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Gold •353 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •15 mins	1,264.50	-48.60	-3.70%
WTI Crude •1 day	73.84	+0.34	+0.46%
Gasoline •1 day	2.330	+0.021	+0.91%
Ethanol •353 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •353 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 353 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 353 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 1 day	77.01	-1.84	-2.33%
Natural Gas • 1 day	3.847	-0.142	-3.56%
Heating Oil • 1 day	2.542	+0.008	+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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