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Today the major market indexes followed their usual pattern. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF NYSE:SPY) dipped lower during the first half hour of the day only to rally higher on light volume for the rest of the session so far. There were a couple of factors in the market that were telling us that the markets would trade this way. The first was the light trading volume ahead of tomorrow's highly anticipated FOMC meeting.

The market has been on a one way path for months now, each sell off being negated by another move higher a day later. Yesterday, the markets were selling sharply into the 3:00pm ET time frame, only to have massive buy programs hit to push the markets back higher into the State of the Union address. Today, the markets have inched higher ahead of the Federal Reserve policy announcement on interest rates at 2:15pm ET.

The markets sold for the second straight day, dropping sharply as commodities took the brunt of the sell off. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) opened slightly lower on the day and then collapsed, much like yesterday. The SPY is trading at $127.40, -0.85 (-0.66%). The key to the drop today was continued fear from China. The Shanghai Index has dropped approximately 7% this week amid fears that China will continue to raise interest rates. Just last night, China reported stronger than expected GDP.

After a wild, huge volume day on Friday, the markets returned to "normal". The volatility of Friday has been sucked out, volume dry and the drama ancient history. The Middle East and Northern Africa continues to be caught up in riots and protests but the U.S. markets seem to be shrugging it off as key stocks lead the market higher and the Dollar drops. Currently, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) is trading at $128.25, +0.53 (+0.41%).

The markets are floating to the positive side today after the Non Farm Payrolls and Unemployment Report turned out to be a non event. The Non Farm Payrolls number came in at -95,000. The market had expected a flat number. While at first glance, this number seems very negative, the key number inside the Non Farm Payrolls was the Private Sector Employment which gained 64,000. Initially the markets flushed lower, then recovered quickly to move back to the flat line.

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