4th quarter S&P earnings exceeded expectations ... So why did the market punish some positive earnings per share surprises this season?

The news brings in more chaos from the White House as Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaces him with Mike Pompeo. Under Tillerson 60% of top ranking diplomats have resigned and Foreign Service applications have fallen by half; all this after the US blocks the Broadcom Qualcomm buyout over China. Today I discuss foreign security issues and foreign companies buying tech in the US. Other topics include:

• Q4 earnings exceed expectations – so why did the market punish some positive earnings per share surprises
• Tax plan options if you are a business owner, self employed or own a lot of real estate with debt
• What are REIT’s and how do they work?
• Digital estate plans

 

 

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