US bull market not dead as tax reform takes spotlight


Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 29, 2016. - Reuters

NEW YORK: The death of the Republican healthcare reform may not prove to be the knife to the heart of the bull market some had feared, but to keep the Trump Trade alive investors should temper expectations for the breadth of expected tax cuts.

Anxiety over prospects for the healthcare bill gave stocks their largest weekly drop since the November presidential election. But its failure to pass could also force the Trump administration to come up with a palatable tax reform that could deliver this year some of the stimulus Wall Street has rallied on.

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