Retired Four-Star US General Jack Keane  weighs in as Israel and  Hamas pickup the piece in the Gaza. “We haven’t seen the last of Hamas’ rockets …it is tenuous at best. it is not a major victory ….but at the end of her reign as SOS this is a plus for Hillary Clinton.”

Finance Minister Bill English is off to take a first-hand look at the resources sector in Queensland and Western Australia. The trip will include meeting the premiers of Queensland and Western Australia, as well as mining and resources companies and sector groups. English will also visit the Port of Brisbane, Rio Tinto’s Tom Price iron ore mine in the Pilbara …

GLOBAL MARKETS:  A quiet session overnight, with the US market closed for Thanksgiving. Further signs of recovery in the Chinese manufacturing sector underpinned optimism, with European and UK equities up 0.6% and 0.7% respectively. Core global bond yields continued their slow grind higher, while Eurozone peripheral yields edged lower. Greek Government bond yields (16.06% for the 10-year maturity) fell to their …