Date: 2017-01-24 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 226.74, high: 226.81, low: 225.27, close: 226.15, volume: 75061600, daily change: -0.0026
News headlines:
South Korea GDP Growth Less Sluggish Than Expected in Fourth Quarter
Discover Financial’s Profit Rises
China Floods Financial System With Cash Ahead of Lunar New Year
Alcoa Expects Global Aluminum Glut to Ease
Dollar Moderately Lower on Trump Jawboning Jitters
Oil Eases in Asia Trading as Focus Turns to Inventories
GenePeeks Launches Disease Screening for Would-Be Parents
Taiwan’s 4Q Economic Growth Accelerates on Year
Dow Jumps More Than 100 Points
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Jan. 24
Rio Tinto Unloads Most of Its Coal Assets in $2.4 Billion Deal
Bob Evans in $565 Million Deal to Sell Restaurants to Golden Gate Capital
Judge Throws Out Community Banks’ Suit Against Credit-Union Regulator
Asian Shares Higher as Risk Appetites Resurface
Gary Cohn’s Goldman Exit Tops $100 Million
Japan Logs First Annual Trade Surplus in Six Years
Hedge Fund Sues Other American Apparel Lenders
As Stocks Charge Higher, Some Bet on Reversal
Blackstone Wins Fannie’s Backing for Rental-Home Debt
Canadian National Railway Profit Rises
Court Reinstates Theft Conviction of Ex-Goldman Programmer
Texas Instruments’ Profit Rises
South Korea GDP Grows 0.4% in 4Q, Expanding 2.7% in 2016
Whirlpool to Restructure Dryer Manufacturing in Europe
U.S. Crude-Oil Inventories Seen Up in Week
Do We Still Need the Keystone Pipeline?
Lockheed Martin 2017 Guidance Falls Short
Cordray Says CFPB Will Continue Enforcement Mandate
Capital One Profit Falls Despite Revenue Growth
Finance Watch
Travelers Posts Record Operating Profit
Oil Prices Rise on Production Cut Confidence
Intuitive Surgical Profit Rises 7%
LendingHome Raising $100 Million Round for Real-Estate Financing
Randles’s Take: Peabody Equity Committee Turned Away Over Fees
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Settle Misleading-Claims Charges in Forex Trading Program
Dollar Firms as Focus Remains on Trump
Quick Hits: Yuan Setting, BOJ Rate Target, ECB Bond Purchases
Natural Gas Rises on Hopes for Colder Weather
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Randles’s Take: Peabody Equity Committee Turned Away Over Fees
Linn Energy Wins Approval of Chapter 11 Exit Plan
Transcript: Q&A With CFPB Director Richard Cordray
Pizza Hut Franchisee Files for Bankruptcy
Trump to Address Joint Session of Congress Next Month
Turkish Central Bank Raises Rates as It Struggles to Boost Lira
3M Stands by Mexico Business Plan
Kimberly-Clark Records Small Sales Gain
Chaparral Energy Wins Court Approval of Disclosure Statement
Don’t Mess With the Fintech Status Quo
Wal-Mart to Cut 200 E-Commerce Staffers
Verizon Revenue Falls Again
Lockheed Martin Maintains F-35 Pricing Plan
Eurozone Economy Slows Despite More Buoyant France
Johnson & Johnson Posts Rise in Revenue and Profit, Issues Cautious Forecast
Collateral Frameworks: The Open Secret of Central Banks
At Wells Fargo, Bank Branches Were Tipped Off to Inspections
Technology vs. the Middle Class
Existing Home Sales Fell 2.8% in December
NBER Paper Looks at Effects of Quasi-Random Monetary Experiments
Richmond Fed Survey Shows Factory Activity Strengthened in January
Turkey Employs Unorthodox Measure in Attempt to Stabilize Currency
Hungary Keeps Interest Rate at Record Low
A Conversation With CFPB Chief Richard Cordray
AK Steel Narrows Its Loss
Etihad CEO Hogan to Leave
Interested in Careers in Wealth Management? Tips for Young Prospects
Janus Capital Revenue, Profit Fall
Big-Bank Executives Have Sold $100 Million in Shares Since Election
China Reverses Rules on Insurers’ Stock Buying
South African Reserve Bank Keeps Main Repo Rate at 7%
CFPB’s Cordray Presses On | Former SEC Enforcement Chief Rejoins Old Firm | Mnuchin Suggests Bank Regulation Shift | Republicans on House Financial Services Huddle at Retreat | Tracy’s Take: At D.C. March, Not Much Wall Street Rhetoric
Dollar Rises, Pound Falls
D.R. Horton New Orders Boost Quarterly Results
Fifth Third’s Revenue and Profit Fall
Tracy’s Take: At Washington March, Not Much Wall Street Rhetoric
Can GIF Animations Follow in Snapchat’s Path?
EquipmentShare Builds Case for Peer-to-Peer Construction Gear
Chernova’s Take: Talk of America First Worries Global Startups
Startup Cue Biopharma’s $26 Million Bid for Safer Cancer Therapy
Real-Estate Investors Enjoy Postelection Boost
Derby’s Take: Inflation Expectations Are Perking Up, Which Should Make Fed Happy
CFPB’s Cordray Presses On | Former SEC Enforcement Chief Rejoins Old Firm | Mnuchin Suggests Bank Regulation Shift | Republicans on House Financial Services Huddle at Retreat | Tracy’s Take: At D.C. March, Not Much Wall Street Rhetoric
Malaysia Central Bank Fines Firm Over Ringgit Trade
Philip Lane: ECB Bond Purchases Swayed by Financial Markets
Collateral Frameworks: The Open Secret of Central Banks
PepsiCo Gives ‘Premium’ Water a Super Bowl Push
Former SEC Enforcement Chief Ceresney to Return to Private Practice
Poland’s Pitch to Brexit Bankers: You Might as Well Move Somewhere Cheap
CFPB Chief Presses On With Regulatory Agenda
Market direction: Rise