Date: 2017-04-18 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 233.11, high: 234.57, low: 232.88, close: 234.57, volume: 68405400, daily change: 0.0089
News headlines:
Focus Financial Stake Sale Underscores Allure of Independent Advisers
Ontario to Fight Speculation in Toronto Housing Market
Japan Stocks Turn Higher Even in Risk-Off Moves
Goldman Misses Big on Trading, Trails Rivals Badly
Pacific Consortium Makes All-Cash Bid for Tatts Group
PetSmart’s Latest Bite at E-Commerce: Chewy.com
Oil Prices Fall a Bit Further as Supply Worries Persist
U.S. Stocks Slide as Bank, Health-Care Shares Fall
Harbert Management Reaches New York Settlement
Customers Gravitate to Retirement Accounts With Advisory Fees
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--April 18
Italy Regulator Rules Vivendi Can’t Keep Big Stakes in Both Mediaset, Telecom Italia
Goldman Becomes Latest Wall Street Bank to Ditch Bullish Dollar Outlook
Funding Snapshot: Contract-Research Biotech Company Inoviem Scientific Raises €650,000
Venoco Returns to Bankruptcy Court Despite ‘Great Hopes’
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Panda Power Funds’ Power Plant Files for Chapter 11
Nashville Mall Turns to Madame Tussauds to Draw Crowds
Yahoo’s Revenue, EPS Beat Expectations
U.S. Crude-Oil Inventories Seen Down in Week
Oil Prices Pressured Lower by Supply Concerns
Mastercard Launches Fast Payments on Facebook Messenger
Brokers and Their Approach to the Fiduciary Rule
Natural Gas Settles at Two-Week Low
L’Oreal’s First-Quarter Sales Rise
Jeff Sessions Likely to Keep Up Obama-Era Prosecution of White Collar Crime
Maxus Gets Court OK to Poll Creditors on Passaic River Cleanup
Why Commercial Property Debt Didn’t Blow Up
Justices Grill SEC Over Limiting Power to Make Wrongdoers Give Back Gains
United Airlines Says Corporate Clients Seek Policy Fixes
Sterling Soars After U.K.’s May Calls Early Election
Firm Retention Summary: Sungevity Inc.
Arizona Attorney General Reaches Settlement With Theranos
Regulating ‘Disparate Impact’ Raises Compliance Costs
Billions Gush Into Merrill’s Fee Accounts as Obama-Era Rule Looms
Bank of America Reports Jump in Earnings
Motivational Text Message Service Shine Raises $2.5 Million
Quarles Would Be Another ‘Clone’ at the Fed
Wal-Mart in Talks With Bonobos
Automation in Labor Could Worsen Income Inequality, BoC Official Warns
Caesars Entertainment Unit’s Bankruptcy Bills Near $400 Million
Harley Revenue Falls 14% As Dealers Work Through Inventory
South32 Drops Plan to Buy Peabody Energy’s Australia Mine
New CSX CEO Shakes Up Railroad, Starting With ‘Hump Yards’
Solar Cell Maker Suniva Seeks Trade Aid to Survive
Cardinal Health to Buy Medtronic Businesses for $6.1 Billion
EU Says U.K. General Election Will Not Alter Bloc’s Resolve on Brexit Talks
UnitedHealth Profits Rise as it Exits Exchanges
Hollywood’s New Script: You Can’t Make Movies Without China
J&J Lifts Forecast on Actelion Tie-Up
Fed’s George Says Continuing With Rate Rises Is ‘Necessary’
Canada Existing Home Sales Up 1.1% in March
U.S. Housing Starts Fell 6.8% in March
Charles Schwab Profit Rises as New Accounts Surge
IMF Cuts Turkey’s 2017 Growth Forecast as Politics Cloud Outlook
U.S. Industrial Production Rose in March
IMF Upgrades U.K. 2017, 2018 Growth Forecast as Brexit Fears Ease
IMF Boosts Global Growth Forecast to 3.5% Despite Geopolitical Angst
Tata Consultancy Profit Rises Amid Visa Scrutiny
Brazil Central Bank Signals Economic Recovery Slower Than Previously Expected
The Risk of Rising Consumer Borrowing | Expected Fed Pick Seen as Moderate on Regulation, Firebrand on Rates | China’s Slow Market Opening | Witkowski’s Take: As GOP Targets CFPB, Democrats Dig In
CyberGRX Takes On Third-Party Risk
Chernova’s Take: The Darker Side of the Limelight
Witkowski’s Take: As GOP Targets CFPB, Democrats Dig In
Digital-Health Startup Murj Raises $4.5 Million
The Risk of Rising Consumer Borrowing | Expected Fed Pick Seen as Moderate on Regulation, Firebrand on Rates | China’s Slow Market Opening | Witkowski’s Take: As GOP Targets CFPB, Democrats Dig In
Torry’s Take: Protectionism Barks At Spring Meetings, But Will It Bite?
Post Holdings Buys Weetabix in $1.76 Billion Deal
Sterling Drops On News of Unscheduled May Statement
Japan’s Abe Presses Ahead With Makeover of BOJ Board
Tesla’s Robotics Unit Faces Threat of Strike in Germany
Bitcoin Exchanges Hit Snags
United Earnings Beat Expectations
Corrigan’s Take: Gander Mountain Says Bankruptcy Should Block Gun Control Lawsuit
Corrigan’s Take: Gander Mountain Says Bankruptcy Should Block Gun Control Lawsuit
Market direction: Neutral