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Despite bitter divisions in Washington, flashpoints in North Korea and Iran, and a devastating hurricane season, the US economy continues to churn ahead

The US economic expansion is now eight years old, and is the third-longest on record, trailing only the expansions of the 1960s and 1990s.

In recent quarters, the U.S. economy has proven to be a stable, steady grower, and according to most economists, few dark clouds are on the horizon.

Had we told our clients last January we were certain that oil prices would double by year end, citizens of the United Kingdom would vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump would be elected president they would likely have questioned our sanity and told us to raise cash in their portfolios!