The Fed’s December minutes are out today.  Here are the themes to watch – WSJ

Lynn Tilton’s very public spat with the SEC over the agency’s in-house court system may be heading to the Supreme Court, thanks in part to a recent 10th Circuit opinion last week that created a Circuit split over the appointments clause issue at the heart of Tilton’s argument that the SEC’s judges are unconstitutional – NYTimes and Law360

Breakingviews dishes on what Anshu Jain’s arrival at Cantor Fitzgerald means for the former Deutsche Bank exec – NYTimes

The Journal points to the massive foreign-held debt incurred by many Chinese companies as a prime mover behind Beijing’s economic intervention aimed at keeping the yuan from “falling too steeply against the rallying dollar.” All of which, of course, has global implications these days – WSJ

Bitcoin’s next act?  Perhaps the currency of refuge for countries where the local currency is a mess (see, e.g., Venezuela and India) – NYTimes and WSJ

Here’s an interesting look at how big data (in the form of credit-card info) is influencing—likely wrongly—the stocks of retailers, as investors look to gain an edge ahead of earnings news – WSJ

554 million. That’s the number of Jack in the Box tacos that Americans consume each year.  Truly, a staggering amount, especially when one considers the favored description from fans as “vile and amazing” and “soggy, nasty” and “disgusting.”  Ahhh.  America – WSJ