IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME-

Year end is almost upon us, with markets unusually quiet awaiting some decision on 2013. In my Examiner.com column I mention a survey of 64 years of stocks at year's end. Mostly positive, sentiment indicators tend to the cautious downside for now.
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Date>		12/7/2012	11/30/2012
Indices:	DJIA	13155	13025
	NAZ	2978	3010
	SPX	1418	1416
WklyVolume (Bshs).
NASD/NYSE		8.5/3.3	8.8/3.7
Specul.Ratio hi=bullish		2.58	2.38
nasd/nyse
Sentiment:	put/call-CBOE	65	63
VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8		15.9	15.87
Advance/Dec-NYSE..		1499/1641	1973/1193
Weekly Net:		-142	780
Cumulative:		141704	141846
Weekly	NYSE hi/low	267/64	289/59
New Hi's/Low's	Nasdaq h/l	151/114	156/110
McClellan	Oscillator	22	51
McClellanSum	.+750/-1000	274	148
Newsletter	Inv.Intel -Bull:tues	43.6	39.3
Surveys	Bear:-5yrs	25.5	27.7
	AAII  -Bull :wed.	42.2	40.9
	Bear	34.6	34.4
COT:Change w/w	large/small (net)k	7/0.	7/(3)
CEOinsider	selling	52:1	23:1
3-box rev	Bullish%-	64	64
US equity -ICI	Fund Flows	(.5B)	1weeklag
MMF flows	Change in $B	32.3B	10.1B
MargDebt- top (300M)	monthly		318Boct.
ETF:Eqty/	Int'l/Bond		734/296/239
Assets in	Billion$$ .		Oct.
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation		0.25%	0.27%

 

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