…Stocks slip on concerns about trade wars, Rosenstein resignation/firing. Fed meets this week. Oil prices jump. Comcast to buy Sky. Sirius buys Pandora. Kors-Versace. Barrick buys Randgold. Sears near the end. Name changes. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 09-24-2018 DOW – 181 = 26,562 SPX – 10 = 2919 NAS + 6 = 7993 RUT – 7.00 = 1705 10 Y + .01 = 3.08% OIL + 1.49 = 72.27 GOLD + .10 = 1199.80     Both the Dow and S&P 500 posted record highs last week despite the announcement early last week of a 10% tax on $200 billion in Chinese imports, which took effect today. China retaliated with taxes on $60 billion worth of US goods. Trump has repeatedly promised a clean, quick victory over China in a trade war. But as hostilities between the world’s two largest economies turn uglier, the Chinese government is demonstrating that it is prepared for a protracted fight.  China had cancelled talks with the U.S. on trade as both countries impose tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of their goods. The two sides were set to meet in order to dial back tensions, but China rescinded a proposal to send two delegations to Washington. And there is word the Trump administration is planning to ramp up the rhetoric in coming weeks and will call out China for its “malign activity” in cyberattacks, election interference and industrial warfare and intellectual property theft. The stock market has been mostly enjoying an uptrend, ...