…..Stocks hit the wall. Holiday spending figures. Pending home sales drop. Russian sanctions possible. Lloyd’s considers moving out of London. Barclays fights. Qualcomm fined. Kate Spade wants to sell Kate Spade. Fines for fake news. Can Amazon Echo testify against you? Minimum wage hikes coming soon. Americans spend more on health care than any other country. Expats increasing. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 12-28-2016 DOW – 111 = 19,833 SPX – 18 = 2249 NAS – 48 = 5438 RUT – 16 = 1360 10 Y – .05 – 2.51% OIL – .21 = 53.69 GOLD + 4.20 = 1142.50   The Dow Industrial Average is flirting with 20,000 but today it hit a wall. Stocks fell the most in two weeks in light holiday trading. Trading has been thin across the globe during the last week of the year, with volumes in crude oil, equities and currencies all below average. We have 2 trading days left in the year.   A jump in consumer spending in the final stretch of December significantly offset a slow start to the holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many retailers beat sales forecasts. The December spending boost is in contrast to a muted November, when early holiday promotions and expectations among consumers that deals would always be available took a toll.   Spending over the Thanksgiving weekend in November fell 3.5 percent from a year ago despite a strong jump in online sales, according to the National Retail Federation. Brick-and-mortar ...