Financial Review

…Stocks rally on kind words from Xi. Mueller in the crosshairs. Wagging the dog in Syria. Facebook theater. And oil moves higher. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 04-10-2018 DOW + 428 = 24,408 SPX + 43 = 2656 NAS + 143 = 7094 RUT + 28 = 1543 10 Y + .01 = 2.80% OIL + 2.16 = 65.58 GOLD + 3.40 = 1340.10   Stocks moved higher with a nice rally to start the trading session, after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to open the country’s economy further and lower import tariffs on products including cars, in a speech seen as an attempt to defuse an escalating trade dispute with the United States. Xi said that China will sharply widen market access for foreign investors.   Xi portrayed China as committed to opening its economy as he presented an alternative vision to Trump’s calls for tariffs and restricting trade, urging “dialogue rather than confrontation.” Speaking publicly for the first time since the beginning of an escalating trade dispute between his country and the United States, Xi said, “The Cold War