“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
24 April 2014
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Pause For Earnings
Stocks did quite the swing intraday, but managed to finish close enough to unchanged.
I think we might still have a little more upside in this wash cycle unless something in the real world happens.