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Top 100 Stocks: Sentiment Indicators for December 2008 (Updated numbers for May 2009 are for members only)

If you are a contrarian, buy stocks with high bearish sentiment ratios (1 - 10) if our indicators give buy signals. Such stocks should not be held for the longer term. Just try to profit from the ensuing short sqeeze when the market turns and shorts are scrambling for cover. The reverse is true if our indicators give a sell signal.
Sell or sell short stocks with high bullish sentiment ratios (90 - 100) if our indicators show overbought readings. By clicking on the link on top of each column you get all the stocks sorted according to their ranking in each category of indicators.The Speculation Index is calculated by dividing the average daily stock volume by the total option volume. Past performance is no guarantee for future results.

Rank	Symbol	Company	Average Daily Stock Volume	Monthly Option Volume	Monthly Call Volume	Monthly Put Volume	Monthly Short Interest Volume	Put/Call Ratio	Put/Option Volume Ratio	Put/Stock Volume Ratio	Short Interest Days to cover	Speculation Index	VIX
1	GLW	Corning Incorporated	16040905	91500	20703	70797	78785516	3,42	0,77	0,0044	4,91	0,0057	n/a
2	AAPL	Apple Computer, Inc.	4206845	36835	10612	26223	11302807	2,47	0,71	0,0062	2,69	0,0088	n/a
3	FNM	Fannie Mae	3457277	33023	11088	21935	n/a	1,98	0,66	0,0063	0,00	0,0096	n/a
4	GM	General Motors Corporation	4169220	77349	27622	49727	29807749	1,80	0,64	0,0119	7,15	0,0186	n/a
5	PSFT	PeopleSoft Inc.	7205635	32611	11797	20814	8048583	1,76	0,64	0,0029	1,12	0,0045	n/a
6	COF	Capital One Financial Corporation	4247635	40401	14962	25439	23967693	1,70	0,63	0,0060	5,64	0,0095	n/a
7	BGEN	Biogen, Inc.	3294391	45286	17966	27320	7261829	1,52	0,60	0,0083	2,20	0,0137	n/a
8	MMM	Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing	2118268	59793	23746	36047	n/a	1,52	0,60	0,0170	0,00	0,0282	n/a
9	MOT	Motorola, Inc.	8353240	38207	15702	22505	89636484	1,43	0,59	0,0027	10,73	0,0046	n/a
10	LVLT	Level 3 Comunications Inc	2217309	27718	11445	16273	61329157	1,42	0,59	0,0073	27,66	0,0125	n/a
11	KLAC	KLA Instruments Corporation	13862813	70416	29058	41358	21191978	1,42	0,59	0,0030	1,53	0,0051	n/a
12	UAL	UAL Corporation	4006710	76011	34378	41633	24064867	1,21	0,55	0,0104	6,01	0,0190	n/a
13	WFC	Wells Fargo & Company	4405780	36926	16763	20163	22518972	1,20	0,55	0,0046	5,11	0,0084	n/a
14	AMZN	Amazon.Com Inc	5915567	32381	15068	17313	47345476	1,15	0,53	0,0029	8,00	0,0055	n/a
15	MO	Philip Morris Companies, Inc.	6077900	91913	43082	48831	11880729	1,13	0,53	0,0080	1,95	0,0151	n/a
16	MRVL	Marvell Technology Group Ltd	3782365	27907	13371	14536	6705406	1,09	0,52	0,0038	1,77	0,0074	n/a
17	ITMN	InterMune Inc.	2748413	33005	16335	16670	8184378	1,02	0,51	0,0061	2,98	0,0120	n/a
