Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:  

• The World Is Days Away From Booking the Best Asset Returns in a Decade.

• GOP Raises More Than Twice as Much as Democrats: Campaign Update.

• Online Retailers Ready to Tap Rising Demand for Booze Delivery.

• Rural America Turning to Grocers, High-Fee ATMs as Banks Leave.  

• Chill, It Might Not Be That Bad: The Optimist's Guide to 2020.  

• House Votes to Impeach, Brexit Mandate in Action: Weekend Reads.  

• Charting the Economy: World Limps on After 2019’s Trade Bruising.  

• The Great Decoupling of Energy Stocks From Oil Creates Carnage.  

• Bitcoin Extends Tumble, Falls Below $7,000 to Lowest Since May.   

• Investors Back Oil’s Jump Above $60 With Surge in Bullish Bets.

Wall Street Journal:

• Russia, Ukraine Agree to Gas Flows to EU, as U.S. Sanctions Hit Pipeline Project.

• SEC Probes Listings of Slack, Other Unicorns on NYSE.

• Misstep in Space Caps Bad Week for Boeing.

• A $900 Bottle of Hypocrisy.

• The New War Against Africa’s Christians.

• Walmart’s Secret Weapon to Fight Off Amazon: The Supercenter.

• Inheriting IRAs Just Got Complicated, Thanks to New Retirement Overhaul.

CNBC:

• Trump signs bills to avoid shutdown, scrap Obamacare taxes and raise tobacco buying age.

• Trump signs $738 billion defense bill. Here’s what the Pentagon is poised to get.

• Trump and Xi sparked a year-end rally that should continue into new year.

• Here are six reasons to be optimistic about 2020.

• Wall Street analysts say these stocks are ‘undervalued’ heading into 2020.

• 2020 could be the year that sports gambling takes off, to the benefit of these stocks.

• Analysts say Alphabet, UPS have early edge in delivery’s next frontier: drones.

• These will be the hottest markets for jobs in 2020—here’s what workers earn there.

• Rising market set to get another lift from official ‘Santa Claus rally’ period beginning next week.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (XLE), (OIH), (BDX) and (CHL).

MarketWatch.com:

• These 10 S&P 500 stocks were lousy in 2019, but they could return 40% or more in 2020.

• Here’s when markets will be closed for Christmas and the New Year.

• Here’s how the Dow and S&P 500 perform in years after they ring up gains of 20%.  

• The stock market could surge another 20% if the head of Merrill Lynch’s wealth management is right.

Fox News:

• Pelosi's stalling means impeachment comes with 'asterisk', Starr warns: 'It's wrong constitutionally'.

Zero Hedge:

• Sorry Dems, US Employees Are The World's Happiest.

• China Faces "Systemic Risk" From Debt Cross-Default "Chain Reaction", Top Central Bank Advisor Warns.

• 'Global Mega Trends To 2030' Forecasts Matrix-Like Automated Future.

• Russia's "Sovereign Internet" Test Will Cut Off Entire Country From Web On Monday.

• German Green Party Urges Allowing 140 Million "Climate Refugees" To Migrate To West.

• Wall Street Analyst Jobs Vanish As Banks Take An Axe To Research With Market At Record Highs.

• Kunstler: Pelosi Has Engineered A Hanging-Chad Impeachment.

• JK Rowling 'Cancelled' By Woke Outrage-Mob For Saying Biological Sex Is Real.

• Protest Pandimonium: A Look At The Most-Ridiculous Campus Demonstrations Of 2019.

• Iowa Man Gets 16 Years For Burning LGBTQ Flag; Gay Rights Group Says Excessive.

• US Equity Markets Just Reached 'Record Euphoria'.

Business Insider: 

• Half of the 10 highest paid YouTubers are gamers, and its proof of the video game industry's influence on pop culture.

• Dollar General is selling CBD products at select stores — but experts say to be cautious about buying the unregulated products.

• Stock-market worrywarts think the record-setting rally is all smoke and mirrors. They're wrong.