The latest survey of individual investors by AAII showed a continued pattern of historically low optimism. The survey is skewed by an older population, perhaps not as taken by the rally in technology shares. Whatever the reason, it's a historic level of pessimism after such a massive rally in stocks.; The dollar's on track for its largest monthly loss in a decade, hitting a multi-year low in the process. While many assets tend to show mean-reversion after large monthly moves, the dollar has not, but curiously it didn't often benefit gold, either.

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