Date: 2015-11-04 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 209.97, high: 211.66, low: 209.7, close: 211, volume: 95246100, daily change: 0.0029
News headlines:
Sotheby’s Auctions a $377 Million Portion of Taubman Estate
Crude Oil Prices Higher but Remain in Tight Range
Philippine Central Bank: Inflation Appears to Be Bottoming Out
Helicopter Operator in Oil-Field Squeeze
Reserve Bank of Australia Delivers Clear Message
Activist Investor Bill Ackman Plays Defense
Costco October Comparable Sales Down 1%
Fed Needs Independence in Monetary Policy, Fischer Says
Car-Loan Balances Rose 11% in the Third Quarter
BOJ Minutes Show Debate Over Inflation
Nikkei Gains Helped by Earnings, Weaker JPY
For TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline, a Rocky Road
Tribune Offers $3 Million to Fund Freedom Bankruptcy Case
Big Banks Lock Horns With Personal-Finance Web Portals
Bitcoin Frenzy Back As Epic Bust Fades
Merger Talks Between Morgans Hotel Group and SBE End
What to Look for When Investing in Municipal Bonds
Municipal Bonds Shine in Bleak Landscape
Whole Foods Profit Drops
Regulators Ramp Up Debt-Collection Crackdown
MetLife Profit Drops on Tax Hit, Low Interest Rates
Michael Kors Reports Higher Retail Sales
Sachem Head Capital Reports Autodesk Stake
City Sports to Liquidate All 26 Stores
Sturm Ruger’s Profit Surges
CFTC Pulls Plug on Commodity-Flows Report
Kraft to Slash More Jobs, Close Seven Plants
Australian Central Bank Affirms Bias Toward Easing
Sun Life Reports Mild Profit Rise, Increases Dividend
Dudley Says Some Inflation Gauges Worrisome
Energy Transfer Equity Profit Rises 56%
King Digital’s Profit Up Slightly
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Slip
FireEye Shares Fall as Bookings Miss Expectations
Transocean Revenue Falls 29% on Global Oil Glut
Should We Worry About Excess Reserves?
Southwest Pilots Reject New Contract
Bojangles’ Posts Revenue, Profit Growth, Boosts Outlook
What October Jobs Data Means for the Fed
Former New York Fed Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fed Secrets
Tanking Commodities Could Mean Dark Days for Canadian Economy
Danish Tax Probe Targets Small London Hedge Fund, Other Firms
BioNitrogen Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Analysts See 58 Billion-Cubic Feet Add to U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories
Finance Watch
Yellen Raps Biggest Banks, Flags Relief for Smaller Ones
Prudential Results Pressured by Volatility, Interest Rates
Voices: How Advisers Should Work With Young Entrepreneurs—Gerard F. Joyce
Bank of Mexico Narrows GDP Estimate for 2015
Maersk Line to Cut Staff as Market Deteriorates
Dollar Advances on Yellen Signals, Stronger U.S. Data
Target’s Petition to Invalidate Union Vote Rejected
Yellen Says Rate Increase Possible in December
Fed’s Dudley Agrees With Yellen, Says December Rate Rise Possible
Natural Gas Inches Up as Bottom-Seekers Pounce
MSCI Inclusion Could Boost China Tech Firms
Gold Sinks to Seven-Week Low on Yellen Comments
Molson Coors Brewing: What to Watch
Illinois Supreme Court Vacates $10.1 Billion Judgment Against Altria
Portfolio Moves: An Adviser Embraces Beaten-Down Biotech Shares
Oil Prices Lower on U.S. Supply Data
Deutsche Bank to Pay $258 Million for Violating Sanctions
Car Makers Need Takata to Weather Air-Bag Fallout
French Regulator Considers Fining Virtu Financial
Credit Suisse Broker Opts for Merrill Over Wells Fargo
ING Profit Lifted as Bad Loans Fall
Lawmakers Grill Yellen on Transparency, Supervision Post
Latvian Prime Minister Approves Air Baltic Recapitalization Plan
Becton Dickinson Tops Expectations
Yellen Doesn’t Rule Out Negative Interest Rates in the Future
Motorola Solutions Reports Drop In Sales, Profits
Enbridge to Invest $5 Billion in Gulf Coast Oil Terminals
High-Speed Trading Firm Virtu Tops Views
Avon Reports Loss Amid Disappointing Results
Yellen Says Fed Has ‘Fully Complied’ With Congressional Subpoena on 2012 Leak
Allergan Sales Soar, Topping Expectations
U.S. Service-Sector Activity Fell in October
Volkswagen, Audi Halt Sales of 3.0-Liter Diesel 2013-2016 Models
U.S. Service Sector Seen Expanding
ECB Board Member Seeks Swift Completion of Banking Reform
Movie Business Changes Hands at Alibaba
U.S. Crude Supplies Rose For Sixth Straight Week
Marks & Spencer Profit Drops
Yellen’s Financial Regulation Testimony: Reading Between the Lines
Wendy’s Results Top Views
Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Need to Cut Energy-Subsidy, Says Oil Minister
U.S. Trade Gap Shrinks 15%
Janet Yellen’s Complete Prepared Testimony
Treasury Rolls Out New Voluntary Retirement-Savings Accounts
Dollar Gains Further After Service-Sector PMI
Cablevision Posts Subscriber Losses in Third Quarter
Private-Sector Jobs Rose by 182,000 in October
Timeline: The BOE’s Slow March Toward a Rate Rise
Watch: Yellen Testifies Before the House  Financial Services Committee
Hungarian Rate Setters Unanimously Agreed to Hold Rates in October
Chesapeake Swings to Loss on Impairments
BofA to Name New General Counsel
Fox’s Revenue Falls Short as ‘Fantastic Four’ Disappoints
SodaStream Profit, Revenue Slide
U.K. Estate Agent Countrywide Warns on Profit
Treasurys Higher After 2-Day Decline
5 Things to Watch at the Bank of England’s Super Thursday
Glencore Says It Is Cutting Debt Faster Than Expected
Fed’s Brainard Upbeat on Economic Outlook
Lumber Liquidators Names New CEO
Iceland Bucks the Global Trend by Raising Rates
Regeneron Results Soar on Eye-Treatment Sales
Niel Says Acting Alone in Telecom Italia Stake Buy
Douglas’ Take: Bank of England Faces Rate Rise Doubts
Copper Rises on Production Cuts
Cognizant Revenue Continues to Grow on Health Care
Edag to Push On With Frankfurt Listing
Hungarian Central Bank Eyes Easing Without Rate Cuts
Axel Springer Upgrades Sales Outlook
Commodity Collapse Undermines an Activist’s Victory at Cliffs
Honda’s Air-Bag Recall Costs Take a Toll
Restarting the Global Economy
Bank of Korea Says Monetary Easing Effects Weak
India Services Activity Rises to 8-Month High
Thai Central Bank Holds Rate Steady
Draghi Warns EU Against Half-Baked Banking Reforms
China Stocks Rise on Trading-Link Hopes
PBOC’s Out-of-Date Comments Send Stocks in China, Hong Kong on Wild Ride
Malaysia’s Najib: ‘We Will Get Answers’ on 1MDB
Hong Kong Stocks Jump on Shenzhen Link, China Services PMI
Yellen Comments Trip Up Stocks
AB InBev, SABMiller to Ask Another Extension for Takeover Offer
Market direction: Neutral