The Traderszone Network

Friday was a positive day for the stock market, as the Dow climbed to another record high and led the way to modest gains across the board for the major benchmarks. The White House increased pressure on North Korea, citing the recently passed tougher sanctions from the United Nations even as North Korea launched another missile test. Yet market participants seemed to react more favorably to tepid economic data on U.S. retail sales, which signaled that the Federal Reserve might be less likely to do another interest rate increase before the end of 2017.

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Wall Street had another solid day on Friday, and major benchmarks climbed to record highs. Signs of stability for the U.S. led market participants to hope that growth would remain strong enough to keep company fundamentals healthy while being weak enough to deter the Federal Reserve from making further interest rate increases in the near future. Nevertheless, concerns about North Korea and the potential for another hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland as early as next week kept gains in check.

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Susan Mauldin, whose identity is being scrubbed from the internet, studied music composition, writes Brett Arends.
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President Donald Trump on Friday demanded an apology from ESPN after one of its anchors called him a “white supremacist,” spoke with U.K.

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For the most part, money secrets and marriage don’t mix. But this story is an exception.

Oracle Corp.

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President Donald Trump will emphasize the unusual goal of “sovereignty” at the United Nations next week.