It’s a Christmas miracle. From CNBC,
S&P 500 closes at another fresh record in holiday-shortened session.
For the second day in a row, the market finished at a record high, just below an intraday all-time record. CNBC reports,
Investors continue to hope for the coveted Santa Claus rally, a year-end stock market surge that occurs between the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the new year. This year, that’s from the opening bell on Dec. 24 until Jan. 5.
Fingers crossed! Meanwhile, over at Politico,
Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ has arrived for the top 10 percent
Always raining on the parade. From Politico‘s European branch,
How the far right stole Christmas
Of course, they could do no other. Politico.eu reports,
Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.
“Supposedly hostile.” Let’s be honest here, the “secular left” probably ranks as a tertiary threat, at most, in this context. Last week in the U.K. Daily Mail,
‘Christmas market ISIS ‘mass terror attack’ plot’ foiled in Poland
Have a Merry Christmas and stay safe out there!
