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Gold •253 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
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WTI Crude •10 mins	67.08	+0.53	+0.80%
Gasoline •10 mins	2.141	+0.008	+0.38%
Ethanol •253 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •253 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 253 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 253 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 10 mins	70.41	+0.53	+0.76%
Natural Gas • 10 mins	4.040	-0.071	-1.73%
Heating Oil • 10 mins	2.169	+0.007	+0.33%

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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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