The Rude Awakening Wall Street, New York Tuesday, April 25, 2006 ------------------------- - Learn to read this hottie's signals by following the
smart money,
- Your morning coffee and "Ah ha" moment,
- The market data from the week so far and no reality
television...
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As we have noted in several prior columns, the "Commercials" are consider the "smart money," based on their tendency to position themselves correctly at important inflexion points. The Commercials' massive short position, therefore, bodes ill for the price of crude...and for all those speculators who are betting on it to go higher still. 
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