In the Margins

Bull market continues as investors ignore Beltway chaos

February 16, 2017

By The New York Times

Even as a series of political scandals flare up in President Trump’s new administration, the stock market roars ahead. Over the past two weeks the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index has been setting new highs regularly as investors have chosen to ignore the chaos in Washington. Read the original story from The New York Times.

 

 

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