The light volumes made the Spoos amenable to the old push and shove.
Markets are still very edgy, with today as perhaps just a short covering pause and some profit taking on the bear side.
"If at the start this cancerous growth in the nation was not particularly noticeable, it was only because there were still enough forces at work that operated for the good, so that it was kept under control. As it grew larger, however, and finally in an ultimate spurt of growth attained ruling power, the tumor broke open, as it were, and infected the whole body." The White Rose, Munich 1942