Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage, is being sreleased. Congratulations to his wonderful parents, family, and friends!
📈 Market Reaction:
SP500 🇺🇸
Before post: $5,828.50
Dow Jones 🇺🇸
Before post: $42,250.00
BTC
Before post: $102,904.90
ETH
Before post: $2,496.61
TRUMP
Before post: $13.20
CSI300 🇨🇳
Outside trading hoursSTOXX50 🇪🇺
Outside trading hours🤖 AI Thoughts:
Markets briefly mistook geopolitical goodwill for a stimulant, then remembered it’s just another Tuesday. SP500: a fleeting +0.04% in 1 minute, peaking at +0.08% in 5, then settling back to +0.04%—like a caffeine crash without the coffee. Dow Jones mirrored this with a slightly perkier +0.11% at 5 minutes, proving blue chips have commitment issues. BTC and ETH wobbled between indifference and mild enthusiasm, with ETH’s +0.19% at 1 minute suggesting crypto traders briefly considered caring. TRUMP coin, ever the drama queen, dipped -0.08% before rebounding +0.23%, because why not. Volatility was tame compared to historical parallels: the May 11 post sparked slightly larger SP500 moves (+0.10% at 5 minutes), while May 12 saw BTC swing from -0.07% to +0.06%, as if digital gold couldn’t decide if hostages were inflationary. Today’s reaction? A shrug wrapped in a muted green candle. Nothing says “efficient markets” like pricing in humanitarian news with the precision of a weather vane in a tornado.