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Via LPLResearch.com,

What can we say about 2017 that hasn’t been said already, as it continues to smash records?

Per Ryan Detrick, Senior Market Strategist, “2017 will likely be remembered for two things: a persistent bullish trend and historically low volatility.”

In fact, here are two more records that prove that point.

The Nasdaq has never made more all-time highs than the 63 it has made (so far) this calendar year, topping the previous record of 62 set in 1980.

Excerpted from John Hussman's Weekly Market Comment,

Market valuations, on these measures, presently approach or exceed the 1929 and 2000 extremes, placing U.S. equity market valuations at the most offensive levels in history.

2 dead Saudi princes, dozens arrested, billionaires' assets frozen, and John McCain calling the tax deal "DOA" - B-T-F-Record-Highs!!

Two months after Tesla lost its head of business development who wished to "spend more time with his family", shortly after the EV company's veteran battery technology director also unexpectedly quit (full list at the bottom of this article), and just weeks after Tesla decided to even out the ranks on the bottom as well, and fired "hundreds of workers" this week, including engineers, managers and factory workers even as the company struggles to expand its manufacturing and product line, the senior management exodus at Tesla has continued with the director of battery engineering leaving the

Dear Justin Trudeau: Selfies Won't Cut It

Written by Peter Diekmeyer, Sprott Money News

When Justin Trudeau took office as Prime Minister two years ago, he also took on the Minister of Youth portfolio. It was a tough assignment, atop a government infrastructure designed from its core to disregard the interests of Canadian youth.