● US homebuilder confidence holds steady in April | Bloomberg
● Dow above 18,000 for first time in 9 months | MarketWatch
● Boston Fed’s Rosengren: ‘Gradual’ rate increases ‘absolutely appropriate’ | MNI
● Americans Most Confident in Sanders, Kasich on Economy | Gallup
● Corporate defaults hit highest level since ’09 bust | USA Today
● Silver surges to 10-month high; lifts gold | Reuters