THE BIG CASINO:

Next week's Sentiment blog will occur early (Friday) due to my vacationing in Lake Tahoe. The past week, due to the rally back with increasing volatility, there is a mixed picture. My cumulative Adv./Decl. is at a new high, indicative of strong buying, yet the CEO Insider Selling shot to a 58:1 ratio over Buyers (albeit on low Volume).
The previous week ( the "Selling" week) saw $8.7B come out of Equity funds, although flows from all ETFs for March (see bottom of table) - domestic and foreign equity, and bond ETFs- were flat. Margin buying increased slightly, per ICI.
The AAII Bull/Bear ratio became more inverted - a bullish sign. And very short term (as we see today) the McClellan Oscillator rose to +44, near my +50 line.
Here are the numbers:

Date>		4/27/2012	4/20/2012
Indices:	DJIA	13228	13029
	NAZ	3069	3000
	SPX	1403	1378
NASD/NYSE	WklyVolume (Bshs).	8.6/3.9	8.6/4.0
nasd/nyse	Specul.Ratio hi=bullish	2.21	2.15
Sentiment:	put/call-CBOE	59	63
Barron's	VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8	16.3	17.4
	Advance/Dec-NYSE..	2251/923	2036/1136
	Weekly Net:	1328	900
	Cumulative:	133728	132400
Weekly	NYSE hi/low	308/102	208/93
New Hi's/Low's	Nasdaq h/l	238/125	194/120
McClellan	Oscillator	44	-8
McClellan Sum	.+750/-1000	193	139
Newsletter	Inv.Intel -Bull:tues	41.9	44.1
Surveys	Bear:-5yrs	23.7	23.7
	AAII  -Bull :wed.	27.6	31.2
	Bear	37.4	33.8
COT:Change w/w	large/small (net)k	2/(8)	8/(5)
CEOinsider	selling	58:1	12:1
BalticDryIndex	GlobalEcon	1116	972
3-box rev	Bullish%-	71	74
US equity -ICI	Fund Flows	1 wk lag	(8.7B)
MMF flows	Change in $B	(.5B)	.3B
MargDebt- top (300M)	monthly	MARCH	$295B
ETF:Eqty/Int'l/Bond	million$$ .	MARCH	704/286/202
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation		0.27%	0.28%
Euro futures	1 yr.offset-CommHedg	5.3	5.3

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