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Gold •142 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •15 mins	975.10	+4.60	+0.47%
WTI Crude •2 hours	71.24	+1.14	+1.63%
Gasoline •2 hours	2.061	+0.002	+0.10%
Ethanol •142 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •142 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 142 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 142 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 46 mins	75.17	+0.94	+1.27%
Natural Gas • 2 hours	3.129	-0.210	-6.29%
Heating Oil • 2 hours	2.275	+0.001	+0.02%

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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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