John Murphy / Stockcharts letter spoke strongly recently about how longer term charts dominate shorter term charts. Monthly and weekly charts look bearish. Tough to get a bull run under those circumstances. $SPX daily, weekly, monthly ROC's all subZero as well - but hey, January's not over yet, so it doesn't count :-) 1380 or so is a triple bottom on a p&f chart ... Not the most positive / constructive / bullish of times right now. rr