Baby Steps of Stability Are Needed to Commit Capital By Chris Schumacher About this article: The Nov. deadline for fund redemptions is now behind us. As I have mentioned previously, this is a market that will continue to work through upcoming negatives. We've been through a ton, but we have a lot yet to go. Clearly, the distribution pressure from last week's redemption requests kept things locked near the lows of the trading range that began at the end of September. The focus for this week will be the endless debate regarding the automakers and how the bailout will pertain to these companies, if at all. The volatility measures in the last two months have created nothing but noise in the near-term daily charts. It seems that all traditional rules of price/volume behavior have failed. Capitulation scenarios haven't yielded sustainable uptrends, as all upside behavior has been fast and furious, rather than slow and stable. Distribution pressure off of those upside moves... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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