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Gold •727 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •10 mins	1,568.10	-24.20	-1.52%
WTI Crude •11 mins	69.98	-0.77	-1.09%
Gasoline •11 mins	2.901	-0.001	-0.02%
Ethanol •727 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •727 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 727 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 727 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 11 mins	73.33	-0.58	-0.78%
Natural Gas • 11 mins	3.256	+0.075	+2.36%
Heating Oil • 53 mins	3.283	-0.049	-1.46%

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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.

2011 SPX Hourly
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