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NEW YORK – the gathering of December can be reached its peak, with only two weeks before Christmas is his midnight run. Decrease volume, excessive optimism and history all pointing on a stock market that could be run steam.

Investors seem to have become complacent as the CBOE Volatility Index VIX, or has fallen to levels not seen since April. Stocks have been new heights almost daily. The S & P 500 closed Friday at its highest level since September 2008 and the Nasdaq achieved his best finish since late December 2007, with many gains expecting to run until the end of the year.

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But Cleveland Rueckert Birinyi Associates in Stamford, Connecticut, Analyst believes that the year-end rally can occur largely.

"Most of this gain may already have taken place,", he said. "Most people are more likely to end their books at the end of the month and looking for opportunities to open new positions to the next month.

Rueckert said that for 65 years, when the S & P 500 rallied at the end of the year, the average gain was 3.4% between Thanksgiving and new year's action. So far, the index increased 3.5% since the beginning of the period.

"Many stocks this year have had very large gains and would not really be surprising to see many managers close positions and take some time for vacations," he said.

Monday starts the last business week of five days before Christmas. The following week is cut short by the holiday season. With December 25, fall, on Saturday, this year, the American Stock Exchange will be closed on Friday, December 24, in compliance with the feast of Christmas.

November inflation data dominate economic calendar of the week, with producer u.s. prices index due Tuesday Wednesday and the United States consumer price index.

Some consider the signs of bulls in eggnog.

Last sentiments of the American Association of Individual Investors survey shows an optimistic feeling reaches a maximum of four weeks. What, Howser feeling spent weeks 14 above of its historical average - his streak over six years long.

Which is often seen as an indicator anti-conformist.

Last week, the S & P 500 in resistance levels closely monitored and mounted for six to eight days close to new heights in two years.

But gains were accompanied by the decrease in participation. Average volume during the last three days of the week was 7.76 billion in daily average below 8.62 billion this year.

"We now enter the beginning of the seasonal trend where volume dries really," said Nicholas Colas, strategist at market leader of the Group of ConvergEx in New York. "It seems as it starts a little earlier than usual."

"I think we are at the risk of a predatory sense in the end of the year, but I think that basic outlines of what looks like the economy are fairly well", he said.

This feeling was reflected in the VIX, also known as Wall Street favorite barometer of fear of the investor. Although the VIX edged up Friday, the index fell to six of the last nine sessions. It is now located at 17.61 after reaching its lowest since April.

The moving average of 15 days the advance/decline on the New York Stock Exchange, a measure of the proportion of the advancement of the decline in stocks, report began to slide and currently stands at approximately 1.5. He reaches this year in July at twice that, according to Reuters data.

In addition, the moving average of three days of inventory to new heights of 52 weeks has also turned down after an outbreak at the beginning of the month. He is now approximately 125, more than 250 at the beginning of the month.

The size and ratios have not been "dashboard" that late rally, according to a report from McMillan analysis Corp. only by calling equity put ratios remain on "sell" signals, analysts say.

Graphical mind investors are bullish. The S & P 500 closed well above 1 228, Fibonacci 61.8% slide market bears 2007-2009, a level tracing technique key.

"When a market exceeds a certain level of tracing, and then the probability increases to a climb to the next level tracing, which would in this case a 76.4% tracking and a way 1,362," said Chris Burba, a market in the short term to the standard & Poor technician.

1,120, Commercial recent high-end top level is seen as a solid support.

On Friday, the S & P 500 closed 1,240.40. This is an increase of 1.3% for the week.

An agreement to extend the Bush-era over the next two years tax cuts has begun to look like less of a de facto agreement. The agreement is likely to be adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, but may face a tougher route for the passage in the House.

If the law stands, which resulted in more capital gains and dividend at the beginning of next year, then u.s. stock prices taxes could be.

Policy bodies of the Federal Reserve, the Federal open market Committee will convene Tuesday for its last meeting of the year. Recent clutch of stronger economic data could cause a debate on ways to stretch of 600 billion stimulus plan the Central Bank, designed to keep rates low interest through bond purchases.

"Hard on the Fed can seize this strong cluster numbers and use them in support of the argument against" quantitative easing, said Pierre Ellis, senior global economist at Decision Economics in New York.

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