Today's Headlines

Bloomberg: 

• Pence Makes Surprise Iraq Visit to Reassure Kurdish Allies

• A Breakthrough on Trade Can Push Treasury Yields Only So High.

• S&P 500 Melt-Up to 3,400 Is Likely But Unsustainable, SocGen Says.

• IRS Says Millionaires Can Keep Estate Tax Benefits After 2025.  

• Bloomberg Makes Record $33 Million Ad Buy: Campaign Update.

• In a Class By Itself: How Target Became the Model in U.S. Retail.  

• Elon Musk Says ‘Funding Secured’ Has No Universal Meaning.  

• Populism Is Being Driven by Automation. 

• Giuliani Says Biden Documents to Be Released ‘If I Disappear’.

• Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized With Fever, May Be Released Sunday.

Wall Street Journal:

• Mayor Pete’s South Bend Record.

• Winning Was Trump’s High Crime and Misdemeanor.

• The Best-Managed Companies of 2019.

• Millions of Hong Kongers to Take to the Streets Again—This Time to Vote.

• Your Health Data Isn’t as Safe as You Think.

CNBC:

• What’s on kids’ wish lists? Here are 12 of the hottest toys for the holidays.

• Mike Bloomberg is buying at least $31 million in TV ads ahead of potential 2020 run.

• China attacks US at G20 as the world’s biggest source of instability.

• Wall Street’s stock forecasters see just a 5% gain in 2020.

• Here’s how online scammers prey on older Americans, and what they should know to fight back.

• Elon Musk says Tesla has received 146,000 orders for its Cybertruck after botched debut.

• US wants China trade deal but won’t turn blind eye to Hong Kong, Trump national security advisor says. 

• Novartis reportedly nears deal to buy cholesterol drugmaker Medicines Company(MDCO) for $7 billion.

• Hong Kong protests simmer ahead of local elections: ‘I don’t feel optimistic about the outcome’.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (PFE), (SCHW), (BTI), (FTI), (BHP), (HPE), (AAPL), (TSN), (UNH), (CI), (CNC), (ANTM), (NLSN), (DAL), (UAL), (RIO), (LYB) and (DD).

Zero Hedge:

• John Stossel Exposes The "Climate Myths".

• Did Joe Biden Just Threaten Lindsey Graham For Investigating Him? 

• "A Conundrum": 2019 Equity Outflows Are The Biggest Ever, Yet Stocks Are At All Time Highs - What Happens Next?

• Not The Onion - Ivy League Students Push To Abolish Prisons.

• Liberal 'Dark Money' Operation Behind Ads Urging Republicans To Support Impeachment.

• NYT Names FBI "Resistance" Lawyer Under Criminal Investigation For Fabricating FISA Docs.

• John Solomon Drops 28 Uncomfortable Facts Crushing The 'Debunked Conspiracy Theory' Narrative.

• 'Bombshells Upon Explosions': Watch How The Media Primed The Public With Impeachment Narrative.

• Friday Humor: Democratic Candidates Clash Over Most Effective Plan To Destroy Economy.

• Did Schiff Turn Trump Into Billionaire Martyr With Ill-Advised Impeachment Gambit?

• Doctors Have Officially Frozen And Reanimated A Human Being For The First Time.

• China Pops Electric Car Bubble By Slashing Subsidy Program, Weighs On Lithium Prices.

• Taylor Swift's Army Of Ride-Or-Die Fans Sent A Flurry Of Death Threats To Music Manager And Family.

• "More Eco-Friendly" Meets "Horrors Of Capitalism": $34 Toilet Paper 'With A Conscience'.

• Analysts Eviscerate Musk's Cybertruck: "0% Of Responses Felt It Will Be A Success".

• Trudeau "Open" To Handing Out Taxpayer-Funded Heroin To Vancouver Addicts.

• Impeachment Theater Offers Americans Glimpse Of The Unseen-Unelected Who Actually Rule Over Us.

• Stocks Suffer 'Shocking' Down Week As Fed Balance Sheet Unexpectedly Shrinks. 

Business Insider:  

• Facebook(FB) built a facial-recognition app that let employees identify people by pointing a phone at them.