"Progress is being made, but poorly communicated, and the biggest issues, healthcare and tax reform remain stuck in the bowels of Washington politics."

The statement from the NFIB says it all- the world, including small business owners, continue to wait for D.C. to get its act together.  This, as there is fresh scuttlebutt of a potential bill hitting the floor on Thursday.  I think all those kind of announcements without follow through have made the issue worse, not better.

Think the Majority Leader who cried wolf.

Speaking of bark versus bite, the stock market rally has become more hound dog than greyhound these days, just watching the hazy days of summer and the lazy days in the Nation’s Capitol.

That all changes on Friday with earnings from big banks, but often during this stock market rally, break outs have happened without fresh or breaking headline news.