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Gold •332 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
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WTI Crude •1 day	60.79	-0.15	-0.25%
Gasoline •1 day	2.015	-0.022	-1.08%
Ethanol •332 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •332 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 332 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 332 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 1 day	62.78	-0.57	-0.90%
Natural Gas • 1 day	3.447	-0.075	-2.13%
Heating Oil • 1 day	2.005	-0.029	-1.42%

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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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