Terrible battleground, when it should be at peace. And we saw this once again today with the averages roaring higher at the open only to pull back over the course of the session. At one point in the red before ultimately trading back up, dow edging higher, s p advancing, nasdaq climbing. 63 . What is ailing this market . I think its the fact that people expect too much from it. They want a perfect world, they want something they arent going to get, some combination of low Interest Rates, cheap stock prices, the resignation of Bashar Al Assad in syria. Higher commodity prices, but low inflation, a president that says no new taxes and a congress that says we need to help create more jobs and were not going to worry about paying for it right now. I say, dream on. You arent going to get that combination. Its too much. Those leaning toward the bear camp, you need to settle for the following. One, while rates have, indeed and are going higher, theyre no longer climbing at a breakneck pace th