PRING THING:

Fresh off their market call a year ago that the summer would see a 16% correction (during an ebullient market time), and we saw the May Flash Crash fall to a 16% correction - Martin Pring and Joe Turner return this Saturday to GGU for a monthly TSAA meeting (only $10 for members), at 8:30 in the a.m.

Fortunately, option expiration and the SFOG meetup is the following Saturday (day after the 3rd Friday of the month), so no conflict there.
This new year started with some cautious action, both in Price and Sentiment: Bullish % is 1 point off a record high at 87; AAII Bulls and Bears are complacent at 55% and 18%. Mutual Fund flows turned to inflows for  the second week in a row, after a multi-month hiatus of selling.

Although Advance/Declines were about even, New Highs to Lows were huge in both the NYSE and Nasdaq. Looking ahead to the January Barometer, it might be wise to hedge after the large rally of 2010, although pre-election years are usually very good overall - better than the other 3 combined in the 4 year cycle.

Here are the numbers: 

MktSentiment	Last Week	Prev. Week	5 Yr HI	5 Yr LOW
DJIA:	11674	11577	14093	6626
Nasdaq:	2703	2652	2805	1114
S&P 500:	1271	1257	1561	683
CBOE Eq. put/call:	46	58	96-10/08	46-1/03
VIX:	17.1	17.8	90	8.8
McClellan Osc:	(7)	14	108	(123)
McClellan Sum:	597	538	1568	(1514)
Newsletter Surveys
InvestorsIntel.Bull:	54.5	55.6	63	22.21
InvestorsIntel.Bear:	20.5	20.0	54.4	16
AAII Bull:	55.9	51.6	n/a	n/a
AAII Bear:	18.3	20.1	n/a	n/a
US Equity-1 week lag	n/a	.5B
Money Market Flows	(12.1B)	22.4B
Baltic Dry Index:	1544	1999	11700	663
Bullish %:	87	85	88	2
Insider Corporate Sellers:	30:1	14:1	108:1	2.4:1

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