How high could the Dow go? According to Warren Buffett, it could hit 1,000,000 over the next 100 years. The Oracle of Omaha noted at a Forbes event that the dow was at just 81 a century ago, so reaching seven figures in 2117 isn't that far-fetched.
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And in the short-term: Forget about the next US recession until at least 2019. Market bears will continue to be dead wrong for the next several years, according to Byron Wien, the vice chairman of Blackstone's private-wealth-solutions group.
In other bull-market news, bank stocks are on fire — and
And as expected, the Federal Reserve announced that in October it will start trimming the $4.5 trillion balance sheet it built up after the Great Recession. The dollar got a 'nice bump' in response. But something is off with the Fed. As Pedro Nicolaci da Costa notes: The central bank's resolve to raise interest rates appeared to rise, even as the bank's own forecasts pointed to arguments against doing so.
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Other worrying headlines for the bears:
- Apple can patch bugs, but its biggest Apple Watch problem can't be fixed
- DEUTSCHE BANK: Brexit could be the unlikely trigger of the next financial crisis
- S&P has cut China's credit rating, citing its rising debt load
- A trader is being accused of running a bitcoin Ponzi scheme
- Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is peddling an extremely risky and controversial investing product
And the Equifax fallout continues, unabated:
- The Feds are looking into some suspicious Equifax trades
- Equifax mistakenly told consumers worried about its data breach to go to a spoof site
- YELLEN: Equifax is a 'very serious data breach'
Two tech giants are feeling acquisitive. Google is beefing up its hardware business, buying part of HTC's smartphone division for $1.1 billion and acquiring 2,000 new employees. And Amazon is hiring 2,000 people in New York City as the $5 billion bidding war for its new headquarters rages.
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Lastly, TGI Fridays will start delivering booze — and it could help defeat a curse sweeping the restaurant industry.
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