Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:    

• China’s Inflation Rises to Seven-Year High on Soaring Pork.

• Charting the Global Economy: EU Stimulus, World Manufacturing.

• A Red Alert Is Flashing on the Bond Trader’s Radar.

• Get Ready as ‘Beta-Chasing’ Stock Managers Try to Make Up Ground .

• House Republicans Seek Hunter Biden, Whistle-Blower’s Testimony.   

• Super Rich Rethink Buying Yachts in Uncertain Economy.  

• Warren’s Wealth Tax Could Drive Billionaires to Funds She Hates.  

• Bitcoin’s Break Below $9,000 Risks Erasing Xi-Inspired Rally.

• Oil Bulls Make Shy Comeback as Trade Deal Hopes Are Rekindled.

• Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Cheats.

Wall Street Journal:

• Defending Trump: The Republican Playbook.

• PG&E Bankruptcy Protections Could Mean Less Money for Wildfire Victims

• Car Loans Force More Borrowers Underwater.

• Higher Education’s Enemy Within.

• Universities Buy SAT-Takers’ Names and Boost Exclusivity.

• The Great Streaming Battle Is Here. No One Is Safe.

• Investigators Find Clue to Vaping Injuries.

• Catalan Unrest Dims Spanish Socialists’ Hopes for Big Electoral Win.

• Hong Kong Arrests Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Ahead of Local Elections.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (HON), (DIS), (WBA), (BAC), (C), (FITB), (KEY) and (PNC).

MarketWatch.com:

• Opinion: 5 companies that Google(GOOG) should eye after buying Fitbit.

• S&P 500, Nasdaq finish at record highs as stocks notch weekly gains.

• Get ready for another Santa Claus rally to boost stocks, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says.

Fox News:

• Trump wants Pelosi, Biden as impeachment witnesses, teases second phone call transcript.

• EXCLUSIVE: GOP wants Biden son, Ukraine whistleblower as impeachment inquiry witnesses.

CNBC:

• Saudi Aramco will offer less than 1% of shares to individual investors in IPO.

• Grading stocks’ comeback and whether this is the start of the next leg of the bull market.

• An investor’s guide to space, Wall Street’s next trillion-dollar industry.

• With a market at record highs, these are the most loved stocks on Wall Street from here.

• ETF inflows rise to a record $4 trillion and top industry expert says it’s still ‘early days’.

• Here are the best analyst calls of the week on Wall Street including Nike, Sonos.

Zero Hedge:

• Nunes Demands Schiff Testify After Lying; Also Wants Whistleblower And Hunter Biden To Appear.

• Visitor Logs Reveal 'Whistleblower' And DNC Contractor Visited Obama White House Multiple Times.

• Learn To Code: Traditional Bond Traders Now Being Overrun By Programming Quants.

• CTAs Are Almost Done Selling Bonds: Why The Market's "Great Rotation" Is Almost Over.

• Hong Kong Student Dies From Injuries In First Fatality Linked To Protests.

• "Wake-Up Call" To Europe: Iran Vows Increase Of Nuclear Activity Every 2 Months.

• Daimler To Slash 10% Of Management Amid Global Auto Industry Bust.

• China Auto Sales Fall 6% In October As Global Auto Recession Shows No Signs Of Slowing.

• Pentagon Official Warns China Exporting Killer AI Drones To Middle East.

• Facebook(FB) Scrubs All References To Alleged Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella.

• 4 Reasons Why Socialism Is Becoming More Popular.

• Harvard Wants Students To Bone Up On Oral And Anal Sex, Stop Judging Fatties.

• Moodys Downgrades UK Outlook To Negative On "Brexit Paralysis".

• "Incredibly Harsh Arctic Airmass" Set To Plunge Half Of US Into Record Cold.

• Musk-Einhorn Twitter War Erupts After Greenlight Responds To Tesla CEO's Taunts.

• Global Debt Tops $188,000,000,000,000 – Officially The Biggest Debt Bubble The World Has Ever Seen.

• Whistleblower Attorney Bragged About Getting Security Clearances For "Guys With Child Porn Issues".

• ISIS Urges Followers To Unleash Wildfires On America & Europe.

• Gold Suffers Worst Week In 3 Years As Fed Balance Sheet Explodes.

Business Insider: 

• Michael Bloomberg’s late entry into the 2020 race is based on a widespread fear among Democrats that Joe Biden’s campaign is in a ‘dire’ place.

• Plummeting participation in youth football is a huge opportunity for fall baseball leagues across the US, according to the CEO of Dick's.