And that perhaps, with polls putting Mr Kohl's side lagging behind the Social Democrats by at least three points, the overall strength of support for the Social Democrats' candidate is being overestimated?

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The U.S. market, while lagging in volume terms, is showing another side, Lamb said.

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Over the next few months, MOS broke above this trendline, negating any short side opportunity, but I kept them on my radar knowing that MOS lagging the general market was a huge signal that could not be ignored.

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