Date: 2016-04-18 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 208.01, high: 208.17, low: 207.4, close: 207.78, volume: 75761600, daily change: -0.0011
News headlines:
Regulators to Focus on Hedge Funds’ Borrowing
China Halting Creation of New Investment Businesses
Boston Fed’s Cybercrime Prevention Efforts Draw More Interest
China’s Economic Data Paints Mixed Picture, Raises Questions
Target to Raise Minimum Wage to $10 an Hour
Boston Fed’s Eric Rosengren Warns Investors Have Wrong Rate View
Oil Rally Loses Its Biggest Catalyst
Banks Clear a Lowered Bar
The Damage Bernie’s Hillary Bashing May Do
Hasbro Sales Sing With Help of ‘Frozen’ and Disney Princess Dolls
Correlation Between Oil Prices, Stocks Weakens
Spirit Airlines’ Revenue Better Than Expected
Watchdog Again Criticizes CFTC Over Leasing
Senators Ask GAO to Study Fintech
Illumina Lowers Revenue Guidance
Fed’s Kashkari Says Putting Risk on Investors Is Insufficient
Sony, Estate of Michael Jackson Complete Sony/ATV Pact
N.Y. Fed Adds Wells Fargo as a Primary Dealer
‘Living Wills’ Need Proper Regulation
Merrill Adds Nine Brokers
Commodity Currencies Rise
Low Inflation Weighs on W.W. Grainger
Heavy Rains Take Toll on Argentina’s Soybeans
Brazil’s Political Turmoil Doesn’t Scare Off International Investors
Finance Watch
How Fast Can China Grow?
What’s Wrong With Negative Rates?
Vestis Retail Group Initiates Chapter 11 Proceedings
Airbus Venture to Churn Out Satellites
Dow Industrials Top 18000 for First Time Since July
U.S. Banks Loosen Mortgage-Lending Spigot, a Bit
Houston Ship Channel Resumes Departures After Storms
GM Earnings: What to Watch
Head of French Central Bank Warns of Immediate ‘Brexit’ Effects
Gold Prices Rise Amid Oil Uncertainty
Alaska Air, Virgin America File Deal Paperwork
Turkey’s New Central Bank Head Expected to Cut Rates in Inaugural Move
Can High-Frequency Traders Predict Order Flow?
Banking Is Bright Spot for Brokerages
PepsiCo Sounds Warning on Global Economy
Carnival Cruises to Cuba From U.S. Face Potential Delay
L’Oreal First-Quarter Sales Rose 1.7%
Deutsche Asset Management’s Quintin Price Takes Medical Leave
Transcript of The Wall Street Journal’s Interview with BOJ’s Haruhiko Kuroda
The Popularity of Yahoo’s Products
Bank-Stock Rebound Comes Too Late for Some Money Managers
Mexican Officials Seek to Reassure Investors About Pemex
Steps Needed to Close Gender Gap in Financial Services
Vattenfall to Incur Up to $3.3 Billion From Sale of German Lignite Assets
Open Text to Acquire Some HP Assets
Homebuilder Confidence Holds Steady This Month
UnitedHealth Earnings: What to Watch
Aurora Behavioral Health Care Hires Goldman to Find Financial Backer
Fed’s Dudley: Rate Rises to be ‘Gradual and Cautious’
Gulf Stocks Recover After Doha Talks
Cvent to Be Taken Private in $1.65 Billion Deal
Clinical Development News, April 11-15
New Avon Appoints Abbott Labs Executive as New CEO
GenSight Biologics Withdraws IPO
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--April 15
Russia Says Gulf States Added Last-Minute Demands at Doha
J.B. Hunt Earnings Rise, Helped by Better Revenue
Wrap Media Adds $9M for Mobile Marketing
Voices: Consider Trusteed IRAs for Clients With Alzheimer’s
Plans for EU Deposit-Insurance Scheme Contain Trade-Off, Says Bundesbank’s Dombret
Tracy’s Take: FSOC’s Asset-Management ‘Update’—What to Watch
M&T Bank Results Top Views
EU Energy Chief Sees Significant Role for Iranian LNG
Hilsenrath’s Take: Central Bankers in Dovish Mood as Fed, BOJ Meetings Approach
Spain’s CaixaBank Expects To Close Deal For Banco BPI
Tracy’s Take: FSOC’s Asset-Management ‘Update’
Stocks Fall in Asia After Failed Oil Deal
German Growth to Slow Says Central Bank
Central Bankers Urged to Use ‘GDP Deflator’ to Measure Price Pressure
New Fund to Guarantee UniCredit’s Commitment on Vicenza Rights Issue
CIMB Chairman Takes Leave of Absence
China’s Reforms Give Global Economy Some Breathing Room, Leaders Say
RBA’s Stevens Brings Strong Message to U.S.
Spanish Bank Deals in Portugal Raise Hackles
An Empty Warning From the G-20
Yen Flirts With 18-Month High
Oil Tumbles After Failed Deal at Doha
1MDB and Abu Dhabi Feud Over Coming Bond Payment
Nikkei Down on Concerns About Quake Ripples, Higher Yen
Oil Prices Fall on Failed Oil Deal; Pare Some Losses
More Chinese Cities Show Rising House Prices in March
European Companies Shortlisted for Australia’s A$40 Bln Defense Deals
Market direction: Neutral