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US stock futures point to a sharply lower open Tuesday following the long weekend as conditions continue to deteriorate in Europe. The German DAX has been the weakest index over the last month.

The global economic condition is on a knife's edge of either falling precipitously lower or managing to grasp on to solid footing and claw its way back up into prosperity.

Unidentified factors may be artificially and temporarily pushing the market higher. If confirmed, then the market is moving higher only on non-structural events not tied to economically strong underpinnings.