Today's Headlines
Bloomberg:
- G-7 Warns Russia of ‘Massive Consequences’ Over Ukraine.
- China Seen Adding Fiscal Stimulus Soon After Setting Priorities.
- Housing Presales Under Threat; Hui Cuts Stake: Evergrande Update.
- Private Equity Firms Plan Cuts in China to Escape Property Woes.
- Slip in Japan Manufacturing Outlook Underplays Omicron Concern.
- Boris Johnson Faces Battles on All Fronts as Controversies Mount.
- U.K. Housing Loses Momentum With Second Drop in Asking Prices.
- Blinken Says Russia-Germany Pipeline Offers Leverage Over Putin.
- Iran Bases Next Year’s Budget on $60-a-Barrel Oil, Fars Says.
- Asian Stocks, U.S. Equity Futures Rise; Pound Dips: Markets Wrap.
- Saudi Stocks Eke Out Small Gain After STC Pares Loss: Inside EM.
- China Growth, Diverging Central Banks, Inflation Fears: Eco Day.
- Southwest Airlines Skeptics Are ‘Missing the Point,’ CEO Says.
- SEC Probes One Thousand & One Voices Over Spending, WSJ Says.
- Apple Set to Release Nudity Detection in Texting, But Other Features Remain on Hold.
- El-Erian Says Transitory Inflation Call Likely Fed’s Worst Ever.
- Dip Buyers Scoring Historic Win in Stocks That Defy Bond Warning.
- Ackman Says SALT Tax Deduction Increase ‘Makes No Sense’.
Wall Street Journal:
- Buybacks Hit Record After 2020 Pullback.
- ETF Inflows Top $1 Trillion for First Time.
- SEC Investigates Private-Equity Firm Backed by Wealthy Families.
- Rescuers Sift Through Rubble for Tornado Survivors in Kentucky, Illinois.
- No Rules for Progressive Radicals. Biden appointees try to stage a coup against the director of the FDIC on bank mergers.
- Inflation Surge Pushes U.S. Real Interest Rates Deeper Into Negative Territory.
- Sirius Hires Top Builder of Disney+ Streaming Service.
- Yellen Walks Tightrope to Deliver on Biden’s Climate Promises.
- Unpaid Bills Pile Up for Former Hedge-Fund Star.
- The Real Cost of Biden’s Spending Plan. CBO comes clean on the price tag if the programs are made permanent.
- Trucker Central Freight Lines to Close After Years of Losses.
- Biden's approval rating plummets on handling of crime surge, inflation.
- New poll reveals what a potential Trump-Biden 2024 showdown might look like.
CNBC:
- G-7 warns Russia of ‘massive consequences’ if it attacks Ukraine.
- Amazon’s outage and HashiCorp’s IPO point to a future with multiple clouds.
- What Apple, Google smartwatches are beginning to display about our health.
Zero Hedge:
- "This Is The Single Biggest Thing You Need To Have On Your Rader" - Why Goldman Goes All-In On A Face-Ripping Santa Rally.
- Panic? US Mega-Corporations Rush To Abandon Vax Mandate.
- Hospitalizations, Mortality Cut In Half After Brazilian City Offered Ivermectin To Everyone Pre-Vaccine.
- Titleist Bans "Let's Go Brandon" Personalization Of Its Golf Balls.
- China Creates "Humanized Pigs" To Be Used In COVID Research.
- Morgan Stanley: As Uncomfortable As It Can Be To Admit Defeat, Here We Are.
- DHL Is Keeping Pace With The Holiday Rush By Adding 1,500 New Robots.
- "We Expect A Sea Change": Morgan Stanley Admits It Was Wrong, Now Sees Liftoff In 2022 As Goldman Goes All-In With 7 Rate Hikes.
- Dems Panic Over 'Build Back Better' Impasse As Child Tax Credit Set To Expire.
- Quake Swarms In Japan Raise Fears "The Next Big One Will Happen This Month".
- On Inflation: Friday's 7% Increase In Consumer Prices Is 11% When House Prices Are Added.
- Biden's New "Regressive" Methane Tax Will Raise Average American's Gas Bill By 17%: Op-Ed.
- From Panic-Selling To Panic-Buying In One Week.
- Four States Calling In National Guard To Alleviate Healthcare Staffing Crisis.
- World Leaders Have To Face The Truth About Oil Demand.
- German Schoolchildren Subjected To 'Ritual Humiliation' Over Their Vaccine Status.
- Hackers Blamed For Cream Cheese Shortage Currently Afflicting The US.
- EA Games Tells Kyle Rittenhouse His Name Could "Harm" Other Gamers.
- "When Science Mixes With Politics, All We Get Is Politics...".
- Top Japan Officials To Join US Boycott Of Beijing Olympics As List Grows.
NewsMax:
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- BREAKING: Never-Trumper Chris Wallace Announces He Is Leaving FOX News.
- THEY’RE SCARED: Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts Tells Auditors: ‘Stay the Hell Out of Fulton County”.
- German Police Enforce Covid Social Distancing Measures with Rulers (VIDEO).
- EVIL: SNL ‘Jokes’ About Gang F***ing Roger Stone’s 75-Year-Old Wife Who Has Cancer (VIDEO).
- THE BIG LIE: The ‘Powers That Be’ Overcount COVID Deaths and Undercount Vaccine Deaths – All for Money and Power.
- SNL “Hip-Hop Nativity” Skit Shows “Baby Jesus” Twerking – Mary as a Stripper and “Baby Daddy” Joseph with a “Pimp Walk” (VIDEO).
- Female Penn Swimmers Step Forward, Describe Teammates in Tears Over Transgender Lia Thomas as UPenn Admin Advises Swimmers to Shut Up and Avoid Talking to Media.
- With 1.7 Million Illegal Border Crossings This Past Fiscal Year – Where Did These People Go and Who Paid For It?
- HUGE: Pennsylvania Democrats Scared of Ongoing 2020 Election Audit in State – Crooked AG Is Freaking Out.
- Jen Psaki and Biden Admin Defend Forcing Kindergarteners to Sit Outside in 40 Degree Weather Alone on Buckets to Eat Lunch.
- Tucker Carlson Explains Why Inflation Is Even Worse Than You Think (VIDEO).
The Epoch Times:
OpenVAERS:
- VAERS COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 681,961 (US) Reports Through December 3, 2021.
SKirsch.com:
- Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.
Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):
- Our World in Data: New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
- FT.com: Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
- Bloomberg.com: International Travel Restrictions. Case Graphs by State.
- NYTimes.com: County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
- Brown School of Public Health: Covid Severity by State/County(map). US Hospital Capacity(region).
- CovidActNow: Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
- KFF: US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
- Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits. Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
- Safegraph.com: Commerce Patterns(graphs).
Night Trading
- Asian indices are +.25% to +.75% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 84.75 -2.75 basis points.
- China Sovereign CDS 43.5 -2.0 basis points.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 53.53 +.03%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 2,830.0 +87.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 22.0 -1.4%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures +.56%.
- S&P 500 futures +.40%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +.39%.
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
Before the Open:
- None of note
After the Close:
- None of note
Economic Releases
- None of note
Upcoming Splits
- (PLUS) 2-for-1
- The Japan Industrial Production report, (MTW) analyst meeting and the (REGN) investor event could also impact trading today.
- 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
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