Date: 2016-10-18 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 213.09, high: 213.39, low: 212.17, close: 212.38, volume: 58275700, daily change: -0.0035
News headlines:
Chinese Equity Markets Slightly Up as 3Q GDP Holds No Surprises
DiCaprio Cooperating With 1MDB Probe
BHP Billiton Flags Early Signs of Commodities Recovery
WSJ Pro Conference: Volcker Resists Bank Breakups, Bair Opposes Risk-Weighting
China Industrial Output Growth Slows in September
Oil Prices Up on Waning U.S. Crude Stocks
Transcript: Barney Frank at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: Road Ahead for Enforcement at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: Governing Fintech at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: Lawrence Kudlow at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: FinReg Meets AI at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: Antonio Weiss at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Transcript: J. Christopher Giancarlo at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Crown’s Luck Runs Out as China Widens Casino Crackdown
Wells Fargo Delays Bond Sale After S&P Revises Outlook
Transcript: Sheila Bair at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Video: Going After Individuals for Financial Misconduct
Transcript: Sarah Bloom Raskin at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Video: Hillary Clinton Should Be More Definitive on Regulation, Sheila Bair Says
Transcript: Paul Volcker at WSJ Pro Financial Regulation Event
Metropoulos to Invest in Utz Quality Foods
Video: Liquidity in Mind of Beholder, Volcker Says
OPEC Oil-Cut Believers Show Up in Options
Volcker: Breaking Up Big Banks Wouldn’t Help
U.S. Stocks Rise on Upbeat Earnings
Goldman Sachs Profit Climbs on Trading Revenue
Investor Calls on Taubman Centers to Tighten Up or Explore Sale
Starwood Capital Sells Stake in $2 Billion Hotel Portfolio to China Life
Dick’s, Others Said to Be Vying for Golfsmith Stores
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Oct. 18
Cooling Appliance Makers Brace for Post-HFC Era
Chile’s Central Bank Keeps Policy Rate at 3.5%
John Stumpf Resigns From Boards of Target and Chevron
Mexico’s Pemex Seeks Partners for Shallow Water Fields
Winklevoss Brothers Choose State Street to Help Launch Bitcoin ETF
Cree Swings to Quarterly Profit But Revenue Remains Challenged
Leanplum Raises $29M Series C Led by Canaan Partners
Oil Prices Gain as Dollar Retreats
U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Expected to Increase
Visa Boosts Dividend by 18%
Liberty Global to Acquire Multimedia Polska
Dollar Pares Losses Following Price Data
Hawaii’s Mountain Thunder Coffee Faces Bankruptcy
New CEO Set for Sony Music Entertainment
Women Who Take Career Breaks Risk Retirement-Savings Shortfalls
Rizzo’s Take: AstroTurf’s Turf War
Apartment Rental Site Zumper Raises $17.6M Series B
Rizzo’s Take: AstroTurf’s Turf War
Social Security Taxes to Rise for Higher-Income Americans
Natural Gas Rebounds Amid Winter Concerns
Cost of SunEdison Case Tops $60 Million
VW Compensation for Some U.S. Owners Nears Approval
Florida’s Central Beef Asks Judge to Approve Sale Timeline
Draghi Faces Test at ECB Meeting Amid Investor Nerves
Ernst & Young to Pay $11.8 Million to Settle SEC Claims
Gold Prices Rise on Weaker Dollar
Firm Retention Summary: Delivery Agent Inc.
Comerica Profit Grows on Cost Cuts, Smaller Loan Provisions
French Nuclear Regulator Orders EDF to Halt Reactors for Tests
Nine Regional Fed Banks Wanted to Raise Discount Rate in September
Viewpoint: Equity Committees Help Ensure Accurate Valuations
Quick Hits: Goldman CFO on Commodities Activity, ECB’s ‘Chaotic’ Credit QE
Eurostar Considers Cuts to Services, Jobs
Bankruptcy Watchdog Raises Issues With Così Sale
Time to Revamp the CFPB Structure
Big Oil to Start Spending Again After Two-Year Slump
Bank of Canada Expected to Hold Key Rate Steady
Auto Credit and the 2005 Bankruptcy Law
Brazil’s Caixa Trying to Avoid Government Capital Injection
Harley-Davidson Earnings Fall as it Plans Cutbacks
Sprint Continues to Add More Customers
The Big Number
J&J Brushes Off Looming Biosimilar Competition
Regions Financial Revenue, Profit Grow as Staffing Levels Decrease
Statoil CEO: Oil Market Heading Toward Balancing Point
U.S. Home-Builder Sentiment Edged Lower in October
UnitedHealth Tops Views, Boosts Outlook
Lime Energy Settles SEC Accounting Fraud Claims
China Limits Number of Securities Accounts That Locals Can Own
Nevada Weighs Electricity-Market Deregulation
U.S. Consumer Prices Rose a Steady 0.3%
German Finance Minister Wants Budget Watchdog With Teeth
Wanda Chairman Courts Hollywood With Praise and Prescriptions
Channel Technologies Group Files for Chapter 11
BlackRock Assets Pass $5 Trillion as Earnings Climb
From Monetary to Fiscal Stimulus: Making the Same Mistakes Again?
Canada August Factory Sales Rose 0.9%
U.S. Retail Sales Flat in First Two Weeks of October
Kansas City Southern Earnings Slip as Commodities Slide
AIG to Sell Some Latin American and European Operations to Fairfax
Calling Tehran: Vodafone Leaps Into Iran With Internet-Service Deal
U.S. Weekly Chain-Store Sales Decline
GBP Hits One-Week Highs Versus USD, EUR
Banks Tell ECB That Negative Rate Hurts Their Earnings
Philip Morris Earnings Flat
Ackerman’s Take: The Simmering Fight Over Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
Uganda Cuts Key Lending Rate to 13%
Chinese Peer-to-Peer Lender Ppdai Plans U.S. IPO
Domino’s Pizza Profit Boosted by Strong Sales
Threatmetrix Raises $30M in Debt Financing
Hypr Raises $3M to Replace Passwords With Biometrics
Oblong Industries Announces $65M in Growth Funding
Chernova’s Take: Trade-Offs in Diligence
True North Adds $45M to Test Rare Autoimmune Treatment
Obvious Ventures Backs Joy’s Photo Ambitions
Rising Bond Yields Let ECB Cruise For Now
Ackerman’s Take: The Simmering Fight Over Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
U.K. Inflation Nears Two-Year High
Ryanair Lowers Profit Outlook on Slump in Pound
Central Banks Risk Loss of Independence
U.K. to Stamp Out Longstanding Investment-Banking Practices
China New Yuan Loans Top Expectations in September
Ebbing U.S. Rate Expectations and China Credit Data Lift Asian Shares
James Packer Concerned About Detained Crown Employees
Sonnen Secures $85M for Energy Storage
Heal Raises $27M Series A for Doctor House Calls
Startup Chorus Brings Artificial Intelligence to Enterprise Sales
Heal Raises $38.5M Series A for Doctor House Calls
Worker Revolt Roils Beam Amid Bourbon Boom
Market direction: Neutral