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If you read our daily market commentary, you know that I have been all over this amazing streak of alternating daily up / down days in the S&P 500. With Friday's decline, the streak is now 13 days going back to March 19. The good news is, if the streak continues, Monday should be a positive day for stocks. The bad news is, the weaker than expected jobs report on Friday could put a little more pressure on the buoyant stock indices.

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04/05/13

Yesterday was day #12 of the alternating up / down days in the S&P 500 (On Thursday I mistakenly said Wednesday was #10 -- it was #11.) The Dow gained 56-points on the day as it and the S&P 500, continue to hold up better than some of the other indices.
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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 4/08/13- 4/12/13

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 35% bulls, 56% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 0.63 to 1. That is a buy signal in a bull market which means the survey system will remain in a 100% S fund allocation for the week of 4/08/13 - 4/12/13.

Bull market rules have been in effect since the week of 1/09/12:

See latest survey results

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04/04/13

Day #10 of the alternating up / down chop for the market came in the form of a 1% loss for the S&P and Nasdaq, with stiffer losses for the small caps, and the Dow gave up 112-points.
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04/03/13

Stocks were mixed yesterday with the Dow gaining an impressive 89-points and the S&P picking up 0.5%, but the Transports and the small caps lagged badly, each closing with stiff losses.
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