Financial Review

…Stocks rebound from bad week. Tariffs as a political show. German and Italian elections. ISM stays strong. 3-month T-bills strong auction. Sorting out crypto plans. Qualcomm v. Broadcom. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 03-05-2018 DOW + 336 = 24,874 SPX + 29 = 2720 NAS + 72 = 7330 RUT + 12 = 1546 10 Y + .02 = 2.88 OIL + 1.36 = 62.61 GOLD – 2.80 = 1320.80   Stocks started the session in negative territory. In the first few minutes of trade, the Dow was down about 130 points. Last week, stocks posted hefty losses, with the Dow dropping 3% and notching its fourth-straight-session loss on Friday. The S&P 500 shed 2% for the week and the Nasdaq declined 1.1%.   This morning, Trump signaled that his hastily announced tariffs on steel and aluminum may not be implemented, at least for Canada and Mexico, if a “fair” NAFTA agreement is negotiated. Trump tweeted: “Tariffs on steel and aluminum will only come off if new & fair NAFTA agreement is signed.” While Trump has regularly railed about China’s trade practices