In today’s Big Picture, Jim Puplava gives an update on where the money is being made (and lost) so far in 2017, looking at the Dow Industrials, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, international stocks, bonds, commodities, and specific market sectors. The second part of today’s Big Picture is titled, “Predicting the Next Recession,” where Jim and John Loeffler discuss the merits of the yield curve and the message coming from other indicators.