Date: 2016-12-19 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 226.01, high: 226.08, low: 224.67, close: 225.04, volume: 156420200, daily change: -0.0078
News headlines:
Oil Prices Likely to Remain Underpinned by Forecast Production Cuts
CFPB Backs Away From Pursuing Auto Lenders Over Alleged Discrimination
NZ Shares Rise Despite Warehouse Profit Warning
Asian Shares Broadly Higher, Focus on BOJ
Carl Icahn to Sell American Railcar
Authorities Allege $1 Billion Fraud at Platinum Partners
Australia Central Bank Sees Job Market Uncertainty
Yellen: Globalization Makes Higher Education Increasingly Important
FBI Agent Leaked Information About Billy Walters Probe, Prosecutors Say
Why a Russian Hacking Inquiry Is in Trump’s Best Interests
Lands’ End’s New CEO: Outdoors Enthusiast Replaces High-Fashion Veteran
Diamond Magnate Beny Steinmetz Arrested in Israel
Biogen Names New CEO
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Corrigan’s Take: Hanjin Ordered to Disclose Data on U.S. Assets
Corrigan’s Take: Hanjin Ordered to Disclose Data on
U.S. Stocks Higher, Led By Real Estate, Telecoms
As the Oil-Sands Industry Declines, Its Biggest Champion Bolts
Dollar Pares Losses After Yellen Speech
Medical-Device Company Enters Chapter 11
Companies Face Delays Getting Cash Out of China
Ukrainian Magnate’s Energy Group Files for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
Stress Tests Explained in Animated Video
African Banks’ Silicon Valley Moment
Steel, Iron-Ore Prices Take a Slide in China
Gold Rises as Investors Seek Bargains
Natural Gas Prices Fall on Warmer Weather Forecasts
American Apparel Gets Approval to Liquidate Nine Locations
Argon Credit Files for Bankruptcy
Oil Prices Edge Higher
The Fed Should Take a Stress Test
Promoting Productive Lending Through Regulation
Female Doctors’ Hospital Patients May Have An Edge
SunEdison Considers $42.5 Million Sale of Wind Projects
Boeing Plans Voluntary Layoff Program
Mosaic to Buy Vale’s Fertilizer Business for $2.5 Billion
Firm Retention Summary: Werthan Packaging Inc.
Caesars Lenders Move to Potentially Terminate Restructuring Pact
Vitro to Buy LKQ’s OEM Glass Unit
Hensarling Says House Plans Dodd-Frank Repeal Next Year
Zipari Grabs $7 Million Round to Back Health-Care CRM Ambitions
ECB’s Slowing Bond-Purchase Program Shows Confidence in Eurozone Economy
BP Eyes Growth with String of Oil, Gas Deals
Two Republicans Look to Write the Next Dodd-Frank
FSB Weighs In on Decline in Correspondent Banking
China Vanke Scraps Plan for Deal to Prevent Hostile Takeover
Monte dei Paschi Rescue Plan at Risk Over Terms
Canada Insurer Fairfax to Buy Swiss Firm Allied World for $4.9 Billion
Middle East Airlines Start to Feel Pressure
Voices: On Counseling Clients Who Have No Children
Sherwin-Williams, Valspar Say Deal Is on Track
Common Living to Partner on 140-Resident Building in Brooklyn
Greenlight Capital Re CEO Leaving
Fed Survey Finds Young U.S. Workers More Optimistic About Job Prospects
EU Assesses Financial Industry Regulation in Era of Big Data
Legg Mason Deepens Ties With Largest Shareholder
China’s Struggles: Bond Rout, Central Bank’s Emergency Loans | Deutsche Bank’s Dark Pool Settlement | SEC’s Fiduciary Guidance | Schlesinger’s Take: Mulvaney’s Financial Regulation Hit List
Schlesinger’s Take: Mulvaney’s Financial Hit List—CFPB, Payday Rules, GSEs, Durbin Amendment
Angels Muscling In on VC Turf
Lumus Raises Additional $30 Million in Series C Funding
Cooper’s Take: Private Equity Eyes Growth Investments in Tech
Lennar Expects Housing Recovery to Continue
Rakuten Invests in Ride-Hailing App Careem
China’s Struggles: Bond Rout, Central Bank’s Emergency Loans | Deutsche Bank’s Dark Pool Settlement | SEC’s Fiduciary Guidance | Schlesinger’s Take: Mulvaney’s Financial Regulation Hit List
Higher Production Ahead
Douglas’s Take: The Political Blindness of Macroprudential Policy
EUR/USD Shows Little Reaction to German Ifo Data
ECB’s New Dilemma: Neediest Nations Receive Less Stimulus
No Hawks, No Doves, Only Consensus
Privatbank Has $5.6 Billion Hole in Balance Sheet, Ukraine Official Says
Swiss Central Bank Bolsters Defenses Against Economic Pressure
Japan’s Export Volume Rises at Fastest Pace in Nearly Two Years
Korean Beauty Startup Memebox Tacks on $60 Million in Added Capital
Dismal Market for Tech IPOs Looks to 2017 for Fresh Start
Australia’s Budget Pledge Keeps Downgrade at Bay for Now
Market direction: Neutral