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…..Nasdaq record. Trump meets the press, markets genuflect, hilarity ensues, sort of. World Bank cuts global forecast. World Economic Forum puts climate change as top risk for 2017. Wells Fargo “Age of Discontent”. Bill Gross v. Jeff Gundlach; 2.6% v 3.0%; and the end of an era. Cars, airplanes and yieldcos. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 01-11-2017 DOW + 98 = 19,954 SPX + 6 = 2275 NAS + 11 = 5563 RUT + 2 = 1373 10 Y – .01 = 2.37% OIL + 1.57 = 52.39 GOLD + 4.20 = 1192.50   The Nasdaq pushed to fresh record highs again. The S&P and Dow are very close to records. The S&P 500 index was unchanged yesterday – not a small move – unchanged. So, we did a little digging. The last time the index ended a trading day flat was Jan. 3, 2008. Before 2008, the benchmark index had gone nearly 11 years without posting an unchanged day. Since 1980, the S&P has recorded just 10 unchanged sessions.   There were no top-tier U.S. economic reports, nor any Fed speeches.   President-elect Trump held his first press conference since the election, and yes, it moved the markets. The healthcare sector dropped after Trump said the country needs more competitive drug bidding. He said pharmaceutical companies are “getting away with murder” by charging high drug prices. Health care dropped more than 1.5 percent as the worst performer in the S&P 500, with the pharmaceuticals sub-sector down more than 1.5 percent ...
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Financial ReviewBy Sinclair Noe