http://seekingalpha.com/article/189...ring-activity-continues-accelerated-expansion http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmT59dgLTTziX4p9X9MRBRpWZGdQD9DUO1K80 Has anyone besides me been feeling optimistic lately? It may be wishful thinking, but I was encouraged when I saw the trade deficit jump a little while back: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNiyJ905Ho0Ur96V2TQhsBX19lGwD9DPFL7G0 I am also feeling encouraged looking at the DJI lately. After a recent dip, it seems to be picking back up again lately. Are you a doomsayer, boomsayer, or a skepic at this point? I'm somewhere between the skeptic and the boomsayer. I would say "cautiously optimistic."