Get rid of it all and implement Glass-Stegal. It is absurd to saddle small banks with added regulations when its the big banks that are at fault.

Europe's deeper ties with China's manufacturing will help Germany and other EU countries that decide to reap the rewards of globalization.

Good article. It is sad that we couldn't learn from Japan, but rather let our central bank whole heartedly dive into the same mistakes as they did in a resignation defeat that a socialized monetary policy was the only way to keep banks solvent.

Given it's March and he hasn't passed anything remotely significant and has been bogged down writing controversial Presidential directives, I wouldn't expect that much too quickly. If you can't pass a health plan then a budget will be much harder.

The budget is what's next and he already submitted his proposal with even less support than the healthcare plan. Expect a continued rocky road for the Administration despite what happens on the Russian front. Sadly, wiretapping claims have only pushed this to the forefront of business once again with the same bad results.

Nice article. It also shows why so many other countries' investors want to buy in the US. We are fortunate to be in the US.

Don't expect large flows to the US on tax holidays. In fact, the opposite has happened as foreigners pull money out of the US. The dollar will continue to show weakness until inflation drops, growth rises, or the Federal Reserve raises rates faster than inflation rises.

If Trump starts a trade war all bets are off. As everyone knows, the US can't finance its own deficits without considerable hardship.

I like both of them. Nice article. Like baseball, you win by focusing on getting hits and not getting out more than swinging only for home runs.

With the dollar falling as the President portrays the US as weak and threatens starting a trade war, interest rates and inflation can rise quite a bit more. Hopefully, more of the former than the latter. We'll all sleep more comfortably when the dollar strengthens.

Quack quack. Sorry I just had to put that in. A bunch of geese must have been very cold this winter. I'd avoid high end brands this year because it may get hit again like last year. That said, cold weather may drive sales more than Hermes scarves.

The good news is that this data is forward looking and may be as much as 6 months forward in some cases. I agree if things don't turn around we will see a dip. However, as in many cases you may not realize it because before a crash sometimes things get absurdly overvalued. In this case perhaps because people think thinks like earnings can't slow down further and should perk up. Until you go through the downturn, realize, it could always get worse, much worse.

Until then, some bulls will join in on the run up and feel like stars before they drop back down to earth.