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One of the surest, albeit infrequent, Sentiment Indicators predicting a top in the market (at least short term) is the complacent Bullishness of a magazine cover, usually Businessweek, per Paul Macrae Montgomery. This time it was Newsweek that shouted it out. Too soon to tell, as Monday's price action seems to digest Friday's selloff from Goldman/option expiry causes.

In heuristic fashion, every analysts is calling for at least a 10% run up in the next few months - even the credible ones. Short term, however, breadth and Sentiment are calling for a respite in this Too-Strong-To Fail market.

The outstanding Indicator is the CEO Insider selling ratio, at 91:1 last week, almost at its record high of last year. This small sampling has a 100% success rate in calling for at least a brief Trading Range, if not a downturn. Bullish % is 1 point away from its high, and the Inv.Intell. Bulls broke 50, at 51.1%, with Bears remaining under 20%.

Money flew out of MMFs at a $50B rate, and Volume was high last week - although the Wednesday up thrust outgained Friday's selloff. New highs ran up to 950 (vs. 18 NLs).

Here are the numbers:

MktSentiment	Last Week	Prev. Week	5 Yr HI	5 Yr LOW
DJIA:	11018	10997	14093	6626
Nasdaq:	2481	2454	2805	1114
S&P 500:	1192	1194	1561	683
CBOE Eq. put/call:	42	48	96-10/08	46-1/03
VIX:	18.4	16.1	90	8.8
McClellan Osc:	-29	3	108	-100
McClellan Sum:	1241	1241	1568	-1514
Newsletter Surveys
InvestorsIntel.Bull:	51.1	48.9	63	22.21
InvestorsIntel.Bear:	18.9	18.9	54.4	16
AAII Bull:	48.5	42.9	n/a	n/a
AAII Bear:	29.7	30.4	n/a	n/a
Nova/Ursa Mutual Funds:	0.86	0.94	2.2	0.56
US Equity-1 week lag	n/a	2B
Money Market Flows	-51B	-18B
ETF equity:Monthly Totals	Feb.750B	Jan.731B
Baltic Dry Index:	3009	2922	11700	663
Bullish %:	87	86	88	2
Insider Corporate Sellers:	91:1	45:1	108:1	2.4:1

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