Halftime Report

Stocks bounce back but not all the way. Jobless claims up. Puerto Rican default imminent. Big banks pass test and dish out buybacks. Swipe this Visa and MC. Mondelez Hershey – no kisses. Change your password.
Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 06-30-2016
DOW + 235 = 17,929
SPX + 28 = 2098
NAS + 63 = 4842
10 Y + .01 = 1.49%
OIL – 1.48 = 48.40
GOLD + 3.40 = 1322.70
Today is the end of the month, end of the second quarter, and end of the first half of trading, so let’s break down some numbers at halftime.

The Dow and S&P 500 and Nasdaq are now back in the black for 2016 and for the second quarter. The Dow is up 106 points since the start of the year. The S&P is up 40 points year to date. The Nasdaq is up 106 for the year.

For the month of June, the Dow added 64 points, the S&P gained 2 points, and the Nasdaq is down 106. June included some brutal Brexit related losses. The Dow is still down about 80 points from last Thursday (pre-Brexit), the S&P is still down about