For financial markets, this week really doesn’t get going until Wednesday, when both the calendar and trading volume start to return to full strength, so we’ll try to keep this weekly preview brief. We covered the first three listed below in our recent review of last week’s lessons for this week. See here for details on these. 1. US DEBT CRISIS ISSUES: FISCAL CLIFF AND DEBT CEILING EXTENSION For Western markets fiscal cliff and debt ceiling headlines should continue to be prime market movers, with risk asset markets rising on headlines that suggest deficit cutting austerity moves will be avoided, and falling on the ... (full story)