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To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (38714)	3/24/2008 9:39:41 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 95611

"Kirk, that is a very revealing chart sequence. It puts a lot of information on 1 page." Yes, it is one of my favorites, or at least one of the 6 I now follow. The 10 DMA has some use for "trading" or taking profits then buying the dips. Remember how many got crushed in the NASDAQ bear who got to the party late... They are still way, way under water. Even S&P500 investors could soon say they went a decade where the dividends were the only gains and those were far less than inflation... we'll start to see articles like that or 3 major newspapers write about possible depressions... oh yeah... they just did that! See "Major Newspapers Publish Articles About Possible Depression" kirklindstrom.blogspot.com Three major papers in three very major cities have articles saying we COULD have a depression again but it won't look the same.... all on the same weekend! Look at all the sentiment charts I store here forbestadvice.com The ISE is one of the most telling... but many are now more risk averse than in 1998 and 2002/3. You have to go back to the start of the 1991 bull run to March 2000 peak to get sentiment as bearish... and that was after major banks were going under too! I'm glad I saved all the newspapers for end of year data... Back in 1991 I believe we had a 20% or so bear market before we continued on the 1982 to today secular bull market.

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (38714)	3/25/2008 3:02:59 PM
From: Return to Sender	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95611

Institutional investors have been using puts as a hedge coupled against long investments in increasing numbers. This is a big change versus the bottom in 2002. This chart will continue to be updated each day: Headline Charts has finally gone bullish on the markets. This despite their contention that ECRI has finally thrown in the towel and admitted we have a recession to deal with. headlinecharts.blog.com Yesterday the markets rallied so hard on top of lasts week's rally that two out of three volatility were more than 10% below the 10 day sma's. Message 24316610 A return to the norm suggests that there will be some profit taking even though I continue to believe that this bottom will be a lasting one. internetnews.com RtS