DANCING WITH THE TSARS:

DIS-Appointment?: Apparently recent Presidents believe that they can bypass Congress by setting up unvoted-on offices, such as Liz Warren's new position. Although she may be a brilliant and dedicated person, the idea of more gov't is grist for the Constitutionalists' Mill.
Autumn leaves may turn to Tea leaves in November.
Meanwhile, nothing upsets the market's proclivity to undermine the September curse (so far) - October may be a different animal. Volume, which, for some reason is never tracked on CNBC,Bloomie, got back to normal last week, thanks to option expiry, which is also rarely mentioned as having an effect on markets.
Most Sentiment Indicators were benign, with the exception of the AAII Bull/Bear ratio, which comes out on Wednesdays - it flashed a 50.9% Bulls, which is getting complacent - while the complementary Bears dropped 7% to 24.3.
Corporate (legal) Insider Selling jumped by a factor of 6 times the total of 2 weeks ago. MMF flows also leapt from $10B Inflow to a negative $25B outflow - most likely to Emerging markets and fixed income.
Here are the numbers:

MktSentiment	Last Week	Prev. Week	5 Yr HI	5 Yr LOW
DJIA:	10607	10462	14093	6626
Nasdaq:	2315	2242	2805	1114
S&P 500:	1125	1109	1561	683
CBOE Eq. put/call:	57	61	96-10/08	46-1/03
VIX:	22.0	22.0	90	8.8
McClellan Osc:	25	43	108	(123)
McClellan Sum:	695	502	1568	(1514)
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InvestorsIntel.Bull:	36.7	33.3	63	22.21
InvestorsIntel.Bear:	31.1	32.2	54.4	16
AAII Bull:	50.9	43.9	n/a	n/a
AAII Bear:	24.3	31.6	n/a	n/a
Nova/Ursa Mutual Funds:	n/a	n/a	2.2	0.56
US Equity-1 week lag	n/a	(2.2B)
Money Market Flows	(24.6B)	10.6B
ETF equity:Monthly Totals	n/a	n/a	n/a
Baltic Dry Index:	2737	2995	11700	663
Bullish %:	57	52	88	2
Insider Corporate Sellers:	32:1	21:1	108:1	2.4:1

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DANCING WITH THE TSARS: