Monday Evening Links

[Reuters] Trade optimism lifts stocks, but 2018 ends in red

[CNBC] House Democrats have reportedly prepared spending bills to end shutdown

[WSJ] Corporate Profit Crunch Looms as Stocks Slide

[WSJ] Great Retreat from Global Bank Lending Continues

[FT] Stock market rout in 2018 leaves investors bruised and wary

[FT] Franklin Square loan fund plunges after switch to KKR