Stock markets will be moving up Monday (Jan 25, 2016). Lots of SPY call options were purchased by Big Money on Friday.
Lots of USO put options were also Sold by Big Money on Friday, which suggests that they are calling $30 the bottom for oil.
Plus, U.S. GDP is coming out at the end of this month for Q4 2015 (probably 1.5% to 2.1%). Any # above 1.5% will rally the Markets, Big Time (because $5 Trillion in the UK, USA, Mexico, and Canada is sitting on the sidelines uninvested at the moment).
You can kvetch about the economy all of your life, but the Markets will roll right over you if you aren’t watching what moves them (and kvetching about Wall Street “conspiracies” against the little guys is just loser talk).
Appreciate your comments, always informative.