Date: 2017-05-15 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 239.09, high: 239.43, low: 238.67, close: 238.98, volume: 53912700, daily change: -0.0017
News headlines:
RBA’s Minutes Flag Housing, Jobs for Careful Monitoring
Ford Aims to Cut Global Workforce by Roughly 10%
Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund to Cut Stake in UBS
Asia Stocks Open Higher; Nikkei Approaches 20000
Brazil’s JBS Posts Net Profit
Speculators Spark Surge in Cotton Prices, Upending Mills and Merchants
Brazilian Airline Azul Focused on Cutting Debt, More Capacity After IPO
Unreleased Disney Film Target of Online Piracy Threat
AIG’s New CEO Says He Won’t Break Up the Company
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--May 15
ValueAct’s Jeffrey Ubben Hands Reins to Protégé Mason Morfit
AllianceBernstein Is Selling Bond-Trading Software
Genoa Pharmaceuticals Inhales $62 Million Series A
Berkshire Hathaway Confirms Warren Buffett’s Apple, IBM Moves
Investors Come Home to Gains
Bank of Cleveland Paper Analyzes Housing Voucher Effects on Test Scores
The Other Side of the Fed’s Balance Sheet
Trump Administration Committed to Revamping Fannie and Freddie, Official Says
Normalizing Monetary Policy Could Be a Major Car Crash for Investors
U.S. Stocks Up on Energy, Mining Companies
Dollar Slips as Oil Boosts Commodity Currencies
Oil Prices Jump on Talk of Extending Production Cuts
Copper Gains on Optimism for China’s Economy
Natural-Gas Prices Recede on Mild Weather Forecasts
Judge Confirms Sotera Wireless Bankruptcy Plan
SquareTwo Sued To Protect Maryland Class Action
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Quick Hits: German Voters Watching ECB Policy Ahead of Elections
Tech Employees Are Anonymously Venting on a Popular Korean App
Clarke to Lead Bidding at Mountain Pass Bankruptcy Auction
Saudi Arabia, Russia Want Nine-Month Extension to Deal on Oil Output Cuts
J.P. Morgan Buys Dublin Office Tower, Makes Room to Expand Outside London
SEC Charges Ex-Nomura Traders With Lying to Customers
Boeing Picks St. Louis for Potential Jet Plant
Toisa Creditors Demand Greater Say in Chapter 11
Can Trump Deliver 3% Growth? Stubborn Realities Stand in the Way
Central Grocers Gets Offer for Strack & Van Til Stores
Thermo Fisher to Buy Patheon for $5.2 Billion
Liquidity Requirements Hurt Economic Growth
Home Sales Jump to Near-Boom-Era Levels
Former Paramount Pictures Head Brad Grey Dies at 59
As Trump Embraces Controversy, the Stakes Get Higher
IMF Calls on Germany to Boost Spending
Cotton Surges to Daily Trading Limit
Voices: Want to Develop Your RIA Practice? Try a Benchmarking Survey
Sears Sues Chinese Vendor Over Contract Dispute
Stress Test Scenarios and Small Business Lending
Firm Retention Summary: Campbellton-Graceville Hospital Corp.
Puerto Rico Development Bank Strikes Creditor Deal
New Jersey Developer to Create Affordable-Housing Training Program
Canada Existing Home Sales Fall 1.7% in April
Black Elk to Pay $4.2 Million for 2012 Oil Platform Fire
Empire State Manufacturing Survey Shows Optimism Remains High
ECB’s Nouy: Changes to European Banking Rules Don’t Go Far Enough
WSJ Dollar Index Edges Down
Moody’s Buys Dutch Data Provider Bureau van Dijk
Creighton’s Take: Wallop for Australian Banks
Bitcoin’s Role in Global Hack | Chinese Banks Rattled by Regulators | Quintenz Renominated to CFTC | More CEOs Ousted After Ethical Breaches | Creighton’s Take: Wallop for Australian Banks
Zakrzewski’s Take: Changes to Net Neutrality Could Hurt Likes of Snap
Target’s New Online Strategy: Less Is More
Bitcoin’s Role in Global Hack | Chinese Banks Rattled by Regulators | Quintenz Renominated to CFTC | More CEOs Ousted After Ethical Breaches | Creighton’s Take: Wallop for Australian Banks
Hannon’s Take: ECB Defends Its Euro Stance
Indonesia’s Central Bank Tightens Control on Flow of Foreign Currencies
Vodacom to Buy 35% Stake in Kenya’s Safaricom From Vodafone
China Central Bank Sets Up Panel to Study Fintech Sector
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--May 12
Clinical Development News, May 8-12
Renault Looks to Resume Production at Some Plants
Hackers’ Apparent Take: $51,000
NASA’s Mega-Rocket and Deep-Space Capsule Face Concerns
Randles’s Take: Supermarket Is Racing the Clock on Rent
Randles’s Take: Supermarket Is Racing the Clock on Rent
Market direction: Neutral