Stock Market Update: Continued Extremes

Tax cuts were approved, the government shutdown abated for a month, and we continue to see Extreme Greed on the CNN stock market scale. All of my indicators are in the green. Bitcoin continues to have it's ups and downs, and frankly feels a bit more normal than our stock market.

Market Update: Government Shutdown

Indicators remain positive, bitcoin gets volatile and the federal government is in shutdown mode. Futures for the day are down but the CNN Fear and Greed calculator is screaming Extreme Greed. We'll see how this plays out.



 

End of 2017: Market's Up

2017 was a good year and in keeping with the theory of good market returns for a first year president. Not too shabby! By all indicators, we are still in a stage 2 rally.

Returns for the year:

• SPY 19.81%
• DVY 11.96%
• QQQ 31.84%
• BTC (BitCoin) 1629%

 CNN has a a nice article on 1st year president performance.
  
In the science realm, Rush University Medical Center published a great article about the benefits of daily eating of leafy greens! One of the ways leafy greens help us is by feeding your good gut bacteria. Power up Pop-Eye. 

This green goddess recipe from Thug Kitchen is amazing. Use it on a big pile of greens and enjoy.