[Reuters] New year cheer for stocks as rally rumbles on [Reuters] Dollar off to a flat start for 2020 as others find the fizz [Reuters] Oil climbs on [...]

[Reuters] China cuts banks’ reserve ratios again, frees up $115 billion to spur economy [CNBC] Small business pay checks are growing at a fast [...]

[Reuters] Global stocks end 2019 close to record highs [Reuters] Oil falls but on track for biggest yearly rise since 2016 [Reuters] Fed sees small [...]

[Reuters] World stocks hold onto gains, dollar under pressure [Reuters] Repo rate steady before year-end [Reuters] Treasuries – Yields rise, [...]

[Reuters] China commerce ministry says it has proactively dealt with U.S. trade frictions [CNBC] The bankruptcies that rocked the retail industry in [...]

[Reuters] China to switch benchmark for floating-rate loans to lower funding costs [Bloomberg] China to Scrap Benchmark Lending Rate in Shift to New [...]

For the Week: The S&P500 added 0.6% (up 29.2% y-t-d), and the Dow increased 0.7% (up 22.8%). The Utilities slipped 0.3% (up 22.2%). The Banks [...]

[Reuters] Wall St. set for another record high as year-end rally continues [Reuters] Oil hits three-month highs as strong U.S. consumer spending [...]

[Reuters] Stocks hover near record highs as investors count on trade deal [Reuters] Oil hits highest since September on trade hopes, OPEC cuts [...]

[AP] Japan stocks lower, China little-changed on Christmas Day [Reuters] Global stocks hover near record highs, gold breaches $1,500 [Reuters] Trump [...]

[Reuters] Festive world markets pause for breath near record highs [Reuters] Oil rises on supply cut pledges and slow return of Gulf field [Reuters] [...]

[Reuters] Global shares hover near record high as year draws to close [Reuters] U.S. core capital goods orders barely rise; shipments drop [Reuters] [...]

[Reuters] Trump says trade deal with China to be signed ‘very shortly’ [Reuters] Clashes as police try to clear Hong Kong protesters [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: Looking to 2020 and the ’20s We tend to think that a turn [...]

[CNBC] Trump signs bills to avoid shutdown, scrap Obamacare taxes and raise tobacco buying age [Reuters] China criticizes U.S. defense bill as [...]