Markets opened flat this morning but were met with aggressive buying from the get-go.  Rumors have been circulating that President Obama and Speaker John Boehner are getting closer to a compromise regarding the fiscal cliff negotiations and this could be one reason why we’re seeing equities lift today.  At present levels the Russell 2000 (INDEXRUSSELL:RUT) is leading other indexes and is up about 1% on the day.  The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) and Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) are slightly lagging both currently up about 0.8%.  Bonds are experiencing a serious sell-off today currently down about 1% while commodities are largely flat to ...