Market Sentiment - A Contrarian View

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Weekly results October 13:

Below are this week's Sentiment numbers, after the Holiday and return from vacation:






MktSentiment
 10/13/09
 Prev. Week
 5Yr.HI
 5Yr.LOW





DJIA
 9865
 9509
 14093
 6626
Nasdaq
 2139
 2057
 2810
 1114
S&P500
 1076
 1029
 1561
 683
CBOE Eq.:



 put/call
 52
 72
 96
 46
VIX
 24.1
 25.3
 90
 8.8
McClellan Osc
 7
 -68
 108
 -100
McClelSum
 1160
 1290
 1568
 -1514
Newsletter Surveys:



Inv.Intel:



Bull
 48.3
 50.6
 63
 22.21
Bear
 23.6
 24.1
 54.4
 16
AAII:



Bull
 35.1
 43.6
 n/a
 n/a
Bear
 41.2
 35.5
 n/a
 n/a
Nova/Ursa



MutualFunds:
 0.87
 1.04
 2.2
 0.56
Baltic Dry



Index:
 2468
 2415
 11700
 663
Bullish%-
 84
 81
 88
 2
*Insider corporate



sellers:
 13:1
 n/a
 108:1
 2.4:1
Mutual Fund Inflows
 -1.9B
 -1.4B

VIX. Volatility
 -1
 20.00
 12.00
 -22.00
VIX. 1-month future
 -10
 2.00
 2.00
 -18.00
VIX. 5-month future
 -4
 3
 8
 -7

posted by Brent Leonard | 11:27 AM