1) The arrest of a top Chinese executive of Huawei, a major Chinese high technology company, caused world markets, including the Dow, to fall. The Dow dropped 777 points before news that the Feds planned to slow down on increasing the interest rate was announced.
2) Research finds that millennials don’t have the money to spend that previous generations had. The assumption has been a shift in spending habits, but with a millennial male making $6,600 dollars less than 1978 men, it appears they just don’t have the disposable income. Working women haven’t made up the difference, opening the question about the future viability of our hyper-consumerism economy.
3) The EPA is expected to rollback back emission standards allowing coal fire powerplants to operate again without having to remove the carbon dioxide from burning coal.
4) 6 DEC 18 Stock market closings:
Dow 24,947.67 down 79.40
Nasdaq 7,188.26 up 29.83
S&P 500 2,695.95 down 4.11
10 Year Yield: down at 2.88%
Oil: up at $51.52