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Happy Wednesday. When you work in journalism, there’s a new surprising story each day. Yesterday, it was about what gold investors can learn from King Henry VIII’s reign.

S&P 500 futures are rising this morning after a winning day.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:

It’s Fed Day. That means we’re counting down the hours until the Federal Reserve announces its interest rate policy decision at 2 p.m. ET, followed by Chair Jerome Powell’s closely watched press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET.