It was a rough week for anyone looking to be long. It started Monday; accelerated Tuesday and Wednesday; back off a bit yesterday and then came at the bulls again today. Hard as it may seem, the setup is still to the topside here in terms of a bias.

Today's weakness was rooted in the weak action in the financials. Despite that, if you look at the financials, they seem to be setting up for another burst higher as the next major move. If that happens, the entire market is likely to move with them.

All in all, this week's downdraft was reasonable contained and other than the NASDAQ pushing down too hard on its retracement, the rest of the general indexes are setting up to move higher. The NASDAQ pushed back higher today as the big caps there were saying that "Enough is enough!"

We are glad its Friday. Time to take a little time for the family and forget the market for a little while. All in all, despite some hits this week, this market is showing reasonable strength.

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