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On the day the US Capitol building was stormed by a mob, Wall Street and Asian markets continued going up – ABC News
Markets continued to rise even as a mob broke into the Capitol building in Washington DC and it’s all because they are predicting greater certainty after the chaos…
The financial markets have their own message for the mob: you achieved nothing.
As chaotic scenes of protestors storming the US Congress in Washington DC were beamed all over the world, Wall Street was surging to an all-time high.
But it wasn’t just Wall Street, Asian stock markets rallied as did Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index.
And it wasn’t just stock markets flexing their muscles.
The US 10-Year Treasury Yield hit one per cent for the first time since March.
Interest rates rise when financial…
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