Staring straight into the Abyss

So, which is it? "What they don't know won't hurt 'em" VS. "What everyone knows ain't worth knowing"......the markets somehow averted an all-out mini-panic y-day

Monthlies of select hand-picked financials (sorted by highest market cap to lowest):
http://stockcharts.c...9197&r=9190.png

http://stockcharts.c...9197&r=9243.png

http://stockcharts.c...9197&r=1508.png

http://stockcharts.c...9197&r=3780.png

http://stockcharts.c...9197&r=9927.png

And a few others relatively unscathed thus far.....
http://stockcharts.c...9197&r=9908.png
http://stockcharts.c...39197&r=123.png

When they don't this you, is when you need to worry. One the other hand there are a lot of them so when you can read them, one can ride their waves a bit.