Things May Be About To Go Horribly Wrong
KingWorldNews.com
December 06, 2017
On the heels of some chaotic overseas trading, it appears that things may be about to go horribly wrong.
December 6 (King World News) – A portion of today’s note from legend Art Cashin: Handicapping The Final Tax Bill – Conventional wisdom says that given the very narrow vote in the Senate vote on the tax bill, the final version should be little changed from what originally passed the Senate. If so, that could be a problem.
For example, in the Senate version, they have some form of alternative minimal tax on individuals and corporations. Some companies claim that a corporate AMT could well result in them ultimately paying more corporate taxes than they currently do. That would be a major problem for the stock market.
The Senate version is also more restrictive on deductions for interest expenses by business. That is also not market friendly.
Further, the Senate version is not scheduled to kick in corporate tax cuts until 2019 rather than 2018. The first time that was mentioned, the stock market sold off smartly.
There are other differences between the bills but these are the ones that I believe the market would be most sensitive to.
Overnight And Overseas – In Asia, stocks got pounded. Tokyo was down the equivalent of 490 Dow points. Hong Kong was hit even harder. There was more moderate selling in Shanghai and in India.
European markets were also weaker but nowhere near as sharply as seen in Asia.
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