US stock futures are up sharply to kick off 2012, with the S&P e-minis up 1.5% overnight. The catalyst for the rally appears to be better than expected manufacturing data out of China, whose main index is up more than 2% today. Employment data in Germany also showed that joblessness has fallen this month in Europe’s bedrock country, providing the impetus for the rally in European markets. The…
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