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'Biggest Losers', Bullion, & Black Gold All Bid On Boxing Day

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'Biggest Losers', Bullion, & Black Gold All Bid On Boxing Day

The S&P 500 is now up over 15% since October 27th. And the Santa rally markets have been experiencing since just before Thanksgiving continues even after he dropped his presents around the world on Monday and faces the Boxing Day hangover.

As Goldman's Chris Hussey notes, a combination of...

strong consumer spending in stores (12/14 - Retail sales accelerate in November on sequential basis),
a rapid deceleration of inflation (12/22 - Core PCE Inflation falls further), and
a dovish tilt from the Fed (12/13 FOMC dots and the market shrugging off the post-FOMC jawboning)

...have all contributed to an extremely market-friendly backdrop for stocks - especially when you consider that US growth remains resilient as captured by the strong November labor reports.

Today's economic data only added to the favorable narrative. The S&P Case-Shiller home price index increased in line with consensus expectations in October. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index jumped back above trend, the Philly Fed Services survey soared back into expansion, and the Dallas Fed manufacturing index for December came in higher than expected.

Source: Bloomberg

Small Caps continued to explode higher today, significantly outperforming the rest of the US majors today (which all managed solid 0.5%-ish gains) amid a low liquidity holiday week. Some late-day selling spoiled the party though...