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Markets | Yesterday | Futures (2 hrs. before the bell) | ||
| metals | Hanging on w/ gold $1,198.75 & silver $16.00 | +0.25% | |||
| stocks | ...(from here) ...stock market opened strong and closed stronger... ...Stocks finished at their session highs. Volume was lower... ...major indexes closed up more than 2% | +0.26% |
--on that 'volume was lower' bit, remember that what they mean is 'lower than yesterday' which happened to be astronomical. Bottom line is volume was above average. Morning news:
- The Year the Sun Set on the BRIC Economies - Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
- Oil rallies above $60, heads for fourth weekly decline on glut
- Putin says Russia is 'not in a crisis' but here's why you should be worried
- US stocks within striking distance of records after monster rally
- Maybe Business Cycles Don't Exist - Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
- How Investors Can Profit from the Economic Cycles - Stanley Riggs, RCM
--and threads:
- The West Should Not Let Russia Fall Apart
- An Economic Indicator That Predicted The Last 7 Recessions Predicts No Recession Any Time Soon
- A Downhill Run for the Dollar in 2015
- Oil drop sends major central banks in different directions (h/t Lurkina.n.Learnin)