Monday Brainstorming - part 1

1. Its now officially testified that Paulson, Bernanke and Geithner are liars - listen to this and wonder why no charges are pressed against the 3 people especially Paulson who made very obscure things to say the least.

TARP Watchdog: "Let's Make Sure In The Future, The Treasury's Public Statements Are Accurate And Truthful"

2. The latest sentiment numbers confirm more downside for the next 4 weeks as stated in earlier posts.

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INVESTOR SENTIMENT READINGS

High bullish readings in the Consensus stock index or in the Market Vane stock index usually are signs of Market tops; low ones, market bottoms.

Last Week

2 Weeks Ago.

3 Weeks Ago

Consensus Index
	Consensus Bullish Sentiment	68%	56%	53%
Source: Consensus Inc., P.O. Box 520526,Independence, Mo.
Historical data available at (800) 383-1441. editor@consensus-inc.com
AAII Index
	Bullish	43.6%	39.1%	42.1%
	Bearish	35.5	44.6	40.0
	Neutral	21.0	16.4	17.9
Source: American Association of Individual Investors,
625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611 (312) 280-0170.
Market Vane
	Bullish Consensus	52%	51%	50%
Source: Market Vane, P.O. Box 90490,
Pasadena, CA 91109 (626) 395-7436.
FC Market Sentiment
	Indicator	55.0%	54.2%	53.8%
Source: First Coverage 260 Franklin St., Suite 900
Boston, MA 02110-3112 (617) 303-0180. info@firstcoverage.com

FC Market Sentiment is a proprietary indicator derived from actionable sell-side trade ideas sent by the sell-side to their buy-side clients over the First Coverage platform. Over 1,000 institutional sales people at more than 250 firms participate on the First Coverage platform and have contributed hundreds of thousands of ideas since inception. Each Idea is associated with a ticker or sector and is tagged bullish or bearish by the creator. This data is aggregated at the sector, industry and market level. The FC Market Sentiment score ranges from 0-100 (0=most bearish, 50=neutral, and 100=most bullish) and represents a completely objective, real-time view into what advice the sell-side is providing to their buy-side clients

Citigroup Panic/Euphoria Model