…..Alcoa kicks off earnings reports – batten down the hatches. Hard Brexit will be expensive. Rosneft chief says nyet to oil production cap. Galaxy Note 7 is finished. GE looks for renewables. Bids for Twitter? Bueller? Bueller? FCA has a deal with union. Chicago schools have a deal with union. Theranos sued. Phoenix real estate – good sales, more inventory, fewer foreclosures, fewer cash investors. The downward spiral of the American shopping mall. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 10-11-2016 DOW – 200 = 18,128 SPX – 26 = 2136 NAS – 81 = 5246 10 Y + .02 = 1.76% OIL – .49 = 50.86 GOLD – 7.00 = 1253.40     Alcoa reported third quarter earnings before the bell today, in what has been traditionally known as the start of earnings season. The raw aluminum and specialty parts maker missed estimates on both top and bottom lines. S&P 500 companies are expected to post their sixth straight quarter of declining earnings, according to FactSet data. And while sales are expected to break their six-quarter streak of declines, that optimism may be overdone, based on the dozens of sales warnings to pop up in the last several weeks.   When you look at a chart of the S&P 500, you’ll see we’ve been in a sideways or consolidation pattern since mid-July. Earnings season could be the catalyst for a breakout or a breakdown; with the S&P 500 trading at an historical high valuation in terms of P/E and P/S, the pressure ...