US equity markets are jubilant at the decision by President Obama to apply travel sanctions against numerous Russian citizens and entities (though we - like every other rational investor out there - are confused as to why this would be). The simple reason is a surge in the EUR (repatriation on this move by Obama) which jerked EURJPY dramatically higher and thus - smashed S&P 500 futures up over 12 points (on negligible volume)... Bonds and gold have hardly moved on this decision...
EURJPY rules stocks...
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and nothng else cares...
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Charts: Bloomberg