Breaking down the energy index, it was gasoline, which rose 9.1% according to the index, which caused the most damage.

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In August the Goldman Sachs Commodities Index fell, breaking four years of month-on-month increases.

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In August the Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) Commodities Index fell, breaking four years of month-on-month increases.

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The ISM Non-Manufacturing Index is on the verge of breaking its downtrend (line b).

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Yet on Friday, January 26, 2013, the Wilshire 5000 Index hit an all-time record high, breaking through the previous record set on October 9, 2007.

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With stocks breaking out to new two-year highs on Friday and just about every major index now clearly in an uptrend, there is talk of the stars aligning for a new leg up in the bull market that began on March 10, 2009.

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