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The important thing about this morning of November 2, 2023

• The FED decided to keep rates in the same range, which was perceived by the markets as a spike in rates. This fueled the appetite for risk, and contributed to the weakening of the dollar. 

• United States treasury bonds also fell this day after having surpassed the 5% barrier in October.
  
  
  
• The United States imposes new sanctions on Russia this Thursday for the war in Ukraine. The targets of these sanctions are Russia's future energy capabilities, preventing sanctions evasion, and drone manufacturing. 

• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Thursday that Israeli forces had advanced beyond the outskirts of Gaza City in their attack on Hamas militants in the northern half of the Gaza Strip. 

• AAPL will report its quarterly results at the close of today's session. The last 2 quarterly reports were negative.