The Days Ahead: The European long holiday keep things quiet. Jobs number on Friday.

One Minute Summary: We had three out of four trading days where the market moved by more than 1.3%. But there was no change over the week. Bonds had a good week. European markets were up but Asian stocks are still trying to figure out what the trade talks do for them. Companies like Toshiba, Sharpe and Nintendo were down 6% to 8%. The Euro and the Yen took a break from their steady rise this year but that was probably due to some cross-currency funding needs of major banks (the rule on overnight funding changed with tax reform).

Stock volatility feels high. But it's no different from its long-term average. Stocks have gradually got cheaper these last few weeks. We've seen no downward revision of earnings. While the economy is not quite the tear the tax cut crowd thinks, we’re a long way from recessions and economic downturns. Sentiment is shaken but if that flushes out some of the fast money especially at a quarter end, then… good.

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