18	BA	Boeing Company (The)	n/a	31904	16148	15756	3412709	0,98	0,49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	EBAY	eBay, Inc	6118437	58497	29838	28659	23700866	0,96	0,49	0,0047	3,87	0,0096	n/a
20	CVX	ChevronTexaco Corporation	2566209	34486	17730	16756	10211185	0,95	0,49	0,0065	3,98	0,0134	n/a
21	JPM	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	10963950	120434	62034	58400	30394966	0,94	0,48	0,0053	2,77	0,0110	n/a
22	VZ	Verizon Communications, Inc	23941208	87505	45361	42144	24642668	0,93	0,48	0,0018	1,03	0,0037	n/a
23	PG	Procter & Gamble Company (The)	3714770	34466	17930	16536	17776926	0,92	0,48	0,0045	4,79	0,0093	n/a
24	MU	Micron Technology, Inc.	7373055	149369	78543	70826	39912929	0,90	0,47	0,0096	5,41	0,0203	n/a
25	F	Ford Motor Company	10505955	79066	42271	36795	66695437	0,87	0,47	0,0035	6,35	0,0075	n/a
26	IPG	Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.	3930295	31268	16817	14451	n/a	0,86	0,46	0,0037	0,00	0,0080	n/a
27	NOC	Northrop Grumman Corporation	1561804	28557	15655	12902	n/a	0,82	0,45	0,0083	0,00	0,0183	n/a
28	IBM	International Business Machines	7076400	258440	142379	116061	28905358	0,82	0,45	0,0164	4,08	0,0365	n/a
29	C	Citigroup, Inc.	19512445	358833	198177	160656	49193319	0,81	0,45	0,0082	2,52	0,0184	n/a
30	GS	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc	4753335	63566	35217	28349	17086984	0,80	0,45	0,0060	3,59	0,0134	n/a
31	AMD	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	4866975	36840	20729	16111	27798226	0,78	0,44	0,0033	5,71	0,0076	n/a
32	LLY	Lilly (Eli) and Company	3159640	36171	20470	15701	15475237	0,77	0,43	0,0050	4,90	0,0114	n/a
33	ACF	AmeriCredit Corporation	2354045	48445	27413	21032	31258513	0,77	0,43	0,0089	13,28	0,0206	n/a
34	ELX	Emulex Corporation	3069963	39126	22121	17005	n/a	0,77	0,43	0,0055	0,00	0,0127	n/a
35	MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	37174887	419146	238136	181010	58723025	0,76	0,43	0,0049	1,58	0,0113	n/a
36	BRCM	Broadcom, Inc.	8119648	44914	25976	18938	16711307	0,73	0,42	0,0023	2,06	0,0055	n/a
37	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	9553766	30860	18144	12716	16009024	0,70	0,41	0,0013	1,68	0,0032	n/a
38	AIG	American International Group, Inc.	5514705	63726	37660	26066	19119646	0,69	0,41	0,0047	3,47	0,0116	n/a
39	KM	K Mart Corporation	3078565	45618	26978	18640	91965052	0,69	0,41	0,0061	29,87	0,0148	n/a
40	BAC	Bank of America Corporation	5481460	103354	61700	41654	17969536	0,68	0,40	0,0076	3,28	0,0189	n/a
41	HI	Household International, Inc.	4893536	47037	27962	19075	n/a	0,68	0,41	0,0039	0,00	0,0096	n/a
42	AOL	AOL Time Warner, Inc	24026360	375637	226203	149434	67975612	0,66	0,40	0,0062	2,83	0,0156	n/a
43	UPS	United Parcel Service, Inc	3030615	46473	28029	18444	34920366	0,66	0,40	0,0061	11,52	0,0153	n/a
44	BBY	Best Buy Co., Inc.	5785515	77688	47359	30329	16644434	0,64	0,39	0,0052	2,88	0,0134	n/a
45	MER	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.	5573810	65155	39715	25440	18662316	0,64	0,39	0,0046	3,35	0,0117	n/a
46	XRX	Xerox Corporation	2467655	30109	18642	11467	89575433	0,62	0,38	0,0046	36,30	0,0122	n/a
47	TYC	Tyco International Limited	17713655	272170	171353	100817	49842957	0,59	0,37	0,0057	2,81	0,0154	n/a
48	AMAT	Applied Materials, Inc.	28682828	67012	42018	24994	46115643	0,59	0,37	0,0009	1,61	0,0023	n/a
49	DIS	Disney (The Walt) Holding Co.	9012070	34580	21836	12744	41944055	0,58	0,37	0,0014	4,65	0,0038	n/a
50	MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	5082995	63301	40336	22965	17324241	0,57	0,36	0,0045	3,41	0,0125	n/a
51	PFE	Pfizer Inc.	15469230	98326	62692	35634	98955561	0,57	0,36	0,0023	6,40	0,0064	n/a
52	HRC	HEALTHSOUTH Corporation	5014813	53700	34208	19492	n/a	0,57	0,36	0,0039	0,00	0,0107	n/a
53	LOW	Lowe's Companies, Inc.	5409120	41826	26854	14972	18072059	0,56	0,36	0,0028	3,34	0,0077	n/a
54	HPQ	Hewlett-Packard Company	8690430	157934	101534	56400	50480072	0,56	0,36	0,0065	5,81	0,0182	n/a
55	GE	General Electric Company	22828700	408422	264292	144130	47938582	0,55	0,35	0,0063	2,10	0,0179	n/a
56	EP	El Paso Corporation	n/a	138152	90090	48062	27243743	0,53	0,35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
57	JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	6494665	80393	52957	27436	34704877	0,52	0,34	0,0042	5,34	0,0124	n/a
58	WMT	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	9316535	162534	107025	55509	45083898	0,52	0,34	0,0060	4,84	0,0174	n/a
59	DELL	Dell Computer Corp.	19516630	282738	186837	95901	44781287	0,51	0,34	0,0049	2,29	0,0145	n/a
60	NXTL	NEXTEL Communications, Inc. (Class A)	31870610	58296	38588	19708	111656825	0,51	0,34	0,0006	3,50	0,0018	n/a
61	SLB	Schlumberger Limited	2898586	31090	20698	10392	n/a	0,50	0,33	0,0036	0,00	0,0107	n/a
62	NVLS	Novellus Systems, Inc.	8778704	39044	26025	13019	12633199	0,50	0,33	0,0015	1,44	0,0044	n/a
63	QCOM	QUALCOMM, Inc.	12037345	102113	68257	33856	30614540	0,50	0,33	0,0028	2,54	0,0085	n/a
64	ONE	Bank One Corporation	3831750	31775	21494	10281	16881440	0,48	0,32	0,0027	4,41	0,0083	n/a
65	DAL	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	1660404	67134	45232	21902	n/a	0,48	0,33	0,0132	0,00	0,0404	n/a
66	HSY	Hershey Foods Corporation	1287836	35418	23896	11522	n/a	0,48	0,33	0,0089	0,00	0,0275	n/a
67	AMGN	Amgen, Inc.	11590429	94798	64720	30078	23013543	0,46	0,32	0,0026	1,99	0,0082	n/a
68	WYE	Wyeth	4871854	35914	24534	11380	n/a	0,46	0,32	0,0023	0,00	0,0074	n/a
69	QLGC	QLogic Corporation	10999768	36241	24836	11405	16588632	0,46	0,31	0,0010	1,51	0,0033	n/a
70	XLNX	Xilinix, Inc.	8440101	38488	26485	12003	11163941	0,45	0,31	0,0014	1,32	0,0046	n/a
71	INTC	Intel Corporation	56205023	225985	158088	67897	57578559	0,43	0,30	0,0012	1,02	0,0040	n/a
72	MWD	Morgan Stanley	4976830	53334	37402	15932	15279381	0,43	0,30	0,0032	3,07	0,0107	n/a
