from different corners now seem to agree that the base metals have "based", or are very close and will be at least consolidating or moving gradually upward from this point (They didn't return to lows as other sectors in the market did). It is believed that the Chinese will be successful at their push for continued growth and that the metals shortage will gradually increase as a factor in moving up the prices. The fact that this apparent bottom in the metals has been perceived possibly will be the stimulus for movement back into the metals market as part of a safe haven strategy. Therefore it is not unreasonable to expect that we will see more accumulation like Friday's last 10 min, with perhaps an unknown premium. At some point the anticipation will be noticed by a larger audience and things will start to move, owing to the fact that this is "NOT" just another decent stock, but a potentially life altering one. To me, it feels like the point of reversal both in sentiment and sp. The above is courtesy of a lot of other peoples ideas, the optimism is mine.