"Of course this sell off today like Teck Cominco down 5% earlier, TSX down 300 points, Dow down over 200, is definitely having a negative impact on NOT and McFaulds"

The market certainly wouldn't have encouraged newbies into the fray, however, looking at the low volumes today seems more like manipulators taking advantage of a holding pattern.  In watching the sales today I noticed more of a resilience/resistance to sp drops and the final sp's are more artificial than representative of sentiment and actual value.  Lots of accumulation on what ever came loose but not much really did.  This feels like the last digs into the sp before something pops.  When that will be..... would be nice sooner than later..... but it'll be when it'll be..... but it will be.