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To: donald sew who wrote (51367)	9/2/1998 7:17:00 AM
From: Debra Orlow	Respond to of 58727

Don, I posted this on the Kahuna thread, but I thought it worthwhile to repeat the info here. new highs/lows for last Oct/Nov: 10/24-- 108 / 44 10/27-- 25 / 175 10/28-- 20 / 297 10/29-- 46 / 21 10/30-- 30 / 38 10/31-- 56 / 15 11/03-- 96 / 12 11/04-- 110 / 17 11/05-- 130 / 18 11/06-- 95 / 23 11/07-- 36 / 59

To: donald sew who wrote (51367)	9/2/1998 9:33:00 AM
From: Darth Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

From fiendbear.com The differences: The market wasn't shut down. Volatility was much higher this past Monday (48.33) compared to last October (39.96). Last year, the Dow peaked at 8,259 almost three months before its mini-crash in October. Monday's mini-crash came only six weeks after the index's peak of 9,337 back in July. Although the Dow hit a peak in August of 1997, the NYSE advance/decline line moved steadily higher and hit a new record in early October. The ability of the broader market (positive divergence) to advance while the Dow struggled was line, indicative of underlying strength. Leading up to the Dow's most recent peak in July, the NYSE advance/decline line had been a very serious downtrend (negative divergence) for the three previous months. In June of 1997, the Dow's momentum hit its highest level since the bull market began in 1982. Momentum thoughout the summer remained very strong and in July, the Dow got as high as 19% above its 200 DMA. The last time it had shown that much strength was a month before the 1987 crash. More recently, momentum on the Dow was much more restrained and at its peak in July, it was only 10% above its 200 DMA. Last October, the mini-crash put the Dow 3% below its 200 DMA while on Monday, the Dow finished 12% below its 200 DMA. The number of new NYSE 52 week lows totaled 179 after last October's mini-crash. On Monday, they totaled 1,183 which was the highest ever recorded. Conclusion: Although on the surface it appears as if the last couple of days have been a big deja vu, the situation is actually more serious technically. The broader market has suffered tremendously and it is going to take a long time to repair it. At best, the Dow will have to meander at its current levels and give the broader market (as represented by the Russell 2000) a chance to recuperate. The worst thing that could happen is for the Dow to recover sharply while leaving the broader market in the dust again. I'll be watching the NYSE advance/decline line very carefully and no rally is to be believed (or respected) until there is a vast improvement in this indicator. end

To: donald sew who wrote (51367)	9/2/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: joe smith	Respond to of 58727

donald, in reference to the new lows not showing much improvement yestereday: the markets were down significantly in the am before the large run up. i recorded the lows during the morning and they only got about 15% worse by the close. so the damage was done early when the market was tanking. js