The s p climbed and the nasdaq jumped up. Lets start with the most sal yent positive that was a negative, the banks. Heres a group thats a largest part of the s p 500, the financials that is not supposed to be going higher. They always seem to have some number, statistics, some government investigation that just hammers the heck out of them, crushes them beyond recognition after they report and we end up resenting that we owned them. Last week i highlighted bank of america as a potential breakout using the word from technician extraordinary tim collins. On twitter i think i caught holy hell for this. I have a whole chapter devoted to them in get rich carefully but ive never seen such a negative response to my decision to highlight it. With all the talk of tapering and the chatter of the Housing Market it was natural to think this would be a year that the banks would keep getting hammered when they announced their earnings. Wrong today bank of america posted a legitimate upside surprise