By Jamie McGeever

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -U.S. and world stocks leaped on Monday as hopes that the U.S. government shutdown could soon end sparked a tech-fueled relief rally, while the yen slumped after Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated her preference for looser fiscal and less hawkish monetary policy.

More on that below. In my column today I look at the role currency hedging played in delivering a surprise ‘win-win’ for the Trump administration this year – a weaker dollar, and a Wall Street boom. Could the same stars align next year?

If you have more time to read, here are a few articles I recommend to help you make sense of what happened in markets today.

Today’s Key Market Moves

Today’s Talking Points

* Shutting down the shutdown

The end of the longest U.S. gove

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