Financial Review

…Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell hit new record highs. Shutdown is over for a few weeks. Penn gerrymandered. Rocky Mountain high in Vermont. M&A galore. Netflix nation. IMF forecast calls for solid growth with a chance of a market correction. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 01-22-2018 DOW + 142 = 26,214 SPX + 22 = 2832 NAS + 71 = 7408 RUT + 7 = 1605 10 Y + .03 = 2.66% OIL + .29 = 63.66 GOLD + 2.50 = 1333.10   Record highs for the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell.   You would think something like the threat of a government shutdown or an actual government shutdown would serve as a catalyst to spook some weaker holders out of the market, but that didn’t happen, which speaks to underlying strength of what we’re seeing right now in equity markets.   The government shutdown is almost over, maybe. Roughly 60 hours after the federal government first shut down, a bipartisan group of negotiators in the Senate prevailed with leadership, trading Democratic support for reopening the government for a commitment by