Date: 2017-02-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 226.98, high: 227.6, low: 226.32, close: 227.53, volume: 75880800, daily change: -0.0001
News headlines:
Scaramucci’s White House Role Now Uncertain
South Korea Inflation Touches More Than Four-Year High
ClearMotion Grabs $100 Million to Smooth Car Rides
New York Pension Scandal Prompts Firing of Second Employee
Reckitt Benckiser Is in Talks to Buy Mead Johnson
Singapore Stocks Retreat From 15-Month High
Oil Futures Pull Back in Asia After Overnight Rally
Plan to Oust Malaysian Investor from Hotel Consortium Proposed
Dollar Caught Between President Trump’s Tough Talk, Policy Plans
U.S. Bacon Supplies Fall to Record Low for December
Nomura Posts Healthy Profit Gain
Apple Shares Push Up Tech Stocks
Abercrombie & Fitch Names Fran Horowitz CEO
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Feb. 1
Judge Approves Sale of Scout Media to CBS For $9.5 Million
U.S. Factory Activity Accelerated to Fastest Pace in More Than Two Years
New York Rent Rules Face Court Test
J.P. Morgan to Pay Lehman Post-Bankruptcy Estate $797.5 Million
Hawkishness Ebbed in Fed Statement, According to Firm’s Analysis
Borak’s Take: $50 Billion ‘SIFI’ Threshold Up for a Rethink
A Tower Rises in Queens
MetLife Posts $2.13 Billion Loss, Misses Estimates
The CFPB’s Enforcement Spree
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Implant Sciences Shareholders Gain Right to Sue Platinum Funds
38 Studios Final Defendant Agrees to $16 Million Settlement
Fed Stands Pat, Offers No Hint on Next Rate Move
Natural Gas Prices Rise Amid Colder Forecasts
Dollar Pares Gains After Fed Statement
Axis Capital Operating Earnings Fall
RushCard, Mastercard Fined Over 2015 Customer Lockout
J.P. Morgan Moves Small-Business Chief to Credit-Card Unit
Edwards Lifesciences Revenue Rises
Oil Rises After First Month of OPEC Cuts
Charter Sued by New York Over Internet Speeds
The Path Forward for European Financial Market Infrastructure
Stech’s Take: Software Dispute Ends With Appeals-Court Ruling
Stech’s Take: Software Dispute Ends With Appeals-Court Ruling
United Continental Eyes Alliance With Colombia’s Avianca
New York Housewares Retailer Gracious Home Seeks Rebirth
Siemens Boss Reverses Course on Trump, Criticizes Travel Ban
Recalibrating Material Standards for Corporate Disclosures
U.S. Natural-Gas Stockpiles Seen Down in Week
Young People Less Confident They’ll Be Homeowners
Credit-Card Fraud Keeps Rising, Despite New Security Chips—Study
Gold Pares Losses After Fed Statement
Tips on Avoiding Identity Theft
Medical Helicopter Company Air Methods Exploring a Sale
Returning a 19th-Century Building to Its Original Glory
Greece’s Deadlocked Debt Talks Unnerve Investors
Ruptured U.S. Oil Pipeline May Restart In ‘A Few’ Days
Janet Yellen and Lawmakers: A Timeline of Meetings
A Revamp at the Fed? Ways Lawmakers Have Sought Central-Bank Change
Volkswagen’s Emissions Bill Could Surpass $25 Billion
U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls
Anthem to Evaluate Future With ACA
Altria Profit Lifted on Anheuser-Busch InBev Stake
U.S. Oil, Fuel Inventories Climb Sharply
Lufthansa CEO Sees Capacity Glut Easing as Mideast Carriers Face Slowdown
Democrats Oppose Mnuchin Over Testimony | Is CFPB Subject to Trump Memos? | SEC to Reconsider ‘Conflict Minerals’ Rule | ECB Gets Pushback Over Bank Regulation | Borak’s Take: $50 Billion ‘SIFI’ Threshold Up for a Rethink
Why the Homeownership Rate Isn’t Likely to Take Off Anytime Soon
America Needs a Steady, Strategic Fed, Warsh Says
International Regulator Publishes Draft Standards Around Too-Big-To-Fail Clearinghouses
How Kids Displaced Dads as Rulers of the Household, According to Economists
Opinions on Dodd-Frank Sharply Divided by Politics
Mountain Pass Mine to be Auctioned in Bankruptcy
EQT Bids for European Parking Lot Operator Q-Park
Private-Sector Hiring Off to Strong Start in 2017
Tupperware Earnings Top Views
Democrats Oppose Mnuchin Over Testimony | Is CFPB Subject to Trump Memos? | SEC to Reconsider ‘Conflict Minerals’ Rule | ECB Gets Pushback Over Bank Regulation | Borak’s Take: $50 Billion ‘SIFI’ Threshold Up for a Rethink
Dominion Resources Warns of Lower Earnings in 2017
Marathon Petroleum Posts Revenue, Profit Gains
Johnson Controls Profit Falls on Tyco Tie-Up Costs
Oneok to Buy Remaining Stake in Oneok Partners
Converting a Palace of the Past Into Luxury Condos
Revolution Growth Backs Industrial IoT Startup Uptake at $2 Billion Valuation
Roche Unfazed by Trump’s Drug-Price Comments
Gormley’s Take: As IPO Market Tightens, Biotechs Find Another Route to Public Listing
Standard Chartered Takes Aim at Mature Markets
BlackRock Goes $3.7 Billion Deeper Into Pipelines and Power
Hannon’s Take: Closer, But Not Yet Close Enough
Fed Unlikely to Make Its Next Rate Move Wednesday
ECB Gets Pushback Over Bank Regulation
CFPB In Limbo Over Status Concerning White House Directives
Deutsche Bank Beset by Grim Morale, Uncertain Profit Outlook
As Politics Get Heated, Investors Head to Familiar Shores
Is the Deflation Cycle Over?
Saudi Oil Minister Applauds Trump’s Energy Policy
BBVA Profit Falls as Trump’s Mexico Stance Hits Peso
BOJ’s Kuroda Pushes Back Against Trump’s Claim on Yen Devaluation
Yen Slips Against Dollar as Kuroda Defends Currency Policy
Univision Pulls Channels From Charter Communications
Pratt & Whitney Reshuffles Senior Ranks
Market direction: Neutral