On Your Mark, Get Set, Pause

(1) Trump, Kudlow, Cramer, and moi. (2) Is neutral federal funds rate a long way off or getting closer? (3) Powell, Clarida, and Bostic weigh in. (4) Fed putting monetary policy under review until mid-2019. (5) Getting ready to do nothing? (6) Treasury yields fall on Clarida statement and drop in oil price. (7) Three and done? (8) During Q3, S&P 500 revenues and earnings jump 8.5% y/y and 27.5%, sending profit margin to yet another record high. (9) Joe sorts out the Q3 data for the S&P 500 sectors.