Turn of Month, basically a set up, to jerk up prices by da boyz, so the 401K players pay top dollar for stocks. The 2nd throught the 8th is generally when they sell them off. This is more pronouced when price is above the 200 day MA, In the bear, I think someone was noticing that they were selling them off on the last day of the month, so nothing is in stone.... Here is an interesting article.