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To: Terry Whitman who wrote (1102)	1/31/2009 11:39:10 AM
From: Terry Whitman	Respond to of 1163

Worst January Ever blogs.moneycentral.msn.com By my previous study, however, the remainder of '09 may not be so bad- JANUARY BAROMETER (n) 1st 5 days Month Avg. Rtn +Ratio 4 DOWN DOWN -11% 1/4 6 DOWN UP +11% 5/6 3 UP DOWN +3% 2/3 9 UP UP +17% 8/9 < 10 DOWN - +2% 7/10 12 UP - +14% 10/12 15 - UP +15% 13/15 7 - DOWN -5% 3/7 Since the 1st 5 days were UP (albeit very minimally), the summary Jan. Barometer has shown a gain: 2/3 times for 3% avg. return. From here (-8% for Jan.) - that would make an +11% expected return for Feb-Dec. Not bad in this economy- but this is a very small set of data.. so take it FWIW. WHich aint much, but prolly just as good as any pundit U might read on the web..

To: Terry Whitman who wrote (1102)	2/19/2009 9:38:38 AM
From: Terry Whitman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1163

NEW CHART reads. Scale goes from -5 to +5: SYMBOL Rating Prev. reading MCD -2 -3 GE -2 -5 $SOX -4 -1 $RUT -4 -5 QQQQ -4 -2 HON -5 -1 ALU -5 -3 PPH -5 -3 DIA -5 -4 SPY -5 -4 GM -5 -5 T -5 -5 AVG. -4.25 -3.42 SCORE As we approach the Nov. lows, scores are just a tad higher. Volume does not yet indicate that this is anything but a re-test of the previous lows. That could change- but I'm guessing this is just a part of the bottoming process- increasing the general bearishness, and shaking out weak hands.