For the Week: The S&P500 added 0.6% (up 29.2% y-t-d), and the Dow increased 0.7% (up 22.8%). The Utilities slipped 0.3% (up 22.2%). The Banks [...]

[Reuters] Wall St. set for another record high as year-end rally continues [Reuters] Oil hits three-month highs as strong U.S. consumer spending [...]

[Reuters] Stocks hover near record highs as investors count on trade deal [Reuters] Oil hits highest since September on trade hopes, OPEC cuts [...]

[AP] Japan stocks lower, China little-changed on Christmas Day [Reuters] Global stocks hover near record highs, gold breaches $1,500 [Reuters] Trump [...]

[Reuters] Festive world markets pause for breath near record highs [Reuters] Oil rises on supply cut pledges and slow return of Gulf field [Reuters] [...]

[Reuters] Global shares hover near record high as year draws to close [Reuters] U.S. core capital goods orders barely rise; shipments drop [Reuters] [...]

[Reuters] Trump says trade deal with China to be signed ‘very shortly’ [Reuters] Clashes as police try to clear Hong Kong protesters [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: Looking to 2020 and the ’20s We tend to think that a turn [...]

[CNBC] Trump signs bills to avoid shutdown, scrap Obamacare taxes and raise tobacco buying age [Reuters] China criticizes U.S. defense bill as [...]

Oregon’s economy was at the time ravaged by our nation’s high inflation and Paul Volcker’s battle to rein it in. The state’s unemployment [...]

[Reuters] Stocks hit record high, sterling endures rough week [Reuters] Oil hovers near three-month highs on trade deal progress; set for third [...]

[Reuters] Stocks hold steady as investors shrug off Trump impeachment [Reuters] Bond yields rise as Sweden ends negative rates, stocks drift lower [...]