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Fear of Friday the thirteenth was indeed warranted, at least for the large cap stocks last week. On the contrary, the recent stepchild Nasdaq held up quite well as techs started to breathe life again. Even though several Sentiment Indicators remain (Bullishly) pessimistic, such as aforementioned put/calls, Nova/Ursa, public shorts vs. Specialists, other signs keep the Orange caution light on: all 3 major Indexes are below their 200-day MA, and have slipped into the old, lower Trading Range - 10,400 to 9,700 on the DJIA.
The first quarter of '05 saw record stock Buybacks, which is a market-topping signal; Hedge Funds, which have increased assets to $1T (10-fold since 1994), got whipsawed by Kerkorian's Buy-in and S&P's bond downgrade. Being on the wrong side of both occurrences, we could see another LTCM reaction from some 20-something genii running money by algorithm. New highs on the dollar and a flattening yield curve negating carry-trades aren't exactly helping these poor unfortunates. The Dow 30 dividend yield broke 5% this week and the U. of Michigan Confidence survey hit another new low at 85.3, giving hope of a Summer rally.

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