Consumer Confidence Keeps Rising

According to a recent article from US News, consumer confidence is at an 8-year high. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the economy and markets in light of the negative impacts of international problems, particularly in China.

Circuit Breakers

The U.S. has had market-wide circuit breakers in place since the late 1980s, and individual stock circuit breakers were put in place more recently. Given the increasing volatility in Chinese markets, they are now following suit. See article here, Reuters.