Date: 2016-09-27 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 215.02, high: 215.23, low: 214.01, close: 214.24, volume: 89827300, daily change: -0.0081
News headlines:
Ex-Treasury Secretary Says Fed Was Wrong to Raise Rates in December
Wells Fargo Claws Back Millions From CEO After Scandal
Singapore’s STI Treads Water in Post-Debate Lull
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Sept. 27
Global Container Volume on Track for Worst Year Since 2009
Health of the U.S. Economy Is a Matter of Debate
Nike Revenue and Profit Rise
U.S. Stocks Bounce Higher
Mexican Peso: The Hot Proxy Bet for the U.S. Election
Wells Fargo to Eliminate Retail Business Sales Goals on Oct. 1
Oil Prices Slide as Traders Doubt OPEC Deal
Goldman Sachs Gives a Glimpse Into Its New Lending Plans
Saudi Oil Minister Offers Hope on Output Curb at November Meeting
Fintech Upstart LendUp Fined
Tempur Sealy Shares Fall as Mattress Company Cuts 2016 Outlook
Pier 1 Imports Adopts a Poison-Pill Measure
Corrigan’s Take: Mediation Essential in Church Bankruptcies
Corrigan’s Take: Mediation Essential in Church Bankruptcies
Around the World, Central Bankers Feel the Heat From Politicians
Sonic Expects to Miss Wall Street Views in Fourth Quarter
Five Things to Watch: Janet Yellen’s Testimony on Regulation
Analysts Forecast 3.1 Million-Barrel Rise in Oil Supplies
Greenberg Takes the Stand in AIG Case
Report Says Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles Is Poorly Run
Comcast Agrees to Buy Harmonic Shares
Amshale Energy Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
World Trade Set for Slowest Yearly Growth Since Global Financial Crisis
Location Sharing App Zenly Raises $22.5M Series B
Sugar Takes Off on Supply Concerns
‘Forceful’ Stimulus Needed to Ensure Return to Normal Interest Rates, Says ECB’s Lane
Cancer Drug-Maker Fortis Therapeutics Launches With $18M Series A
Mexican Peso, Emerging-Market Currencies Rally After U.S. Debate
Creditors Call for Trustee to Take Over San Francisco’s Yellow Cab
PDVSA Bonds Rally After New Swap Proposal
Deutsche Bank Puts Germany in a Bailout Bind
Tyson Foods Pulling Some Chicken Nuggets Off Market
J.P. Morgan Shuffles Execs Amid Wealth Management Moves
Quants Do the Math on a New Target: Insurance
SEC Chairman: Board Diversity is Vital
Rep. Hensarling ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Stress-Test Changes
Examining Dependencies in Global Markets
Natural Gas Hovers Near Recent Highs
U.S. Appeals Court Preliminarily Blocks Pennsylvania Hospital Merger
Worries Grow Over Greek Economic Forecast
Two LVMH Employees Detained in Probe of Security Consultant
Transcript: Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari Answers Reporters’ Questions
Voices: Why to Consider a Team Approach to Wealth Management
Wells Fargo to Pay $400,000 Over Alleged Swaps Reporting Failure
Bank of England Re-Enters the Corporate Debt Market
Firm Retention Summary: Golfsmith International Holdings Inc.
Firm Retention Summary: Delivery Agent Inc.
FDA Takes Step Toward New ‘Healthy’ Labeling
Caesars, Creditors Reach Restructuring Deal
Fed’s Fischer: Having Ultralow Rates ‘Really Bothers Me’
Swift Introduces Security Mandates for Users
Quick Hits: Bank of Korea Releases Minutes; Dutch Banks Squeezed
Asia: Where American Investment-Banking Dreams Go to Die
Florida Condominium Owners in Position to Sue Z Capital
Weatherford Settles With SEC
Judge Strips Samson Resources of Sole Bankruptcy Control
SEC Considers Outsourcing Some Regulation of Money Managers
Viewpoint: Designation Rights Sales Help Retailers Navigate Bankruptcy
Trouble Brewing in the Craft Beer Industry
Funding Snapshot: ProsperWorks Raises $24M for Google Apps-Based CRM
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Employment Index Goes Negative
U.S. Consumer Confidence Rose in September
Ford Fights Back Against Trump Debate Claims
Italy’s Banks Look to an Unlikely Savior: Jamie Dimon
Volkswagen Shares Drop on Reports DoJ Is Sizing Up Criminal Fine
Battle Over Munis Moves to Senate
San Francisco Fed Studies Slow Credit Recovery and Excess Returns on Capital
UBS Claims Low Rates Have Created Housing Bubble
Will Boom in Loans at Retailers, Manufacturers Turn to Bust?
IMF Says Markets Losing Faith in Central Banks’ Ability to Hit Inflation Targets
Retail Sales Fall 0.5%
SeaWorld Shifts to Educational Entertainment, Adds VR Ride
U.S. Home Prices Continued Brisk Growth in July, Case-Shiller Says
Genetic-Testing Startup Color Genomics Closes $45M Series B
Mexican Peso Jumps After First Presidential Debate
Philippines Widens Mining Crackdown, Boosting Nickel Prices
Gulf States Continue Bumper Debt Issuance, Bahrain Next in Line
Weekly Chain-Store Sales Rise
Boston Scientific to Buy EndoChoice
NS1 Raising More Than $20M to Bolster DNS
Chernova’s Take: Is AngelList as Transformative as Some Thought?
Beckon Raises $10M Series B Extension
Aqua Security Raises $9 Million
IHS Markit Swings to Loss
Verlaine’s Take: Walking a Fine Line on Regulation in Europe
Swiss Watch Industry Outlook Worsens
Credit Suisse CEO Expects Challenging Third Quarter
Verlaine’s Take: Walking a Fine Line on Regulation in Europe
U.K. Retailers See Drop in Sales In September
China Targets Property Agencies as Housing Prices Soar
Hannon’s Take: Fearing the Fed
Standard Chartered Is Trying to Get Out of Private Equity
Consumer and Business Lending in Eurozone Grows Slowly, Steadily
U.S. Shale Firms Survive Oil Slump
Stricter Rules Squeeze Dutch Bank Profitability, Central Bank Says
Desperate Central Bankers
ECB and China Extend Currency-Swap Agreement
Asian Shares Broadly Higher After U.S. Presidential Debate
Bitcoin-Inspired Technology Starts to Reshape Currency Markets
Asia Markets Tilt Toward Perceived Clinton Debate Win
BOJ’s Nakaso Says Structural Reforms Need to Accompany Easy Policy
Deutsche Bank Falls on Investor Worries About Capital Needs
Oil Prices Lower on Iran Comments, U.S. Crude Stocks Growth
Palank’s Take: Go Fish
EU to Probe Deutsche Börse, London Stock Exchange Merger
Market direction: Neutral