1) A Humdrum Week There wasn’t too much movement in the equity markets over the past five trading sessions, although stocks look like they will finish in positive territory for the week. The market basically had what could be described as a humdrum week, although the Dow did manage to make its 25th all-time high of the year on Thursday. The real price action of late has come in oil and energy prices, as well as in the Asian markets. Find out more about all of the action this week in Doug’s leadoff podcast segment. 2) Weekly ETF Strategy Session: China A-Shares On Monday, China will launch what’s called the “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect” program. This program allows retail investors around the world to invest in mainland Chinese equities, also known as China’s A-Shares market. The linking of the Shanghai and Hong Kong exchanges will allow approximately 23.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) of daily trading between the two markets, and that will essentially open up the mainland China
