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For the last 90 days, according to the current issue ofTimer Digest, we are ranked FIFTH in the Nation.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005

1) At the Close of Today, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratios ($wPCR) for Broad-basedMarket Indices (where very high $wPCR readings are BULLISH) and Narrow-based SectorIndices (where very low $wPCR readings are BULLISH) were:

Symbol	Name	$wPCR	Signal	Chart Reference
BBH	BioTech HOLDRS	0.42	BULLISH	$wPCR Chart
SMH	Semiconductor HOLDRS	0.84	NEUTRAL	$wPCR Chart
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR	4.39	BEARISH	$wPCR Chart
XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR	3.99	BEARISH	No $wPCR Chart

2) At the Close of Today, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratio ($wPCR) Engine picked thefollowing stocks as good SHORT candidates due to their BEARISH (very high $w P/CRatio) reading:

Symbol	Name	$wPCR	Chart Reference
IP	International Paper Co	12.26	$wPCR Chart
VZ	Verizon Communications	7.89	$wPCR Chart
CFC	Countrywide Financial	2.06	$wPCR Chart

3) And, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratio Engine picked the following stocks as good LONGcandidates due to their BULLISH (very low $w P/C Ratio) reading:

Symbol	Name	$wPCR	Chart Reference
DVN	Devon Energy	0.05	$wPCR Chart
TYC	Tyco International Ltd	0.12	$wPCR Chart
NBR	Nabor Industries Ltd	0.15	$wPCR Chart

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Please note that dollar-weighted put/call ratio's forward-looking window is from one tothree trading days from the signal day (why? in a capsule form, it has to do the pressurethe options market makers are under to stay delta neutral while dealing with the 3-daystock settlement rule). Once you are in the trade, you should monitor the up-to-datedollar-weighted put/call ratio reading as confirmation of the trade's direction; or, incase of reversal of the dollar-weighted put/call ratio reading, as an exit signal.

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We are LONG the S&P-500Cash Index (SPX) from 1121.84 (closing price on 10/12/04) for the Timer of the YearCompetition monitored by the TimerDigest service.

For Calendar Year 2004, according to JimSchmidt of Timer Digest, we came in at 108.98, which ranks us at 11th, out ofapproximately 150 timers.

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