There will be 189 companies in the S&P 500 that will report earnings this week. Tax Reform continues to be a hot topic in Washington.

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This is a huge week for the process of getting tax reform pushed through. The first thing they have to do is pass a 1.5 trillion dollar budget resolution which takes 50 votes from the Senate.

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Financials are looking very good right now, in fact, the U.S. Banking System earned 48.3 billion dollars during the second quarter.

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There are 90 days left until the end of the year. Something we have been looking at is four scenarios that could play out before then.

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This week’s potential market mover is the Institute for Supply Management and their business conditions reading on Friday.

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The Fed will be a big topic this week. We are looking for three things; will Janet Yellen be reappointed, is a rate hike coming, when will the Fed start selling bonds?

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Last week, President Trump and the democrats came to a good agreement about pushing debt ceiling and country funding out to the end of the year.

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If this uncertainty continues, or if it doesn’t happen, I think we all agree that we will start seeing some more volatility in the market.

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With the holiday week coming up there will be a lot of people driving. There are estimates that gas prices will go up as much as $0.25 a gallon.

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A parent or grandparent might ask - How can we help out and pay for college? This is normally one of the biggest expenses parents have for their children.

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