In this episode Scott discusses: The markets had a terrific day and week last week. The Dow was up 1.19%, the Nasdaq 2.11%, and the S&P 500 1.53% on Friday. Futures point up this AM on preliminary predictions that inflation maybe tempering just one bit. See "Inflation Showed Some Signs of Easing in August" - WSJ. Year to date the major indexes recovered some this week with the Nasdaq now down 22.58% year to date and the S&P 500 now down 14.66% year to date. Oil heats up this AM and has risen to nearly $88 a barrel. But, Oil prices are down nearly $30 plus dollars over the last 3 months. Bitcoin has also risen to nearly $22,000. Treasury yields after hitting 12-month highs, seems to be softening one bit this AM. The Feds next meeting is Sept 20-21 and people largely expect the Fed to raise the Fed funds rate by 75 basis points. Analysts largely predict company earnings to soften for the latter half of the year. See "Sliding Earnings Pose Next Test for the Markets" - WSJ.