SINKO DE MAYO?:

Even though Ned Davis Research says not to "Go Away in May", one must feel that a 30% runup in the DJIA and S&P 500 (40% in Russell and Emerging markets) feels a little dangerous, what with a 35% decline in Q1 Earnings and a GDP shortfall of 6.1%, following the 6.3% the quarter before.

Stocks have managed to run up through much of the recent previous Resistance, albeit on low Volume considering single-digit quality stocks which have doubled, should have given more of it. The Nasdaq composite and SPX have broken up through the "Ice" ( suggesting a fall back to retest the Ice), and the DJIA is just below an 8400 Resistance, in my view.
Sentiment Indicators have changed little since last week, with the exceptions of the McClellan Summation Index bumping up on 1,000; the Bullish per cent is in high ground at 67, and CEO Insider Selling is still huge, at over 50 to 1 (recent normal has been single-digit selling).
Here are actual numbers:

MktSentiment. 5/01/2009 Prev. Week.....5Yr.HI......LOW

DJIA ………. 8212………8076.………..14093............6626

Nasdaq………. 1719………1694…………2810.............1114

S&P500…….. 877…………866………….1561………..683

CBOE Eq. put/call …63………….70……..…96-10/08….....46-1/03

VIX ………. 35.3………36.8…….…….79..-10/08bull….10.0-7/05 bear

McClellan Osc………43………….56……………..108-1/09 bear...(-100)-10/08bull

McClelSum……….…968……….789……..…....1568-6/03.......-1514-10/08

Newsletter Surveys:

Inv.Intel -Bull:…..…36………….39.1……….…63 (12/04bear)...22.2-10/08bull

Bear:………… 37.2……….34.5…………… 54.4.10/08.......16-6/03

AAII-Bull/Bear ……36.1?43.6…31.8/38.6….…..18.9/70.3 n/a

Baltic Dry Index ……1806………1897…………11700…………………663

Bullish%- …….…67…………..62………….…88 -2/04bear.....2-10/08bull

*Insider corp sellers. 51:1………..56:1………..108………….2.4:1 (11/08)

Mutual Fund Inflows (.25B)……1.2B

ETF InflowsL……… (.75B)……..0

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SINKO DE MAYO?: