Taper Tantrum News this morning is the Stalinglad lockdown is set to be extended for another week. Gladys had correctly predicted case numbers would “bounce around”, and a four-day run of 35-16-35-18 is testament. This was not known yesterday when the ASX200 again attempted to rally from the open, despite no Wall Street, to be up 30 points in the first half hour before easing slightly ahead of the 11am update. It appears the market was unsure about an 18 result, tracking sideways for an hour until someone pointed out the Dow futures were tumbling. The index was down -25 by 2pm before rallying back to flat ahead of the 2.30pm RBA statement release. The release contained three surprises.