Today the Federal Reserve released minutes from the December 2016 Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The December FOMC meeting resulted in a quarter point interest rate hike, the first interest rate hike in 10 years.

Here we are, at the first day of trading in 2017 and it is beginning with a bang. As of 3 o’clock EST, we have US equities, the US dollar and the precious metals markets all trading higher.

It’s hard to believe, but the final trading day of 2016 is upon us. 2016 has been chock-full of twists and turns, with a finale that even the best fiction writers could have never imagined.  

Brexit and Trump