10 things you need to know today (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, DB)

Here is what you need to know. Congress is planning to punt on the government-shutdown deadline. Republican leaders in Congress released plans to extend government funding by two weeks, to December 22, to delay a potential government shutdown. The pound continues to drop as Brexit talks break down. Sterling trades down 0.5% at 1.3413 against the dollar on Tuesday following news on Monday that no deal had been reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union regarding the...