SSRI is actually up today. My wife's portfolio is up on the day. The metal stocks have held up very well for the size of the metals down move.

I am willing to bet that what we are seeing is an orchestrated move by the boyz and a covering of massive short positions in mining stocks. I believe that they see the writing on the wall and are trying to exit their losing positions now and will pick a spot somewhat higher to establish resistance. It will be interesting to see the short reports at the end of the week compared to 2 weeks ago.

With any luck ECU might get going in the very near future. A few trading days should indicate if this belief has any merit.