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Kicking the Can

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The scale of the Republican capitulation yesterday was impressive and the Democrats got their ninety day extension without any real concessions. Frankly I was surprised and clearly the Democrat strategy of hanging tough on the negotiations was realistic after all. There wasn’t much reaction on the equity futures market and ES is down four points or so at the time of writing since the bill passed. (more…)