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As stocks do things they have never done before (in terms of gains and complacency), despite the "inexplicable" collapse in the yield curve (and slump in earnigs expectations), some, like former fund manager Richard Breslow, are growing frustrated with the farce.

2017 is on track to be the first 'perfect year' with 12 consecutive monthly total return gains for the S&P 500

But the yield curve is collapsing?

And so have earnings expectations...

Back when oil was at $100 and above, the Saudi economy was firing on all cylinders, and nobody even dreamed that the crown jewel of Saudi Arabia - Aramaco - would be on the IPO block in just a few years.

Considering the lengths to which the G-20 goes to "not discuss" Japan's burgeoning debt-to-GDP and monetization scheme, you know the elites are starting to panic when Germany backs France's call for a full discussion on the regulation of Bitcoin at their next G-20 meeting.

As Coindesk reports, France's finance minister is planning to push for a discussion on bitcoin regulation at a G-20 summit in 2018.

Once upon a time Jefferies was the country's biggest junk bond trading shop, with a small investment banking group on the side. Now, it's the other way around.

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,

In last week’s Technical Update, I discussed the potential for the S&P 500 to hit 2700 by Christmas. To wit:

“The current momentum behind the market advance is clearly bullish, and with the ‘smell of tax reform’ in the air, there is little to derail the bulls before year-end.