Stocks in Asia and Europe got hammered while you were sleeping, but good news, Ben Bernanke will probably get reconfirmed, which is good enough news to earn us back some of what we lost on Friday.
S&P futures are up a bit less than 1%.
The dollar index is marginally lower, as your strong-dollar dreams go out the window.
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