Nearing an Important Turning Point By Mark Manning About this article: From a technical, sentiment and institutional money flow standpoint, there appear to be some important changes occurring in the market. I started pointing these changes out in my column on Oct. 10 when I said Depending on how the market closes today, I may start to look for some long-side opportunities in the indices I have highlighted. The key will be for a big down opening this morning, and then we close higher at the end of the day. ... If that happens, it may be a good time to start small positions in these areas with protective sell stops directly beneath those lows. That situation happened that very day, and I began to take positions in the index ETFs. I followed up in my column last Friday, noting that sentiment indicators were hitting historic extremes. Technically the stock market has all the symptoms of being near a short-term... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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