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Stock Market Indicators:Fundamental, Sentiment,

& TechnicalYardeni Research, Inc.

November 5, 2013

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Joe Abbott732-497-5306

[email protected]

Debbie Johnson480-664-1333

[email protected]

Mali Quintana480-664-1333

[email protected]

Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

thinking outside the box

Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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Fundamental Stock Market Indicator 1-2Global Growth Barometer 3Economic Surprise Index 4Investors Intelligence Sentiment 5Bull/Bear Ratio Over 3.0 6Bull/Bear Ratio Under 1.0 7Bull/Bear Ratio Under 1.0 & Over 3.0 8AAII Sentiment 9Bull/Bear Ratio vs. Consumer Confidence 10S&P 500 Put Call Ratio 11Volatility 12Volume 13Dow Theory 14S&P 500 Moving Averages 15-16S&P 500 Sectors Stock Price Index & 200-dma 17S&P 500 Sectors Stock Price Index Minus 200-dma 18S&P 500 Sectors Stock Price Index Relative to S&P 50019

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YRI FUNDAMENTAL STOCK MARKET INDICATOR and S&P 500 INDEX

S&P 500 Index

YRI Fundamental StockMarket Indicator*

* Average of Consumer Comfort Index and Boom-Bust Barometer, which is CRB raw industrials spot price index divided by initial unemployment claims,four-week moving average.Source: Bloomberg, Commodity Research Bureau, Department of Labor, and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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BOOM BUST BAROMETER vs. CONSUMER COMFORT INDEX

US Boom Bust Barometer*

Consumer Comfort Index(index plus 100)

* CRB raw industrials spot price index divided by initial unemployment claims, four-week moving average.Source: Bloomberg, Commodity Research Bureau, Department of Labor.

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Figure 2.

Fundamental Stock Market Indicator

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S&P 500 INDEX & INDUSTRIAL COMMODITY PRICES

S&P 500 Index

CRB Raw IndustrialsSpot Index

Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Commodity Research Bureau.

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S&P 500 INDEX & INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS

Initial Unemployment Claims(thousands, sa, four-week moving average,inverted scale)

S&P 500 Index

Source: US Department of Labor and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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Fundamental Stock Market Indicator

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11/5YRI GLOBAL GROWTH BAROMETER (on S&P 500 basis) & S&P 500

YRI Global Growth Barometer* (1239.1)

S&P 500 Index (1763.0)

* Average of Brent crude oil and CRB raw industrials spot price index times 2 and divided by 10. Average then multiplied by 10 and 200 added.Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Commodity Research Bureau.

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US STOCK PRICES vs. BRENT CRUDE OIL PRICE

Brent Crude Oil Price(dollars per barrel)

S&P 500 Index

Source: Financial Times and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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Figure 6.

Global Growth Barometer

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S&P 500 INDEX vs. CITIGROUP ECONOMIC SURPRISE INDEX(percent)

S&P 500 minus its200 day-moving average

Economic Surprise Indexyardeni.com

Source: Wall Street Journal and Citigroup.

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S&P 500 P/E vs. CITIGROUP ECONOMIC SURPRISE INDEX(percent)

Economic Surprise Index

S&P 500 Forward P/E*

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Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation, Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, and Citigroup.* Average weekly price divided by 52-week forward consensus expected operating earnings per share.

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Economic Surprise Index

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INVESTORS INTELLIGENCE BULLS & BEARS

Bull/Bear Ratio

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Correction Camp

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Source: Investors Intelligence.

Investors Intelligence Sentiment

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Red shaded areas indicate Bull/Bear Ratio equal to or greater than 3.0.Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Investors Intelligence.

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Red shaded areas indicates Bull/Bear Ratio equal to or greater than 3.0.Source: Wall Street Journal and Investors Intelligence.

Figure 11.

Bull/Bear Ratio Over 3.0

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S&P 500 INDEX vs. BULL/BEAR RATIOOF 1.0 OR LESS 11/5

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Green shaded areas indicate Bull/Bear Ratio equal to or less than 1.0.Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Investors Intelligence.

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Green shaded areas indicates Bull/Bear Ratio equal to or less than 1.0.Source: Wall Street Journal and Investors Intelligence.

Figure 13.

Bull/Bear Ratio Under 1.0

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S&P 500 INDEXLESS 200-DMA vs.

BULL/BEAR RATIO OF 3.0 OR MORE

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Red shaded areas indicates Bull/Bear Ratio equal to or less than 3.0.Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 INDEXLESS 200-DMA vs.

BULL/BEAR RATIO OF 1.0 OR LESS

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Green shaded areas indicates Bull/Bear Ratio equal to or less than 1.0.Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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Figure 15.

Bull/Bear Ratio Under 1.0 & Over 3.0

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AAII SENTIMENT INDEX FOR STOCKS

AAII Bull Ratio*

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* AAII Bull Ratio is the percent of bulls over the percent of bulls plus percent of bears.Source: American Association of Individual Investors (AAII).

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AAII Sentiment

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BULL/BEAR RATIO & CONSUMER CONFIDENCE

Bull/Bear Ratio(4-week average)

Consumer ConfidenceExpectations Index

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Source: New York Board of Trade, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Conference Board.

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BULL/BEAR RATIO & CONSUMER COMFORT INDEX

Bull/Bear Ratio(4-week average)

Consumer Comfort Index

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Source: New York Board of Trade, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Bloomberg.

Figure 18.

Bull/Bear Ratio vs. Consumer Confidence

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S&P 500 PUT/CALL(weekly data)

Average = 1.616(1996-2010)

Source: Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

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S&P 500 PUT/CALL(4-week ma)

Average = 1.624(1996-2010)

Source: Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

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Figure 20.

S&P 500 Put Call Ratio

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VIX: NASDAQ 100

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Volatility

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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEKLY VOLUME(billion shares, 4-week moving average)

52-week moving average

Source: Wall Street Journal and Haver Analytics.

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Volume

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DOW JONES STOCK AVERAGES

Industrials (DJIA)

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Source: The Wall Street Journal.

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Industrials Composite*

Transportation Composite

* S&P 500 excluding Financials, Transports, and Utilities.Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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Dow Theory

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S&P 500 INDEX

S&P 500 (1763.0)

200-day moving average (1626.5)

50-day moving average (1702.7)

Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 INDEX(as a percent of 200-day moving average)

Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 Moving Averages

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S&P 500 INDEX*

Latest price: 1762.9750-dma: 1702.66200-dma: 1626.54

* Ratio ScaleSource: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

(+) Latest price is 3.4% above the 50-dma.(+) Latest price is 7.7% above the 200-dma.

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S&P 500 INDEX TECHNICALSTHE DEATH CROSS & THE GOLDEN CROSS50-dma relative to 200-dma (%)

Source: Haver Analytics and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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S&P 500 Moving Averages

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UTILITIES

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S&P 500 Sectors Stock Price Index & 200-dma

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S&P 500 Sectors Stock Price Index Minus 200-dma

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S&P 500 Sectors Stock Price Index Relative to S&P 500

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