Russia Nukes the Market

After Ukraine fired a longer-range ATACMS missile into Russia for the first time, Russia amended its nuclear doctrine to consider aggression from a non-nuclear state with the participation of a nuclear country to be a joint attack on Russia.

The futures market quickly sold off by about 1% before algos kicked in to limit the damage.

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We were already off moderately before the headlines hit, aided by lower housing starts and building permits than were estimated.