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Its been. To talk about swings, talk about crude oil, talk about the ruble which after that surprise decision by the Russian Central Bank yesterday to raise to 17 , the ruble immediately jumped up 10 and then fell back by about 8 and a 20 percentage point swing here. If you just looked today and didnt know what happened this morning you might think its an expected reaction and hide a lot of volatility we have seen, again, in global asset glasses here. Whiplash is only term some people are using to describe it. Yeah. No doubt. In the major averages right now, where we stand on the street. Theres the s p 500. A fractional mover. Thats sort of again helps to tell the story. Again, back under 2,000. The nasdaq under pressure today to the tune of 17 points and this ones interesting because some of the decliners on the session of note include tesla back below 200 mark off 2 . Amazon off 3 and meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial average seeing a gain of 40 points t trying to hold on here and
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