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United states forces are still in Syria after the defeat of ISIS. The forces are supporting some Syrian rebels who are fighting against the gov!!! No time line of when these forces leave.

What would that do to the little peaceful people who in many cases can't find food or medicine?

QE-Minus

The S&P 500’s lengthy bull run began in 2009 as the Federal Reserve fired up quantitative easing. Suppressing bond yields and financial market volatility via QE has certainly been a boon for equities.

 The big central banks have bought some $14tn of assets Plus close to Zero  Interest rate, providing a very supportive tide of liquidity for global equities led by the S&P 500.

Now as the Fed looks to start reducing its $4.5tn balance sheet this year and the European Central Bank discusses tapering bond purchases in 2018, equities will soon need to reflect a reduction in the so-called punchbowl.

The swing in global liquidity will weigh on the performance of stocks, with the Fed, ECB, BOE about to reduce its balance sheets.   For now, there appears further room for equities to run higher but not far.

North...

Peace is closer today than a year earlier. Give it a chance.

Dosier...

Porter...

 

Rob Porter, a top White House aide with regular access to President Donald Trump abruptly resigned amid abuse allegations from two ex-wives, who each detailed to CNN  [ the most  trusted name in  the News ] what they said were years of consistent abuse from Porter, including incidents of physical violence.

Porter's first wife and  second wife, both said their ex-husband's consistent abuse was the reason for their respective divorces.

  White House chief of staff John Kelly called Porter "a man of true integrity and honor and I can't say enough good things about him."

who named CNN, the Most trusted?

Defecits...

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Kansas...

Skidish...

The trouble started after the monthly jobs report showed wage growth picking up its pace. This raised the possibility that faster inflation might also be around the corner.  

The central banks have 16 trillion dollars stimulus [QE] around the globe.  This money will be reduced gradually in the coming two years, dramatically impacting the stock market, Corporate earning, and liquidity. 

At one point, mid, or three quarter-way, a new realization occurs with those traders, margin and leveraged players, to liquidate and the flood gate opens up.  Just a thought.

Xanax...