Equities in the United States did at an improved level yesterday after numerous bad trading sessions.br br The question starting Wednesday is if Wall Street can have 2 good days in a row of improvements.br br Retail Sales were only a bit superior to envisioned and in actual fact still completed an outcome that is more serious than the month before.br br Meaning that Tuesday's increases could have had more related to bottom feeding by value investors searching for good buys.br br Today Europe will release Industrial Production statistics and the U.S. will release the Empire State Manufacturing Index numbers.br br Trading is still tentative and this really is apparent with the varying outcomes from the Forex market, the USD, EUR, and Sterling were kept in ranges yesterday. br br Gold is now being put to the test - though its price looks consolidated - its movement has been erratic.