Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:
1. Online shopping frenzy
This year, more Cyber Monday sales than ever started well before Monday and will continue all week. Retailers are hoping for a holiday season boost, as it has been a lousy year for them so far. Consumers have been surprisingly skittish, despite improvement in the job market and low gas prices.
2. Chinese yuan gets international status
The International Monetary Fund is expected Monday to include the Chinese yuan in the IMF's Special Drawing Rights basket, the elite group of currencies used to value reserve assets.
China has pushed for the yuan to be part of the mix, which currently includes the dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen.
3. Big meetings
Nearly 150 world leaders are meeting at the COP21 climate summit in Paris this week. They will try to reach an agreement on legally binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The focus will shift to Frankfurt on Thursday, where the European Central Bank is expected to start pouring more money into the economy.
Finally, OPEC is set to meet on Friday to discuss its strategy for next year. There's likely to be heated discussion about its policy of maintaining high production to protect the oil cartel's market share despite low oil prices.
4. Stock market movers
Paypal, Amazon, Gap, BHP: Cyber Monday is giving a lift to some retailers. Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) is rising 0.4% premarket, and Gap (GPS) is up 0.3%. Paypal (PYPL, Tech30) is up 0.7%.
Mining giant, BHP Billiton (BHP) is down 4.5% in London. The Brazilian government said it intends to sue the company for $5.2 billion over the collapse of a dam in Minas Gerais state earlier this month.
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