73	S	Sears, Roebuck and Company	2257450	47964	33861	14103	n/a	0,42	0,29	0,0062	0,00	0,0212	n/a
74	CPN	Calpine Corporation	8349495	92214	65530	26684	86371846	0,41	0,29	0,0032	10,34	0,0110	n/a
75	CSCO	Cisco Systems, Inc.	60445298	422639	301962	120677	71286637	0,40	0,29	0,0020	1,18	0,0070	n/a
76	PEP	PepsiCo, Inc.	5613409	48338	34468	13870	11410573	0,40	0,29	0,0025	2,03	0,0086	n/a
77	COX	Cox Communications, Inc. (Class A)	2507895	43861	31761	12100	15686345	0,38	0,28	0,0048	6,25	0,0175	n/a
78	MDT	Medtronic, Inc.	2987054	30432	22089	8343	n/a	0,38	0,27	0,0028	0,00	0,0102	n/a
79	KO	Coca-Cola Company (The)	4135810	48760	35580	13180	20373878	0,37	0,27	0,0032	4,93	0,0118	n/a
80	ADRX	Andrx Corp	1312436	30722	22486	8236	4180683	0,37	0,27	0,0063	3,19	0,0234	n/a
81	PHA	Pharmacia Corp.	4981959	32475	23662	8813	n/a	0,37	0,27	0,0018	0,00	0,0065	n/a
82	XOM	Exxon Mobil Corporation	10434115	108179	80428	27751	26783664	0,35	0,26	0,0027	2,57	0,0104	n/a
83	ORCL	Oracle Corporation	40255099	180661	135973	44688	44790644	0,33	0,25	0,0011	1,11	0,0045	n/a
84	L	Liberty Media Corporation Series A	5923595	42716	32194	10522	n/a	0,33	0,25	0,0018	0,00	0,0072	n/a
85	CCU	Clear Channel Communications, Inc.	4544070	36942	27955	8987	22638503	0,32	0,24	0,0020	4,98	0,0081	n/a
86	BRCD	Brocade Communications	11645592	34080	25948	8132	16020546	0,31	0,24	0,0007	1,38	0,0029	n/a
87	YHOO	Yahoo! Inc	12472270	45679	34779	10900	38360651	0,31	0,24	0,0009	3,08	0,0037	n/a
88	EMC	EMC Corporation	11864745	77144	59444	17700	22009927	0,30	0,23	0,0015	1,85	0,0065	n/a
89	SEBL	Siebel Systems, Inc.	11486135	67320	51724	15596	15661076	0,30	0,23	0,0014	1,36	0,0059	n/a
90	TXN	Texas Instruments Incorporated	9166310	110909	85342	25567	25366245	0,30	0,23	0,0028	2,77	0,0121	n/a
91	NEM	Newmont Mining Corporation	3129286	41361	31880	9481	n/a	0,30	0,23	0,0030	0,00	0,0132	n/a
92	BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	6771695	71186	54815	16371	15878463	0,30	0,23	0,0024	2,34	0,0105	n/a
93	NOK	Nokia Corporation ADR	9711115	50943	40052	10891	15742246	0,27	0,21	0,0011	1,62	0,0052	n/a
94	HD	Home Depot, Inc. (The)	13831750	147785	116681	31104	24698115	0,27	0,21	0,0022	1,79	0,0107	n/a
95	LU	Lucent Technologies, Inc.	36570510	77722	63920	13802	395117770	0,22	0,18	0,0004	10,80	0,0021	n/a
96	SUNW	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	57740158	45717	37474	8243	22453649	0,22	0,18	0,0001	0,39	0,0008	n/a
97	WMB	Williams Companies, Inc. (The)	5188170	61467	51420	10047	23505846	0,20	0,16	0,0019	4,53	0,0118	n/a
98	JDSU	JDS Uniphase Corp.	28928148	38214	32004	6210	55784649	0,19	0,16	0,0002	1,93	0,0013	n/a
99	T	AT&T Corporation	16608375	89727	80251	9476	74380997	0,12	0,11	0,0006	4,48	0,0054	n/a
100	FLEX	Flextronics International Ltd.	8036039	86110	79310	6800	14162628	0,09	0,08	0,0008	1,76	0,0107	n/a

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