According to a report, u.s. stocks are falling, gold has risen to $2,400 per ounze and oil prices have risen by more than 2% because of trouble in the middle east. Reportedly, u.s. investor attention focused on Friday’s start of the corporate earnings term after data released this week destroyed the possibility that the federal reserve could cut interest rates. According to the report, equity markets took the change in their stride and remained optimistic.