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Gold •604 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •15 mins	2,373.50	+133.90	+5.98%
WTI Crude •9 hours	67.02	+1.81	+2.78%
Gasoline •9 hours	2.078	+0.046	+2.24%
Ethanol •604 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •604 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 604 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 604 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 8 hours	72.87	+2.03	+2.87%
Natural Gas • 9 hours	2.859	+0.032	+1.13%
Heating Oil • 9 hours	2.671	+0.058	+2.24%

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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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