Spring Ahead or Fall Back? No Fear, Nasdaq Uptrend, Trading AbbVie and AMD COVID numbers stopped improving a while ago, even with ever-improving rates of vaccination. Just what is going on here? Mar 16, 2021 | 07:40 AM EDT I saw my first robin of spring late last week. A few minutes later, I met about a dozen of his or her pals. Temperatures were indeed spring-like out in my neck of the woods last week, and will be again later this week. Monday, however, the wind chill was in the single digits as I walked my morning walk, as I always do after writing Market Recon and prior to getting on with the rest of my day. On Monday, I only saw some Canadian Geese and they were trying to shield themselves from the wind. There are hints here or there. Hints that maybe our massed optimism is not misguided. This time.