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To: ild who wrote (29337)	3/24/2005 7:07:41 PM
From: orkrious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

tidbit from richard russell tonight McClellan Oscillator was up 80 to minus 256. The Summation Index dropped under 1000 today. The worst declines have come with the Summation Index under 1000.

To: ild who wrote (29337)	3/24/2005 7:21:58 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.706 billion in the week ended 3/23/05 with Growth & Income funds reporting the largest inflows ($450 Mil) since 1/21/04 and Equity Income funds reporting the largest inflows in 11 weeks ($430 Mil), and more funds reporting inflows to that sector (136) than any week since 4/22/1998; Financial/Banking funds and Energy funds report the largest inflows of any sector ($411 Mil and $401 Mil, respectively), because of large ETF inflows: $456 Mil to Select Sector SPDRs Financial (47% fund assets); $357 Mil to Select Sector SPDRs Energy (17% fund assets); Small Cap Growth/Value funds report net cash outflows of -$728 million, largely because of outflows totaling: -$568 Million from iShares Russell 2000 Index fund; Non-domestic Equity funds report inflows totaling $591 million as International Equity funds report inflows of $343 million; Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan) funds report the largest net cash outflows (-$49 Mil) since 5/19/04 because of: -$35 Mil from iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index fund; -$19 Mil from iShares MSCI South Korea Index fund; Emerging Markets Equity funds report the largest net cash outflows (-$265 Mil) since 5/19/04; Latin America funds report net outflows of -$45 million because of: -$20 Mil from iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index fund; -$15 Mil from iShares MSCI Brazil Index fund; -$7 Mil from iShares MSCI Mexico Index fund; Taxable Bond funds report net cash outflows of -$411 million as High Yield Corporate Bond funds report net outflows of -$1.5 billion, the largest from that sector since 5/12/04; Government Bond funds investing in Treasuries report net inflows of $925 million because of: $1.0 Bil to iShares Lehman 1-3 Yr Treasury Bond fund; $91 Mil to iShares Lehman 7-10 Yr Treasury Bond fund; $73 Mil to iShares Lehman TIPS Bond fund; as the iShares Lehman 20+ Yr Treasury Bond fund reports net cash outflows of -$273 million; Money Market funds report net inflows of $7.005 billion although Tax-exempt MM funds report net outflows of -$556 million; Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows of $42 million, due in large part to inflows to High Yield Municipal Bond funds totaling $73 million.

To: ild who wrote (29337)	3/24/2005 11:48:13 PM
From: redfrecknj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

"Sales of new one-family houses in February 2005 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,226,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development." census.gov "Privately-owned housing starts in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2,195,000." census.gov Builders appear to be building them at an annualized rate of about 1 million units more than people are buying them.