Just a bit of a heads up as to what else is to come later in the week
US CPI (tomorrow) and retail sales (Thursday) releases are the two key risk events to watch out for but just be mindful that we could get more volatility in futures/options/stocks on Friday as it will be ‚quadruple witching‘

Remarks by ECB executive board member, Isabel Schnabel
– Inflation likely to ease noticeably next year
– If we adjust for base effects, inflation today remains too lower rather than too high
To sum up, ECB policymakers are still maintaining their view that inflation is very much ‚transitory‘, although the language and general undertone is seemingly less confident

A few items over the weekend for oil & energy traders to take note of. 
Reuters on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tried to soothe fears over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on Saturday:

Greg’s heartfelt piece is here: 
My thoughts and remembrances of people and events that shaped my life and others on 9-11
20 years on. The buildings have been replaced, but the lives lost never will be. 

China’s crackdown on the tech industry continues, China’s industry ministry with new directives for the sector. 
Reuters conveying the information from Chinese media on Satuday, the 21st Century Business Herald.

20 years ago suddenly things changed
The date of September 11, 2001 came about one month after I had moved from the New York/ New Jersey area to my present home in Arizona. If my family had not moved, I would’ve been in downtown Manhattan either in an office on Wall Street or another office just

The stocks close at session lows
The major stock indices are closing lower for the day. The Dow and S&P fell for the fifth consecutive day. That is the longest losing streak since February. 

NASDAQ is now down -125 points or -0.82%.
The stock market started to tilt more to the downside after the the judge issued an injunction restricting Apple activity toward app developers. Apple shares are trading down -3.35% at $148.93.

White House on the call between Biden and Xi
The White House is out saying:
 

NASDAQ index trading to a new session low
The NASDAQ index is now trading at new session lows down about -60 points or -0.39% at 15187.40.

The Dow is down -146 points or -0.42% at 34731.