[expat_panama]

Mid-week already!  Yesterday's downbeat index futures ended up w/ actual trading spouting record highs; volume mixed (NASDAQ down & S&P up) and metals fared well too  This mornings futures (2-1/2 hrs. before opening) have all markets off -0.08% with Metals +0.09% and Indices -0.11%.  Lots of reports this morning:

MBA Mortgage Index
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Crude Inventories
FOMC Minutes

--and to hell w/ the news, check out these threads posted yesterday:

• Cruz Continues Fight for Internet Freedom
• Keystone veto? White House ducks
• Japan Is Dying And We Still Don’t Get It?!
• World economy warning light on red

[mad_as_he$$]

My guess(s):

HS on target.
Permits below.
crude above target.