S&P futures are unchanged and Asian stocks closed mixed, however European stocks rebounded for first time this week, led by auto stocks after Daimler’s quarterly profit, as a break in alarming political news prompted traders to "swoop" - as Reuters puts it - on equities, cooling a safe-haven rally that saw the yen and gold at five-month highs and global government bond yields to drop their lowest this year.
Seriously...
China-Korea headlines spooked stocks just before lunch but desperation kept The Dow green by 1 point!!
VIX pushed above 14 into the close...
The Dow remains above its 50DMA...
Remember when Trump promised in early February that he would unveil a "phenomenal" tax plan within two to three weeks? Well, it was just scrapped, because as AP reports, Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on and is going back to the drawing board, hoping to find a plan that will have Republican consensus, something his current proposal has failed to achieve. In doing so, the president threatens the timetable of what many had seen as the primary driver behind his entire first year agenda, which is not in peril, and may not come until early 2018 if not later.
Was today the Yellen Fed's Irrational Exuberance moment?
Authored by Valentin Schmid via The Epoch Times,
Macquarie strategist Viktor Shvets explains overcapacity, debt, and government intervention
Despite the temporary injection of confidence in the American economy brought about by the election of President Donald Trump, major structural problems continue to lurk beneath the surface. These trends, decades in the making, are so entrenched and intractable that even Trump’s boldest plans may not be able to resolve them.