Date: 2017-02-21 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 233.95, high: 235.09, low: 233.93, close: 235.09, volume: 77204100, daily change: 0.0016
News headlines:
Growth Stocks Lead Again, But Don’t Count Out Value Shares Just Yet
BOJ’s Kuroda Rules Out Further Lowering Negative Rates
Oil Up as OPEC Affirms Output Cut Plan
China Stocks Mixed as Banks Fall, Defensives Up
Wal-Mart, Home Depot Show Big Box Stores Aren’t Dead
Starboard Takes 6.6% Stake in Tribune Media
Judge Clears Plan by U.S. and Witkoff to Sell Hotel
Carl Icahn Takes Stake in Bristol-Myers
Dollar Rallies After Fed Officials’ Remarks
Stock Indexes Climb to Records
Wary Global Investors Hold Back on China
Saudi Aramco Picks J.P. Morgan, HSBC, Morgan Stanley as IPO Underwriters
Ruling Gives Fannie, Freddie Investors Limited Room for Claims
Newmont Mining Swings to Annual Loss on Yanacocha Charges
Woodside Annual Profit Jumps as Production Rises
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Wells Fargo Fires Four Executives Following Probe of Sales Practices
Canada’s Maple Leaf Foods Buys Maker of Meatless Products
Fed’s Williams Says Balance Sheet to Shrink Once Fed Gets Rates Higher
Gas Prices Fall to Six-Month Low From Mild Winter
Oil Prices Rise on OPEC Optimism
First Solar Swings to Loss on Restructuring Charges
Randles’s Take: Bankruptcy Judge Weighs Energy Future Asbestos Injuries
RBA Governor: Lower Rates Increase Fragility of Households
Transcript: Fed’s Neel Kashkari Speaks in Golden Valley, Minn.
OPEC Chief Sees No U.S. Threat as Shale Production Rises
Bidder Says Los Angeles-Area Hospital Didn’t Need to Close
Miners Are Back in the Black
Metals: Copper Rises on Supply Disruptions
Sycamore Partners Wins The Limited Brand at Auction
Quick Hits: BOE’s Haldane Warns on Market Rates, Says Inflation Could Top Target Soon
HSBC to Buy Back More Shares After Net Loss Widens
Community Health Systems Earnings Beat Estimates
Banks Are Lending, Contrary to Republicans’ Claims
Responding to Shocks to the Cost of Very Short-Term Debt
Fed’s Harker Says March Rate Increase Is Possible
United Continental Unveils ‘Basic Economy’ Cheaper Tickets
Vail Resorts to Buy Stowe Mountain Resort Operations From AIG
Bankruptcy Briefing: MF Global, The Limited and Cumulus Media
Firm Retention Summary: Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.
CSX Chief to Retire as Hunter Harrison Vies for Position
UPS to Start Ground Deliveries on Saturdays
Yucaipa Reaches $21.5 Million Deal With Fresh & Easy Creditors
Hensarling: Dodd-Frank Rewrite ‘In Weeks to Come’ | Trump’s SEC Nominee: Time to Ease Regulation | Trump Able to Recast Fed | Verlaine’s Take: Trump Emboldens Deregulatory Europeans
Fed’s Williams Warns Low ‘Natural Rate’ Poses Stability Challenges
Macy’s Profit Tops Views Despite Stumbling Sales
Medtronic Earnings Fall, Sales Rise
Hensarling: Dodd-Frank Rewrite ‘In Weeks to Come’ | Trump’s SEC Nominee: Time to Ease Regulation | Trump Able to Recast Fed | Verlaine’s Take: Trump Emboldens Deregulatory Europeans
Fed’s Kashkari Still Sees Room To Run Strongly In U.S. Economy
Yellen Gives Conservatives Something to Cheer
Inequality Is on the March Again in May’s Britain
John Taylor Calls for Policy Normalization
Owner of Burger King and Tim Hortons to Buy Popeyes
Boeing Looks to Build Satellites More Quickly, With Fewer Workers
BOE Post Examines Tantrums, Massacres and Bond Market Reversals
The Fed Should Raise Rates Next Month
For Best Practice, Take These Fiduciary Steps Now
Nascar, Once a Cultural Icon, Hits the Skids
RBA Paper Looks at Effect of Consumer Sentiment on Consumption
Bank of America CEO Moynihan Gets 25% Pay Bump
Nascar Driver Brad Keselowski Sees Turnaround Ahead
Wal-Mart Posts Strong Holiday Sales
To Survive, Coal Companies Have to Think Small
Tiffany to Add Board Members in Deal with Jana
B. Riley Financial to Buy FBR, Beefing Up Brokerage Business
German ECB Official Under Fire for Praising Inflation
Bristol-Myers Expands Board, Boosts Buybacks Amid Activist Pressure
Organic Food Sales Are Booming; Why Are American Farmers Crying Foul?
Europe’s Periphery Debt Market Welcomes New Member: France
Scripps Networks Revenue Rises
Advance Auto Parts Revenue Boosted by Strong Same-Store Sales
Caesars Unit Secures New Loans
Telefónica Sells Telxius Stake in Debt-Reduction Drive
IMF Official Says Some Progress Made on Greece
Gold Falls After Fed Comment on Rates
Zakrzewski’s Take: Time for Smarter Security Spending
Baidu Raises $1.53 Billion for Video-Streaming Site iQiyi.com
Verlaine’s Take: Trump Emboldens Europeans Looking to Deregulate
Court Rules Thakkar Fully Owns Mara Group
Buell’s Take: The Politics of ECB Tightening
Home Depot Bumps Dividend Up 29%, Announces $15 Billion Buyback
BOE Still Sees Brexit Damaging Economy in Long Run
Eurozone Economy Moves Into Higher Gear
Tyson Seeks Lead in No-Antibiotics Poultry
BHP Billiton Returns to Profit, but Cautions Against Protectionism
U.K. January Budget Surplus Highest Since 2000
Bank of Mexico Governor Delays Move to BIS as Country’s Economy Stumbles
Securitization and Europe’s Bad Loan Problem
Dalian Wanda’s Dick Clark TV Deal Hits Hurdle
BOJ’s Kuroda Won’t Raise Rates on Pressure From U.S. Moves
Dollar Gains as Treasury Yield Rises on Fed Comments
Smartphone Addicts Behind the Wheel Drive Car Insurance Rates Higher
Bank of Mexico to Launch Currency Hedge Program
Palank’s Take: CEOC Restructuring Stings Caesars
Palank’s Take: CEOC Restructuring Stings Caesars
Market direction: Neutral