
There are some transient effects from trade war and tax changes.
For example lots of soy beans got moved before increased tariffs took hold.
Next quarter numbers will not look so hot.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov