• An ‘unfamiliar’ era for investors has arrived after a 20-year ‘regime’: Morning Brief

Investors are unfamiliar to high interest and inflation.

• November CPI report marks latest test for Fed in fight against inflation

A pretty decent CPI reading would be needed for a Santa Rally, … is what people are saying, but could it just charge on regardless?

• Big banks find many ‘reasons to be optimistic about 2025’ as Trump 2.0 nears

Banks are expecting heightened investment banking fees and trading revenue in Q4, with decent interest income.

• Exclusive: Chinese authorities are considering a weaker yuan as Trump trade risks loom, sources say

The nation will need ample firearm ahead of the proclaimed 60% tariff looming ahead.

• Netflix co-CEO shakes off M&A in 2025: ‘We’re better builders than buyers’

Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company before.

• Older workers are the happiest workers, study finds

The Pew Research Center paper on how Americans view their jobs. Two-thirds of people over 65 are highly satisfied.

• Inside Assad’s Ransacked Palace: Anxiety Pills, Graffiti and Shredded Posters

Bashar al-Assad’s palace in Damascus, Syria is occupied by rebel fighters and civilians as the previous ruler flees to Russia. The year-long civil war ended abruptly in two weeks as Russia and Iran couldn’t come to help defeat insurgents. The palace was completed in 1990 under Assad’s father.