Gold plummeted, silver plummeted, the Nikkei plummeted, the South Korean stock index triggered a circuit breaker, and U.S. stocks plummeted in pre-market trading... The World Uncertainty Index (WUI) just reached 105,000, hitting a record high, more severe than the COVID-19 pandemic, more severe than 9/11, and more severe than the Iraq War. It tracks the frequency of the word 'uncertainty' appearing in global economic reports.