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FYI: A choppy morning and a quiet afternoon – it’s been a familiar sight in the markets of late, and on a Friday afternoon in summer pretty typical as people head out early for a weekend in the Hamptons. In Michigan we leave Friday to head “up north” for summer weekends. The S&P 500 gained 0.16% and the NASDAQ 0.14%.