signs the market has bottomed

1. chat rooms are quiet

2. a drop in the oil price from 140 to 112 didn't cause a big rally on asx.

3. invasion of georgia by russians didn't save the gold price.

4. the usd is actually rallying.

5. watching the olympics is more interesting to finance nerds than picking up bargains.

6. mum and dad are thinking of learning how to short stocks.

7. i can't think of ten reasons due to market exhaustion