Economics and Investing:

This does not bode well: SEC Ruling: Active ETFs Now Allowed To Use Derivatives

Jim W. recommended this “must read” piece: The Fiscal Cliff Is A Diversion: The Derivatives Tsunami and the Dollar Bubble (Paul Craig Roberts)

Items from The Economatrix:

The Most Critical 48 Hours In The Fiscal Cliff Melodrama Have Begun

Without Deal, Unemployment Checks Stop December 29th

US Secret Service Bans Sale Of Silver And Gold Liberty Dollars On Ebay

Silver Prices About To Implode: Chinese Demand For Silver Has Exploded