December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.05%) this morning are down -0.01% and European stocks are up +0.41%.

KBH reports earnings Wednesday pre-open.

My own "back-of the-napkin" analysis to help investors and traders connect the dots and see the bigger picture of a residential real estate capital market theme which is far from over and offers a credible risk-to-reward opportunity.

As you can see from Dave Fry's S&P chart, we're back in the top of the channel on a Tuesday and I will refer you to April 1st's "Triple Top Tuesday" and December 31st's "Terminal Tuesday" – both of which were points we thought the market was topping out before.

Three out of five indexes look very good! The same can be said about a dog with three legs and no tail, I suppose. So, the question is, is the market a dog in a nice sweater or whatever the metaphor would be for something where 3 healthy guys drag two dead guys around and win the race.