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Gold •483 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •15 mins	1,591.70	-9.10	-0.57%
WTI Crude •11 mins	60.27	-0.21	-0.35%
Gasoline •47 mins	1.962	-0.012	-0.58%
Ethanol •483 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •483 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 483 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 483 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 13 mins	64.72	-0.20	-0.31%
Natural Gas • 11 mins	3.845	+0.030	+0.79%
Heating Oil • 14 mins	2.410	-0.014	-0.59%

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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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