Today will be very nasty. I see a 300-500 point drop. We need something like this to shakeout the markets once and for all. After having a huge pop Tuesday, we will give it back today and then some. IMO
I would agree with you 12% about a once-and-for-all shakeout if the "bad" news was holding at relatively steady-state levels. However, with oil prices going up every day, the dollar plunging every day, the rate of inflation still increasing and the rate of retail sales still declining, I don't see that the overall economic fundamentals support a "bottom" yet.