UNITED STATES
- Futures are elevated following yesterday's late rally
- No votes are scheduled to approve a budget -- the shutdown will continue into the new year with Democrats taking control of the House on Wednesday
- Shale drillers continue to produce natural gas despite not having the pipeline capacity to export it all to markets
- The Conference Board announced the consumer confidence has fallen for a second consecutive month
OTHER
- King Salmon of Saudi Arabia restructured the cabinet to consolidate power for the crown prince, Muhammed bin Salmon
- The investigation into Carlos Goshen is now examining his ties to Saudi businessmen
- Oil prices remain near 18-month lows despite a 3.5% rally yesterday
CHINA
- Huewai is predicting 21% growth in revenues for 2018 despite their troubles with the US
- China's economy is set to slow for the seventh month in a row
- On Saturday, a fourth Canadian detained in China will appeal his charges of smuggling "an enormous amount of drugs" into China
Submitted December 28, 2018 at 07:28AM by ogordained http://bit.ly/2SpZVFU
