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Sentiment numbers have regressed to the norm in most cases over the past week of low Volume ( elsewhere I pointed out that Volume is measured in shares, not capitalized weighting, so higher prices in AAPL, low priced banks, et.al., are not reflected exactly). Also, there has been some funny bifurcation at Barron's Market Lab statistics on Volume, so my one extreme outlier this week - record speculative Volume vis-a-vis NASD compared to NYSE- may not symbolize anything, as all other Indicators have tamed down. Breadth remains strong, and the Bullish % at 70 is getting a bit high!
Those readers who follow my DITM blog:

http://ditmcalls.blogspot.com

are advised that following my return, I may be transferring it to my new effort - writing for Seeking Alpha (see link below).

http://seekingalpha.com/article/813991-seeking-yield-and-safety

Next week I leave early on vacation so the report will be truncated to those available.
Here are the numbers:

Date>		8/17/2012	8/10/2012
Indices:	DJIA	13275	13207
	NAZ	3076	3020
	SPX	1418	1405
NASD/NYSE	WklyVolume (Bshs).	8.0/2.8	8.5/3.1
nasd/nyse	Specul.Ratio hi=bullish	2.86	2.70
Sentiment:	put/call-CBOE	61	61
Barron's	VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8	13.5	14.7
	Advance/Dec-NYSE..	1995/1157	2020/1117
	Weekly Net:	838	903
	Cumulative:	139955	139117
Weekly	NYSE hi/low	359/45	495/51
New Hi's/Low's	Nasdaq h/l	190/125	208/134
McClellan	Oscillator	29	17
McClellan Sum	.+750/-1000	656	601
Newsletter	Inv.Intel -Bull:tues	43.6	43.6
Surveys	Bear:-5yrs	26.6	25.5
	AAII  -Bull :wed.	36.8	36.5
	Bear	28.1	27.4
COT:Change w/w	large/small (net)k	1/(1)	6/(5)
CEOinsider	selling	25:1	45:1
BalticDryIndex	GlobalEcon	discont.
3-box rev	Bullish%-	70	67
US equity -ICI	Fund Flows	1 wk lag	(3.6B)
MMF flows	Change in $B	11.7B	10.9B
MargDebt- top (300M)	monthly	JUNE: 284 B
ETF:Eqty/Int'l/Bond	million$$ .	JUNE: 686/258/222
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation		0.30%	0.26%

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