Stocks chopped around today finishing largely unchanged.

Gold and silver did a similar slide and chop back to evens.

VIX fell sharply which was a bit of a surprise.

The Russell 2000 was the star of the day led by regional banks. 

Hair of the dog for the eternal Wall Street optimists?

Fitch downgraded the US REIT sector to 'deteriorating'.

The markets will be looking for the inflation data as it comes.

The Fed is on 'pause' but since Australia unpaused today and hiked rates it may be a week stimulant.

Have a pleasant evening.

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