Date: 2016-03-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 195.11, high: 196.23, low: 193.33, close: 193.56, volume: 125918100, daily change: -0.0078
News headlines:
Australia’s Economy Expands in Fourth Quarter
Aubrey McClendon Indicted on Antitrust Charges
AB InBev Reaches Deal for Sale of SABMiller’s Chinese Beer Business
McDonald’s Has New Vision for Its Box
Oil Prices Slide as Overhang Worries Deepen
Reserve Worries Dog Canada Banks
FBI Concedes Mistake With San Bernardino iPhone
BOJ Governor Kuroda: Underlying Inflation Trends Continue to Improve
Valeant CEO Races to Repair Drug Maker’s Reputation
WSJ Pro in Tokyo: Issues Facing the Fed and Bank of Japan
Civil Helicopter Accidents in 2015 Declined in U.S., Statistics Show
Canadian Pacific Approached CSX About a Takeover
Dow Rises Nearly 350 Points
Glencore Lost $5 Billion in 2015
The Real Reason ICE Covets the London Stock Exchange
Honeywell Abandons Its Pursuit of United Technologies
BioMarin Gets Orphan Designation for Hemophilia-Focused Therapy
Ascena Revenue, Outlook Misses Expectations
GreenHunter Resources Files for Chapter 11 Protection
Olympus Unit to Pay $646 Million to Settle Kickback Charges
Oil Hits 2-Month High on Talk of Output Pact
American Water Works to Replace Consol Energy in S&P 500
Brown-Forman Faces Global and U.S. Challenges
WSJ Pro in Tokyo Transcript: Issues Facing the Fed and BOJ
Bob Evans Farms Exceeds Profit Estimate On Revamped Ops
Asian Morning Briefing: Dow Rises Nearly 350 Points
ICE Continues Data Push, Agrees to Buy Two S&P Units
Dollar Gains on Positive Manufacturing Data
Ross Stores’ 4Q Results Top Expectations
Starbucks Operating Chief Alstead Resigns
Network International to Buy Emerging Markets Payments Group
Kate Spade Revenue Misses Expectations
Dodd-Frank’s Effects on Small Banks
Norfolk Southern to Consolidate
U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Expected to Rise
Merrill Lynch Brokers Managing $1.3 Billion Join Raymond James
Federal Reserve Districts: A Lot Can Change in a Century
Hungary Curbs Access to Information on Use of Central Bank Money
Verso Gets Final Court Approval on Bankruptcy Financing
Philadelphia Fed Article Asks, Did Quantitative Easing Work?
Richmond Fed Looks at Move to Tap Central Bank’s Surplus Account
Wells Fargo, Lynn Tilton Trade Barbs on TransCare
Q&A With SEC’s Ceresney on Insider-Trading Cases
Hormel Workers Win in Pay Dispute
Getting Financially Ready to Have a Baby
Peabody Energy, Senior Lender Discuss Options
Medtronic Profit Climbs
Quebec Seeks Injunction on TransCanada’s Energy East Project
London Exchange Suitors Likely to Face Antitrust Hurdles
Consumers Pace Factory Improvement
Bill Gross Asks Court to Let His Pimco Lawsuit Proceed
Gold Dips as Stocks, Dollar Rally
Wilmar Makes Another Big Sugar Purchase; Focus Still on Brazil
Nine Banks Tapped to Provide Regulators With Repo Data
Canada Economic Growth Slowed in  2015
GMP Capital, Desjardins Capital Markets Make Some Key Hirings
Barclays Shares Plummet on Dividend Cut, Wider Loss
Critic of High-Frequency Trading Gets SEC Payout
Pepco Shares Fall as Ratepayer Group Opposes Exelon Deal-Change Proposal
Aerojet Rocketdyne Eyes Pentagon Deal
Goldman Trader Highlighted in ‘Flash Boys’ Book to Retire
GoPro to Buy Video-Editing App Companies for $105 Million
Russian Energy Minister Signals Output Freeze Likely
Weak Pound, Dry Weather Push Up London Cocoa Prices
Live In Tokyo: Issues Facing the Fed and Bank of Japan in 2016
Greek Banks Await Latest Round of Bailout Talks
Impact of the Strong Dollar: Video
Secular Stagnation and Interest-Rate Increases: Video
Fed Sees Negative Rates as Premature: Video
JD.com Loss Widens
Three Factors in the Fed’s Rate Decision: Video
Anadarko Slashes Capital Spending Budget for 2016
Barclays Executives Struggle to Manage Africa Selloff Fallout
The Rate Debate Raging Inside the Fed: Video
Philadelphia Mayor to Propose Soda Tax
Dollar Rises After U.S. Manufacturing Data
Lego Profit Rises 31% but Mattel Remains King of Toy Market
VMware Operating Chief to Exit
The U.S. Recession Is Hard to Find
U.S. Retail Sales Fall 2.4% in February - Redbook
Japan’s Government Gets Paid to Borrow Money
NYSE Owner, CME Mull Bids for London Stock Exchange
J.P. Morgan Looks at Stalled U.S. Productivity Growth
Angie’s List Adds Activist Investor Semler, Two Others to Board
Former Rate Setter Appointed to Board of Poland National Bank
EU Mulls Cutting Banks’ Sovereign Debt Risks
Banker Hopes to Raise $1 Billion for Fund
Dollar Tree Misses Expectations, Issues Downbeat Guidance
AutoZone Profit Grows 8%
Aha! Retirement Income and Expenses Captured in One Chart
Chain-Store Sales Slip in Latest Week
Schlesinger’s Take: The Fed’s Other Dilemma—How Hard to Squeeze J.P. Morgan
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne’s 2015 Compensation Down Around 70%
Scotiabank Posts Profit Increase, Raises Dividend
China Shares Rise After Monetary Easing
Buell’s Take: Whatever Happened to the ECB’s Main Rate?
Schlesinger’s Take: The Fed’s Other Dilemma -- How Hard to Squeeze J.P. Morgan
Fund Managers Welcome U.K. Bonus Cap Exemption
Hundreds of Local Officials Defend Municipal-Bond Tax Exemption
PBOC Injected 3.42 Billion Yuan Via Standing Lending Facility in February
Why Living Wills Are Such a Tough Test for Big Banks
Money Manager GAM Eyes Deals as Profit Beats Forecasts
Barclays Falls Under SEC Spotlight for Asian Hiring
Eurozone Unemployment Continues to Fall
De Beers Sees Pickup in Rough Diamond Sales
Australia Moves to Revamp Media-Ownership Rules, Opening Door to Deals
China Frees Banks to Boost Lending, in Shift on Yuan
India’s Manufacturing Growth Holds Steady
BlackRock Says ‘Brexit’ Could Trigger Sterling Crisis
Natural Gas Erases Losses
Market direction: Neutral