Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:       

• Trump Likely to Meet With China’s Vice President in Davos: Report.  

• World's Riskiest Assets Suddenly Seem a Whole Lot More Appealing.

• Ocasio-Cortez Suggests 70% Ultra-Rich Tax Could Pay for Climate Plan.

• Maxine Waters Won’t Please Everyone, Even Some Fellow Democrats.

• CES Will Be Awash With Voice-Activated Gadgets. Will They Sell?  

• Hedge Funds That Returned 20% Show All Is Not Lost.  

• Bernanke Plays Down Stocks Selloff, Dismisses Crisis Comparison.   

• Shutdown Stalemate, Pelosi’s Chance, EU Skeptics: Weekend Reads.

• Trump Goes After Pharma on Twitter as Companies Increase Prices.

Wall Street Journal:

• Trump Considers Declaring Emergency to Build Border Wall.

• Apple and the Art of Guidance.

• Your Ice Cream Will Ride in a Self-Driving Car Before You Do.

• U.S. Added 312,000 Jobs in December.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (AAPL), (SMM), (VYM), (T), (MS), (DXC), (MYL), (NAV) and (AMLP).

MarketWatch.com:

• Get to the airport early: Government shutdown could double security lines as TSA agents call out sick.

• Manufacturing employment in the U.S. is at the same level as 69 years ago. 

• It’s time to buy stocks again, these encouraging signs are telling strategists. 

• This is how much money is sitting on the sidelines waiting to come back to the market.

• The biggest stock-market winners and losers on the best day for jobs news in 10 months.

• Bitcoin on track for 10th consecutive session below $4,000.

• Victoria’s Secret parent L Brands(LB) among 7 retailers Wells Fargo is backing in 2019.

Fox News

• Dem 2020 hopefuls meet with Hillary, hope for valuable endorsement – provided she doesn’t run.

• BRETT VELICOVICH: Bad news for Dems, Americans want border security. 

• Hundreds pay tribute to California cop who was gunned down after stopping an illegal immigrant.

CNBC:  

• Wall Street expects Amazon to bounce back after the stock suffered its worst quarter in a decade.

• Gavin Newsom takes the reins as California’s newly-elected governor on Monday, but some are already worried about the cost of his ‘list of promises’. 

• Lowe’s(LOW) looks to hire 65,000 new employees in tightest labor market in decades.

• The Fed may have just set the Trump rally back on its course, says Jim Cramer.

• Dow jumps more than 700 points, propelled by Powell’s comments and a blowout jobs report.

• Cramer reveals some of his favorite Dow stocks for 2019.

• Shares of Boeing and AMD will rise 50% over the next three years, tech investor predicts.

• The market is at a bottom, says Raymond James’ Jeff Saut.

Zero Hedge:

• Macron Arrests "Yellow Vest" Organizer In Escalation Which Will Surely Calm Things Down.

• President Xi Orders Chinese Army To "Prepare For War".

• After Introducing Mass Migration To Europe, Germany Now Bribing Foreigners To Leave.

• Chinese Professor Censored After Admitting Real GDP Growth Is Below 2%.

• How China Colonized An Entire Continent Without Firing A Single Shot.

• France Ablaze Again; Yellow Vests Rage After Founder Arrested; Cops Punched, Tear Gas Deployed.

• Heavy Duty Truck Orders Tumble 43% To Two Year Low.

• "A Tectonic Shift In China's Economy Has Largely Gone Unnoticed By Investors".

• UK Welcomes Extremists, Bans Critics Of Extremists.

• AI Program Taught Itself How To 'Cheat' Its Human Creators.

• Murders In Washington, D.C. Jump 40% In 2018.

• Free Speech Crushed In Socialist Venezuela — Again.

• PG&E Shares Plunge 30% On Reports Of Possible Bankruptcy Filing.

• GE Shares Rally On Report Apollo Weighing $40 Billion Bid For Aircraft-Leasing Unit.

• Forget El Nino, StormFest Is about To Hit The West Coast.

• Congresswoman Flees From Reporters Asking About "Impeach The Motherfu*ker" Comment.

• "Radical" Ocasio-Cortez Teases 70% Tax On Super Wealthy; Compares Self To Lincoln, FDR.

• "Impeach The Mother-F**ker" - On First Day In Office, Muslim Congresswoman Slams Trump.

• Stocks Soar On Powell Promise, Jobs Juice.

Business Insider:

• Chinese schoolkids are being tracked and monitored through tech implanted inside their 'smart uniforms'.

• China says 'social and economic consequences' will follow projected population peak of 1.44 billion in 2029.

• Apple(AAPL) is about to have a big year — here's what to expect it to launch in 2019.