…S&P and Nasdaq record highs. Consumer confidence climbs. Housing prices higher. PR death toll climbs to 2975. Trump attacks Google. Primary election day – a review of the hot races Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 08-27-2018 DOW + 14 = 26,064 SPX + 0.78 = 2897 NAS + 12 = 8030 RUT +0.02 = 1728 10 Y + .03 = 2.88% OIL – .34 = 68.53 GOLD – 10.30 = 1201.50   The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit new record highs today.   Consumer confidence in the United States climbed to an 18-year high in August. The consumer confidence index jumped to 133.4 from a revised 127.9 in July. It’s the highest level since October 2000 and beats the previous post-recession peak of 130 in February. The only other period in which consumer confidence was higher was during the Dot Com boom of 1997 to 2000. The present situation index, a measure of current conditions, climbed to 172.2 from 166.1. That’s also the highest level since 2000. The future expectations index advanced to 107.6 from 102.4.   The S&P/Case-Shiller national index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3% and was up 6.2% for the year in June. The 20-city index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% and was up 6.3% compared with a year ago. Price-growth is decelerating, prices are not declining. After years of Seattle charting the strongest price growth, Las Vegas led the way in June, followed by Seattle and San Francisco. New York, which has been slammed by ...