…..Homebuyer sentiment down. Small biz optimism. Consumer credit up. More job openings. Repeal and replace with something maybe. Farewell address. AZ State of the State – we needs schoolin. Apple to Mesa. Yahoo now Altaba or something maybe. Blockchain goes mainstream. BofA fined again. VW settles for guilty. Goodbye The Limited. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 01-10-2017 DOW – 31 = 19,885 SPX unchanged = 2268 NAS + 20 = 5551 RUT + 13 = 1370 10 Y + .01 = 2.38% OIL – 1.16 = 50.80 GOLD + 6.50 = 1188.30   World stock markets nudged back toward recent multi-month highs, aided by a rally in commodity prices. The US dollar index slumped to a low of 101.51 in overnight action, breaking slightly below the lows of mid-December. The post-Brexit British pound moved lower; it’s the gift that keeps on giving, as the FTSE 100 closed in record territory for the 9th straight session. The Dow Industrials flirted with 20,000 again but it was nothing more than coy flirtation – moving within 42 points then slipping away. The S&P 500 was flat; not a fraction – no change at all. The Nasdaq posted its third straight record high close.   The home purchase sentiment index compiled by mortgage finance provider Fannie Mae fell in December, its fifth straight monthly decline. Tight inventories, rising mortgage rates and higher home prices are taking a toll on Americans’ attitudes toward home ownership. The overall index dropped 0.5% to 80.7 in December; down ...