What The Market Did Today

Dear diary,

This is what the markets did today:

Here comes the fear trade. A flight to safety prompted by the sell-off in global markets on Thursday pushed gold prices up. The precious metal was poised for its biggest one-day gain since January 2009. “Portable, liquid, convertible to any currency, gold is the additional haven many investors in countries with greater problems are rushing to,” George Gero of RBC Wealth Management said. Read more at FT.com/FastFT #gold #market

A photo posted by Financial Times (@financialtimes) on Feb 11, 2016 at 12:51pm PST

10-yr Treasury yield now almost back to 3-year low. Next stop, post-war low from 2012. So much for Fed hikes…. pic.twitter.com/08Iv0gyRdb

— John Authers (@johnauthers) February 11, 2016