Date: 2016-05-12 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 207.91, high: 208.54, low: 206.5, close: 206.5, volume: 81727000, daily change: -0.0094
News headlines:
Bets on Fannie and Freddie Get Help From Lobbyists
Oil Prices Fall as Oversupply Worries Trump Bullish IEA Report
Swift Finds Evidence of Second Malware Attack
Malaysia Stocks Slide Ahead of GDP Data
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--May 12
Russian Fertilizer Producer Grows Rich on Weak Ruble
Global Oil Glut to Shrink Despite Iranian Output Surge, IEA Says
Economic Malaise in Italy Weighs on Small Business
Mobileye to Provide Car Companies With Autonomous Systems
Gas Firms Rally on Signs Glut Is Easing
Peru’s Central Bank Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged
Investor: Overhyped Marketing-Tech Sector To Become a ‘Knife Fight’
Retail Slump Shows Amazon Effect
Union Raises Pay-Gap Issues at New York Times
Wal-Mart Bets on Free Two-Day Shipping
U.S. Stocks Calm Down
Shell Shuts Well After Crude Leak Into Gulf of Mexico
Community Bank Group Suspends LendingClub Purchases
Brazil’s Petrobras Swings to a Loss
Obama Needs to Protect Bitcoin From Overregulation
Letgo to Merge with Wallapop, Raise $100M for Mobile Classifieds
Real Estate Component in S&P Index Could Hurt Financials
Fed’s Tarullo to Speak on Insurance Capital Standards
The Real Consequences of Bank Mortgage Lending Standards
Yellen Doesn’t Rule Out Negative Interest Rates
Progressive CEO to Retire
Dillard’s Profit Drops on Weak Sales
Kohl’s Posts Surprise Sales Decline
KB Home to Leave Washington, D.C., Market
Clinton Wants Bankers Off Regional Fed Boards
Nordstrom Cuts Outlook After Weak Quarter
Dollar Gains Against Yen on Japan Central Banker’s Comments
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Recover as Energy Shares Rebound
Is U.S. Worse Off Now Than in 1960s? Economists, Voters Disagree
Shareholders Again Back Ford Family
Shake Shack Swings to Better-Than-Expected Quarter
Montero Gets UBS Americas Job
Fed’s Esther George: ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Still a Problem
Farmland Values Fall Sharply in Parts of the Midwest
Chesapeake Swaps Debt for Stock
Penn Virginia Files for Chapter 11 Protection
Natural Gas Inches Lower as Oversupply Caps Rally
Oil Prices Rise After IEA Report
Crude Production Drops Again in North Dakota
Fed’s George Says Interest Rates Are Too Low
Democratic Lawmakers Say Fed Should Increase Its Diversity
California Lawmaker: Vanguard Should Pay No State Taxes
Repo-Rescue Plan Turns to Banks, Asset Managers
Gold Settles Lower in Volatile Session
Fed’s Rosengren Sees 2nd-Quarter Growth Making Way for Higher Rates
CFPB Would Be ‘More at Home in Former Soviet Union’
Glencore, Vitol Near Deal to Buy Iranian Crude
SEC Urges Senate to Tweak Email Privacy Bill
Global Ship Operators Set to Strike Vessel-Sharing Deal
BOE Issues Starkest Warning Yet on ‘Brexit’ Impact
Gold Increases on Weaker Dollar
Ralph Lauren Profit Plunges Amid Higher Costs, Lower U.S. Sales
Gold Demand Jumps to Record Levels Thanks to Investment Buying
Funding Snapshot: Merchant Services Startup Fattmerchant Raises $1.4M Series A-1
Fed’s Mester Sees Signs of Inflation Moving Up Toward Goal
Oaktree’s Venezuela Bet Spurs Long-Running Dispute
Credit Suisse Finance Executive to Leave
Buyout Group Shelves $2.5 Billion Offer for China’s YY
Malaysian Leader Najib’s Stepson Allegedly Funded U.S. Property Deals With 1MDB Money
U.S. Import Prices Rose For Second Straight Month in April
Theranos President Sunny Balwani to Depart
Monsanto Shares Soar After Reports of Potential Bids by Rivals
U.S. Jobless Claims Spike Again
WSJ Survey: Economists Divided Over Next Fed Rate Increase
RWE Shares Soar After Profit Beats Expectations
WSJ Survey: Economists See Slower Pace of Rate Raises by Fed
Cheniere Energy Names Fusco as CEO
Euro Falls Against the Dollar After Industrial Output Data
Shell Plans Oil-Asset Sale in Gabon, Says President
India Reports Disappointing Industrial Production, Inflation
Canada Pipeline Operator Enbridge Posts Profit
Honeywell to Spin Off Resins and Chemicals Business
Voices: Recognizing and Cultivating a Niche
Hannon’s Take: A Difficult Time for Cooperation
Tracy’s Take: A Wild Week for Marketplace Lenders—The Big Picture
Hopscotch Releases First Programming Language for iPhone
Oil Producer Crescent Point Posts Wider First-Quarter Loss
In Venture Capital, Does It Pay To Be Nice?
Lattice Nabs $2.8M to Help Companies Track Goals
Online-Lending Startup Capital Float Raises $25M Series B
Banco do Brasil’s Profit Plunges
Perrigo Loss Deepens
Noble Group Secures $3 Billion in Financing
Toshiba Racks Up a Net Loss Totaling $4.4 Billion
Tracy’s Take: A Wild Week for Marketplace Lenders—The Big Picture
Venture-Capital Slowdown Hits Asian Startups
Danish Defense Ministry Recommends Lockheed Martin Fighter Plane Deal
Japan Shares Gain on Down Day for Asia
Eurozone Industrial Output Falls Sharply
Norway Holds Rates, but Leaves Door Open for More Cuts
Philippine Central Bank Stands Pat on Rates
Zurich Insurance Profit Falls
Generali Feels Pain of Low Rates
Crédit Agricole Profit Hurt by Stake Sale
RBA Could Be Moving Toward Ultralow Rates
Rescaling China’s Debt Mountain
Tiffany Leaves Anticounterfeiting Group After Alibaba Joins
Las Vegas Sands Reaches Agreement with Nevada Regulators
Kuroda Says Weaker Yen Policy to Boost Exports ‘Difficult’
Malaysia March Industrial Output Rises
Christie’s Lukewarm Sale Caps Auction Week
Market direction: Fall