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To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (6046)	10/22/2008 10:56:17 PM
From: Jack Hartmann	Respond to of 6924

Sad close so the market is dancing a painful dance. DJIA 8519.21 down -5.69% -514.45 S&P 896.78 down -6.1% -58.27 NASDAQ 1615.75 down -4.77% -80.93 Put/Call ratio 1.22 Under 0.40 is Very Bullish sentiment, 0.40-59 Bullish, 0.60-0.79, Neutral, 0.800-0.99 Bearish, Over 1.00 Very Bearish. When many are bullish, this may be time to take profit. VIX 69.65 When it runs below 20, usually a good time to take some profits. If above 35, good time to buy. Sector Watch Breakout of the day $RXH Hospitals 327.45 +4.55 +1.41% For some reason, people feel this and the drugs are the safe sector. Sorta like they said this about KFT and PEP a month ago. Collapse of the day $XJY Japanese Yen 102.25 +2.57 +2.58% Hope in the Japanese market. No logic, but hope. Crude $67.59 this says it all. Down alot. Nat Gas $6.77 holding tough. Gold $726 Do gold bugs panic? Silver $9.43 Portfolio was red. People who nibbled are back in cash. there was a slight buy in the last minutes or it would have worse. Worker layoffs surged in September to the highest level since 9/11. All is not bleak. #8:51 AM ConocoPhillips (COP): Q3 EPS of $3.39 beats by $0.33. Revenue of $70B (+51.8%) vs. $73.17B. Shares -2.9%. (PR) # 8:49 AM Northwest Airlines (NWA): Q3 EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.10. Revenue of $3.8B (+12.4%) in-line. Shares +1%. (PR) # 8:47 AM Northrop Grumman (NOC): Q3 EPS of $1.50 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $8.38B (+6.5%) vs. $8.19B. Shares +2.8%. (PR) # 8:45 AM McDonald's (MCD): Q3 EPS of $1.05 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $6.27B (+6.2%) vs. $6.18B. Shares +1.1%. These are some of the companies making profits.

To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (6046)	10/24/2008 9:31:13 PM
From: Jack Hartmann	Respond to of 6924

Painful opening and a recovery not to be excited about. DJIA 8378.95 down -3.59% -312.3 S&P 876.77 down -3.45% -31.34 NASDAQ 1552.03 -3.23% -51.88 Put/Call ratio 1.24 Under 0.40 is Very Bullish sentiment, 0.40-59 Bullish, 0.60-0.79, Neutral, 0.800-0.99 Bearish, Over 1.00 Very Bearish. When many are bullish, this may be time to take profit. VIX 79.13 a record When it runs below 20, usually a good time to take some profits. If above 35, good time to buy. Sector Watch Breakout of the day $XAU Gold 70.86 +2.93 +4.31% Recovered half of the loss from yesterday. Collapse of the day $XBD Broker Dealers 81.58 -6.58 -7.46% CME dropped 9.8%. Maybe the thinking is that if commodities drop, trading will do so. Crude $64.75 an 18 month low. Nat Gas $8.60 big jump! Gold $730.30 still lower! Silver $9.20 30-year treasury yields at lowest levels in 30 years Still there are companies making profit. Housing news is good for 2 months in a row. It is not the end of the world. the hedge funds are getting redemptions. Mutual funds are sending letters telling the virtues of buy and hold.