Date: 2017-05-24 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 239.95, high: 240.24, low: 239.51, close: 240.05, volume: 48341700, daily change: 0.0022
News headlines:
China Securities Regulator Punishes Three Domestic Brokerages
BOJ to Continue Monetary Easing, Says Board Member Sakurai
Oil Reverses Overnight Pullback in Asia Ahead of OPEC Meeting
Fed Should Be Judged On How Well It Achieves Mandates, Fed’s Evans Says
Fed’s Kaplan Maintains Need to Raise Rates
GOP Lawmaker Drops Debit-Card Provision From Choice Act
U.S. Stocks Climb as Fed Signals June Rate Increase
Transcript: Q&A With Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard in Minneapolis
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--May 24
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Fed Minutes Signal Officials Ready to Raise Rates Again Soon
Park Slope’s Tracy Mansion on Market Again, Now as Condos
OrphoMed Banks $39 for Bowel Disorder
California Investment Firm Files for Bankruptcy After Botched Real Estate Deals
Dollar Slips After Fed Minutes
Why Earnings Have Investors Feeling So Happy
Seadrill Says Debt Restructuring Talks Are Progressing
Transcript: Reporters’ Q&A With Philadelphia Fed’s Harker in New York
Court Considers if Trump Can Fire Consumer Regulator
Postcrisis Rules Have Hit Bond Liquidity
Judges Examine Legitimacy of SEC’s In-House Courts
Excerpts From the Fed’s May 2-3 Policy Meeting Minutes
Lawmakers Seek Deutsche Bank Details on Russia Trades, Trump Loans
OCC Can Encourage Banks to Offer Small Loans
Oil Rally Stalls After Five Days
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
Fed Officials Prepare Balance-Sheet Runoff Plan That Caps Reinvestments
Marsh Supermarkets’ Creditors Question Speedy Sale Process
Copper Pulls Back After Chinese Rating Downgrade
BNP Paribas to Pay $350 Million to Settle New York Forex Allegations
GE Chief Adds Some Caution to 2018 Profit Goal
Changes in the Risk-Management Environment for Monetary Policy
The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results
A Focus on Franchisees
CME Chairman and CEO Terrence Duffy Suffers Collapsed Lung
BMO Reports Slower-Than-Expected U.S. Business Activity
Transcript: Audience Q&A With Philadelphia Fed’s Harker in New York
Investor Loeb to Seek Changes to Dow-DuPont Post-Merger Plan
Firm Retention Summary: Bleacher Creatures LLC
Banks Post Strong Profits, But Loan Growth Slows
Bank of Canada Leaves Rates Unchanged, Calls Economic Data Encouraging
Home Sales Slip amid Housing Shortage
Does the U.S. Still Need to Hoard Oil in Reserve?
J.Crew’s Mickey Drexler Confesses: I Underestimated How Tech Would Upend Retail
Fiduciary Rule: What’s Next for Investors, Brokers
Winners and Losers in a Post-Fiduciary World
Mexican Inflation Gained Speed in Early May
Draghi Defends ECB Forward Guidance
Torry’s Take: Fed Minutes May Firm June Rate Views, but Path Beyond Less Certain
France’s Safran Cuts Offer for Zodiac Aerospace by About 15% to $8.2 Billion
Chinese Car Maker Geely Expands Fleet With Lotus, Proton Deals
Health-Tech Startups Pivot as Obamacare Uncertainty Mounts
Bulletproof Bags $19 Million for Coffee, Snacks
Blackstone’s $100 Billion Bridge-and-Tunnel Man
CF Corp to Buy Fidelity & Guaranty Life
Gillette Faces New Attack From an Old Razor Rival
Moody’s Cuts China Rating for First Time Since 1989
Can Trump Fire CFPB Chief? | Attack on SEC Courts Nears Tipping Point | Trump Budget’s Impact on CFPB, Others | Fannie, Freddie Endgame Takes Shape | Opinion: Mervyn King’s Message for Mnuchin
Smartsheet Raises $52 Million at $800 Million Valuation
Investors Make a Big Bet on Spinning Classes
Davis’s Take: Investing on a Higher Level? Check Out Boulder’s Startups
Can Trump Fire CFPB Chief? | Attack on SEC Courts Nears Tipping Point | Trump Budget’s Impact on CFPB, Others | Fannie, Freddie Endgame Takes Shape | Opinion: Mervyn King’s Message for Mnuchin
Singapore Dollar Down Against U.S. Dollar Late Wednesday
Understanding Today’s Stagnation
Sweden’s Riskbank Warns Rising House Prices, Household Debt Threaten Stability
World Trade Flows Suggest Strong Economic Growth This Year
OPEC Boss Embraces Shift to Top Diplomat
Fed Minutes to Offer Clues on Debate Over Path of Rate Increases
Opinion: A Message From Mervyn King for the U.S. Treasury Secretary
South Africa April Inflation Within Central Bank’s Target Range
ECB Warns Eurozone Faces Risk From Fast Rise in Bond Yields
Greece Debt Deal on Slow Path as IMF and Germany Dig In
Bank of Thailand Stands Pat
Bernanke: Bank of Japan, Government Can Cooperate More
Stech’s Take: California’s Attorney General Controls the Sale of Nonprofit Hospitals. What About Dead Ones?
Stech’s Take: California’s Attorney General Controls the Sale of Nonprofit Hospitals. What About Dead Ones?
Market direction: Neutral