Calendar:Tuesday, 11/17: Retail SalesWednesday, 11/18: Housing StartsThursday, 11/19: Existing Home SalesWeekly Changes:10-year Treasuries: Rose 0.08 pointsDow Jones: Rose 900 pointsNASDAQ: Fell 150 points

One requirement is that you have to report to the IRS/Treasury any foreign accounts that you have in excess of $10,000Good luck in your search for a CPA and core 4

The next European Central Bank meeting also will take place on Thursday (12/10).Calendar:Wednesday, 12/09: JOLTSThursday, 12/10: CPIThursday, 12/10: ECB MeetingWeekly Changes:10-year Treasury: Rose 0.10 pointsDow Jones: Rose 300 pointsNASDAQ: Rose 200 points

I just saw where Australia's latest Treasury auction offered negative rates. 

If Powell stays on as Fed Chairman and Janet Yellen is sitting at the head of the Treasury, the momentum for lower rates is greater than for rates going up.Government StimulusWe’ve seen our fair share of government stimulus this year and it looks like there’s more to come.

Meanwhile, the 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage fell seven basis points to an average of 2.79%.

Depending on when you have the "right" to access or receive your funds from your Qualified Intermediary pursuant to the Treasury Regulations, you may be able to defer the tax into 2021, too. 

Here are some excerpts:"All-cash transactions have come to account for a quarter of all residential real estate purchases, “totaling hundreds of billions of dollars nationwide,” the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network – the financial crimes unit of the federal Treasury Department, also known as FinCEN – noted in a 2017 news"also from the article:“It reminds me of Moldova after the fall of the Soviet Union: oligarchs running wild, stashing their gains in buildings,” James Wright, an attorney and former Treasury Department bank examiner, told me.

Same plan as always, just a different set of circumstances.Janet Yellen is going to be the Treasury Secretary, and we know from her time at the Fed her stance on whether the money should keep flowing.

CalendarMonday, 10/19: Housing IndexThursday, 10/22: Existing Home SalesThursday, 10/22: Jobless Claims Weekly Change:10-year Treasury: Fell 0.02 pointsDow: Rose 300 pointsNASDAQ: Rose 200 points