Financial Review

…S&P and Nasdaq record highs. Consumer confidence climbs. Housing prices higher. PR death toll climbs to 2975. Trump attacks Google. Primary election day – a review of the hot races Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 08-27-2018 DOW + 14 = 26,064 SPX + 0.78 = 2897 NAS + 12 = 8030 RUT +0.02 = 1728 10 Y + .03 = 2.88% OIL – .34 = 68.53 GOLD – 10.30 = 1201.50   The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit new record highs today.   Consumer confidence in the United States climbed to an 18-year high in August. The consumer confidence index jumped to 133.4 from a revised 127.9 in July. It’s the highest level since October 2000 and beats the previous post-recession peak of 130 in February. The only other period in which consumer confidence was higher was during the Dot Com boom of 1997 to 2000. The present situation index, a measure of current conditions, climbed to 172.2 from 166.1. That’s also the highest level since 2000. The future expectations index advanced to 107.6 from 102.4.   The S&P/Case-Shiller national index rose a s