US Stock Indexes Keep Climbing on Tax News and Company Deals

``U.S. stocks are making more gains Monday as investors react to the Republican tax plan, which could boost corporate profits and stock prices, as well as several corporate deals. Two major food companies bought smaller snack makers: Campbell Soup will buy pretzel maker Snyder's-Lance for $4.87 billion and Hershey will buy Amplify Snack Brands for $1.2 billion. Banks and technology companies are making some of the biggest gains.'' -- Trump has really embraced this "pump the stock market and people will think you're running the country well" thing! It's anathema to his campaign message, but who cares?! Probably won't help in the midterms though...