Date: 2017-02-16 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 233.45, high: 235.14, low: 233.39, close: 234.92, volume: 86785800, daily change: 0.0052
News headlines:
PBOC Net Foreign-Exchange Sales at CNY208.77 Billion in January
States Sticking to Retirement Savings Plans Despite Vote
Oil Makes Modest Gains But Remains in a Tight Range
Hunter Harrison Frustrated by CSX Board, Activist Partner
Chinese Stocks Trading Up with Broad Gains
Silver Lake, Softbank to Join New $500 Million Investment in Lender SoFi
Fund’s $600 Million Lost Week Captivates Traders
Mobile Game Startup Storm8 Lays Off 130
Money-Laundering Rules Ripe for Overhaul, Bank Group Says
S&P 500 Snaps Winning Streak
Community Health Sells Eight Hospitals to Steward Health Care
Con Ed Settles With New York Over Fatal 2014 East Harlem Explosion
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Feb. 16
Carlyle Founders Collect Around $212 Million in Dividends in 2016
Online Lender On Deck Takes Another Hit on a Record Loss
TransCanada Tries Again for Nebraska’s Approval of Keystone
Corrigan’s Take: Relativity Ruling Helps Safeguard Banker Fees
SCANA Drawing Up Contingency Plans for S.C. Reactors
Corrigan’s Take: Relativity Ruling Helps Safeguard Banker Fees
21st Century Fox Faces Probe Over Funds to Settle Sexual-Harassment Claims
Embattled CFPB Gets a Legal Reprieve
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Court to Reconsider Power of SEC Administrative Law Judges
Cabela’s Hurt by Falling Same-Store Sales
Cree and Infineon Call Off Wolfspeed Deal
Homer City Generation Wins Chapter 11 Plan Approval
Dollar Declines on Political Uncertainty
AT&T to Sell Unlimited Wireless Data Plan Without Pay TV
Startup Dauntless Pitches Drugs One Company at a Time
Ventas In Talks to Buy Part or All of Brookdale Senior Living
Oil Gains on Possible Extension to Production Cuts
Hensarling Is Wrong About the CFPB
Fischer Says Fed on Path for Gradual Rate Increases
Theranos Had $200 Million in Cash Left at Year-End
Fantasy Aces Website Faces Questions About Players’ Accounts
Film Distributor Owner Files For Bankruptcy
How Individuals Can Get In on Venture Investing
Gold Gains as Bond Yields Fall
Transcript: Boston Fed’s Eric Rosengren Speaks in New York
The Reflation Dream Cloaks Potential Political Shocks
Addressing the Safety Trilemma: a Safe Sovereign Asset for the Eurozone
Allianz to Boost Dividend, Buy Back Shares
Natural Gas Falls to Nearly-Three-Month Low
Deere Earnings: What to Watch
Fidelity Investments Reports Record Revenue in 2016
Charter Communications Reports Weak Subscriber Growth
Who’s Sucking Up All the World’s Safest Bonds?
Falling Correlations Spell Opportunity for Investors
MF Global and PwC to Face Off in $3 Billion Malpractice Lawsuit
With $15 Left in the Bank, a Baby Boomer Makes Peace With Less
Why Shocks to Large Banks Cause Big GDP Swings
Lockhart: Economy Could Spur Fed to Move More Quickly
Bob Diamond’s African Dreams Start to Unravel
Dean Foods Gives Downbeat Guidance
Eurozone Growth Disparity Could Fuel Populism, Says Top Official
Kashkari: Make Big Banks Put 20% Down—Just Like Home Buyers Do
Time Revenue Continues to Slide as Print Ad Dollars Dry Up
EU Bailout Chief Says Public Mistrust Is a Major Risk
Mattress Maker Tempur Sealy Swings to Profit
U.S. Housing Starts Slide in January
Dollar Weakens Broadly
OpenFin Deposits $15 Million to Help Bankers Work Together
Visa’s Wants Your Car to Pay for Gas at the Pump
Bombardier Posts Worse-Than-Expected Loss
Kate Spade Confirms It Is Exploring Options
Mnuchin Deputy Considered for Comptroller Job
Cenovus Energy Posts Surprise Quarterly Profit
ECB Shows No Sign of Cutting Stimulus
Firm Retention Summary: Michigan Sporting Goods Distributors Inc.
Philadelphia Fed Index Unexpectedly Rises
Freddie Mac Sending $4.5 Billion Dividend to Treasury
MGM Resorts Profit Short of Expectations; Dividend Announced
Hyatt Hotels Revenue Falls
Voices: Fiduciary Path Is the Right One, With Rule or Without
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Slightly
Puzder Out | Piwowar Curbs SEC Enforcement Staff Powers| Mnuchin Ex-Lieutenant as Comptroller? | Dudley Backs Dodd-Frank Rethink | Buell’s Take: Global Insurers Brace for Trump Impact
Tech Startup Optimism Tempered by Competition, Federal Policies: Survey
Young Consumers Tap Online Market for Recycled Apparel
Avon Revenue Slides Amid Fewer Sales Reps
Encana Narrows Loss
Buell’s Take: Insurers Brace for Trump Impact on Global Standards
Chernova’s Take: Accelerating Too Fast and Running Out of Gas
Wendy’s Earnings, Sales Fall
Puzder Out | Piwowar Curbs SEC Enforcement Staff Powers| Mnuchin Ex-Lieutenant as Comptroller? | Dudley Backs Dodd-Frank Rethink | Buell’s Take: Global Insurers Brace for Trump Impact
Torry’s Take: Markets Put March in Play On Yellen’s Congressional Testimony
ECB’s Easy-Money Policies Weigh on Profit
Brazil Central Bank Data Points to Sharp GDP Contraction in 2016
Bank Indonesia Keeps Benchmark Repo Rate Unchanged
Asian Corporate-Bond Investors Shrug Off Trump Doubts
German Safety Standards Firm Could Face Huge Damages Over Faulty Breast Implants
Low Real Interest Rates
Biswas’s Take: Neiman Marcus Earnings Could Prompt Strategic Moves
Market direction: Neutral