A FIERY START
Each year Wall Street watches the first five trading days of the market to get a pulse of what’s in store. Historically this sets the course for the year and what to expect.
THAT’S A WRAP
End of year numbers are starting roll out and there still seems to be a divide that is widening. It will break this year and which side reverses will set the course.
China announces tariff cuts, more competition in markets
China said Monday it will reduce tariffs Jan. 1 on more than 850 foreign products including frozen pork, asthma medications
End of Year Presents
Tariffs avoided with Phase I trade deal between China and the U.S. was one of the catalysts this week. The other was the confidence vote
PAYROLL VERSUS PRODUCTIVITY
Trucking. It seems that is what the economy is doing when you look at job growth: trucking along nicely. In November stocks surged by 266,000.
