Takeaway: A quick look at some stories on our radar screen.

Keith McCullough – CEO

Germans Hide Cash in Diapers as Swiss Secrecy Crumbles (via Bloomberg)

Dollar index steadies near six-week high (via Reuters)

Power cut leaves most of Venezuela without electricity (via BBC)

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Daryl Jones – Macro

Barack Obama’s Staggering Incompetence (via Commentary)

Kevin Kaiser – Energy

How Not To Be a Turkey (via Mercenary Trader)

Jonathan Casteleyn – Financials

Wall Street still influences its own rules with over 2,000 meetings with the CFTC to help shape ongoing regulation (via Bloomberg)

Matt Hedrick – Macro

Berlusconi Impeachment Push Helps to Drive Italian Stocks Lower (via Bloomberg)

Howard Penney – McDonald’s

McDonald’s Vegetarian Friendly Move (via Technomic)