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Midnight Indexes

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I’m a creature of deeply-ingrained habits. Up at 5. Asleep at 10. Repeat. Being in a strange place, nice as it is, four time zones ahead, can throw me for a loop. That’s why I’m sitting on the floor at midnight composing a post about Monday’s index action. Trust me, being on a plane and watching the unchecked mayhem from above the Atlantic is not something I want to make a habit.

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