Today stock futures are off as this last month of 2013 is beginning with profit taking --yesterdays' half-percent drop. OK, so a half percent drop doesn't sound like much, but after a year's worth of half% losses/day it compounds out to a 73% loss. 
This morning:
Global shares jittery over US stimulus, BOJ talk crops yen Reuters - 8:06am LONDON (Reuters) - World shares fell for a second day and gold was near a five-month low on Tuesday, as concern the U.S. will soon scale back its economic stimulus offset reports that Japan would ramp up its own stimulus.Stocks: Momentum fading after record run CNN - an hour ago It's just the second trading day of December and investors already look wary of letting the rampage run to the end of the year.Fast-food strikes aim at 100 US citiesBy CANDICE CHOI and SAM HANANEL - AP - Mon Dec 02, 4:54PM CSTNEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job on Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay. (full story)
Get Ready for Lies and Labor Dept. Statistics - John Crudele, New York Post