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Gold •175 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •10 mins	959.90	-4.90	-0.51%
WTI Crude •10 mins	70.05	-0.05	-0.07%
Gasoline •10 mins	1.945	-0.014	-0.70%
Ethanol •175 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •175 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 175 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 175 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 10 mins	73.61	+0.03	+0.04%
Natural Gas • 10 mins	3.690	-0.256	-6.49%
Heating Oil • 10 mins	2.220	-0.002	-0.07%

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Rabbit, Run

By Erik Swarts - Dec 20, 2011, 12:11 PM CST

"You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue."
~ John Updike, Rabbit, Run

Here is an intraday chart of the SPX analog I have been following since last week.

I believe it speaks for itself.

Considering where we are positioned on the calendar with the majority of money managers underperforming the indices by a wide margin - the prospects of a massive squeeze into the New Year is a very real possibility.

Underperforming the indices by 10%, rather than 5% is all the motivation they will need to blindly chase the market here.

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