New article posted below titled, “Failings of the Fourth Estate!”
1) Civil unrest continues to spread across Europe, from France, to Italy and Serbia. The yellow vest protesters in France tried to cross from France into Italy to join with the Italian protesters. Also, the protest by the separatist continues in Spain.
2) Generation-Z is doing the least preparations financially of the previous generations, only 16% doing any financial planning what so ever. They have higher credit card debt, spend big on nonessential things and have little savings.
3) The Chinese stated that trade talks are going remarkably well, giving hope that the trade war may yet be alleviated. Presently, there is a 10% tariff on $200 billion dollars, nearly half of China’s imports to the US, which will increase to 20% next week.
4) 11 FEB 19 Stock market closings:
Dow 25,053.11 down 53.22
Nasdaq 7,307.90 up 9.71
S&P 500 2,709.80 up 1.92
10 Year Yield: up at 2.66%
Oil: up at $52.45