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Not the scariest October in record, in fact one of the most expected corrections in recent years - sans Fed activity. Usually the Hallowe'en Effect creates a buying opportunity for stocks, but not last year, nor 2010.

Sentiment extremes quieted down last week, with the breadth (advance/decline) continuing UP and the Insider selling DOWN. In fact the 10% stockholders are Buying recently. The McClellan Oscillator went to a +68 - way overbought, hence the small selloff at today's open. MMF flows are making as violent swings as the markets.

Here are the numbers:

Date>		10/24/2014	10/17/2014
Indices:	DJIA	16805	16380
	NAZ	4483	4258
	SPX	1964	1886
WklyVolume (Bshs).	naz/ny	9.3/3.9	12.7/5.2
Specul.Ratio hi=bullish		2.38	2.44
Sentiment:	put/call-CBOE	63	75
VIX>50-alltmlow=8.8		16.1	22
Advance/Dec-NYSE..		2135/572	2000/1250
Weekly Net:		1563	750
Cumulative:		161787	160224
Weekly	NYSE hi/low	214/101	89/813
New Hi's/Low's	Nasdaq h/l	137/152	81/650
McClellan	Oscillator	68	10
McClellanSum	.+750/-1000	-353	-625
Newsletter	Inv.Intel -Bull:tues	35.3	37.8
Surveys	Bear:-5yrs	18.2	17.3
	AAII  -Bull :wed.	49.7	42.7
	Bear	22.5	33.7
COT:SPX w/w	large/small (net)k	(1k)/(7k)	0k/20k
COT:gold  comm.hedg	long-short.000	(105k)	(75k)
CEOinsider	selling	12:1	13:1
off.&bd b/s.vs.	10% holder b/s	210:25	160:20BUY
3-box rev	Bullish%-	48	41
US equity -ICI	Fund Flows	WeekDelay	(5.0B)
MMF flows	Change in $B	12.9B	(22B)
MargDebt- top (300M)	monthly
ETF:mthlyEqty/	Int'l/Bond-$B
2-yr Tsy Yield: Inflation		0.39%	0.38%

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