NONLABOR DAY:

With investors not yet back to work (those that still have jobs), no pattern is yet visible for the future - as we continue in the bounded Trading Range. Volume is still low, mostly from HFTs (high frequency traders) who never vacation.
My cumulative A/D total hit a record high, but as the disputers of the Hindenburg Omen state, much of the NYSE Advance/Decline total is comprised of bond-like Pfds, CEFs and ETFs - the Nasdaq New Highs to New Lows remains negative.
Both Bull/Bear surveys remain Bullishly inverted, although with the Inv.Intell., which comes out on Tuesdays, Bulls fell 4 points to 29.4 - the AAII survey, which comes out on Wednesdays, saw the Bulls number rise a full 10 points to 30.8.
Money left MMFs for the first time in a couple months, but probably is going into Fixed Income, as the 1-week lagging Equity number remains negative.
Key officers' Insider Selling is 1/10 of what it was earlier in the Summer.
Finally, a short term negative: the McClellan Oscillator (ratio adjusted) reached my top zone of 48 .
Here are the numbers:

MktSentiment	Last Week	Prev. Week	5 Yr HI	5 Yr LOW
DJIA:	10447	10150	14093	6626
Nasdaq:	2233	2153	2805	1114
S&P 500:	1104	1064	1561	683
CBOE Eq. put/call:	58	58	96-10/08	46-1/03
VIX:	21.3	24.4	90	8.8
McClellan Osc:	48	(15)	108	(123)
McClellan Sum:	376	371	1568	(1514)
Newsletter Surveys
InvestorsIntel.Bull:	29.4	33.3	63	22.21
InvestorsIntel.Bear:	37.7	31.2	54.4	16
AAII Bull:	30.8	20.7	n/a	n/a
AAII Bear:	42.2	49.5	n/a	n/a
Nova/Ursa Mutual Funds:	n/a	n/a	2.2	0.56
US Equity-1 week lag	n/a	(4.3B)
Money Market Flows	(6.2B)	3.7BB
ETF equity:Monthly Totals	n/a	n/a	n/a
Baltic Dry Index:	2835	2703	11700	663
Bullish %:	49	44	88	2
Insider Corporate Sellers:	5:1	8:1	108:1	2.4:1

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