This Weekly Market Update from Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC revisits key investment headlines from last week:

• Retail sales, a measure of consumer spending at U.S. stores, websites and restaurants, rose 0.8% in October from the prior month
• Despite a recent stretch of relatively low volatility, Bitcoin plummeted 10% to its lowest level since October 2017
• One day after securing cabinet approval for United Kingdom Prime Minster Theresa May’s Brexit deal, which will now move to Parliament, six ministers resigned from her cabinet