Between the on-going debt ceiling shenanigans and more road to travel listening to the acerbic boys from Taper-Talk, the bears should have enough rope to once again do themselves in. Like the 95′ Meridian break suggests – consolidation of the recent move higher seems more realistic – than a material decline. With that said, we see the Nasdaq as most vulnerable over the short-term and will be looking for the banks to start moving up in the performance standings.