The average score across our large cap universe is 59.15, below the four week moving average score of 59.91. The average large cap stock is trading -15.17% below its 52 week high, -3.63% below its 200 dma, has 4.56 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 12.39% next year.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.34%) this morning are up +0.33% and European stocks are up +0.59% on positive carry-over from Friday's U.S. Sep payrolls report that showed the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a 6-year low.

McBurger patron knows what he wants, and it is not salad or low-cal French fries. It's not on the Fast Food chain's "healthy meal" menu.

I’m fairly certain that at some point during this day you have taken at least a moment to recall where you were 13 years ago, how you heard the news, how you responded to the news.

August has been a spectacular month in which we ignored the most bad news ever ignored by a species that is still not extinct.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 +0.29%) this morning are up +0.28% at a record high on optimism over the U.S. economic outlook and European stocks are up +0.32%.