Date: 2016-10-11 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 216.16, high: 216.7, low: 215.99, close: 216.16, volume: 51855000, daily change: 0.0052
News headlines:
U.S. Auto Plants Shifting From Cars to Trucks
Oil Prices Up but Momentum Dragged by Growing Oil Supplies
BOJ’s Harada Brushes Off Concerns of Commercial Banks
Singapore Shares Fall for 4th Consecutive Session
TripAdvisor to Restrict Sales for Certain Animal Attractions
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Oct. 11
Kuroda Predicts Large-Scale Debt Buys Will Continue
Japan Core Machinery Orders Fall in August
Appeals Panel Deals Setback to Consumer-Watchdog Agency
Mutual Funds Win Key Concessions on Liquidity Rules
Reaction to CFPB Ruling: Some Applaud, Some Object, Some Shrug
Stocks Slide on Disappointing Earnings
Samsung Recall Puts Supply-Chain Oversight in Spotlight
Saudi Arabia Signals Risks to Investors Ahead of Bond Issue
Cybersecurity Company Fortinet Cuts Guidance
Gawker Seeks Probe of Thiel’s Relationship with Hogan’s Lawyer
Shareholders Fight for Footing in Breitburn Bankruptcy
Dollar Climbs to Seven-Month High on Interest-Rate Optimism
Sprint to Donate Devices, Data Plans to High-School Students
Buffalo Wild Wings Shuffles Board
Boeing Sees Costs From Delayed Space Taxi
ITT Tech’s Bankruptcy Trustee Seeks to Fend Off SEC, CFPB
USDA to Buy Additional $20 Million of Cheese
Levi Strauss Profit Jumps
Altria Gets Two Seats on Newly Merged AB InBev Company Board
Stech’s Take: Bankruptcy Lawyers Got Creative After Fee Ruling
Online Lenders Return to Traditional Financing
GM Asks Judge to Toss Bankrupt Supplier’s Lawsuit
Natural Gas Prices Fall on Warm Weather
Stech’s Take: Bankruptcy Lawyers Got Creative After Fee Ruling
Emirates President Calls for Tougher Samsung Oversight
Oil Prices Fall After Data Showed September Supplies Rose
Seagate Says Expenses Will Rise
Yum Looks to Be Leaner After China Spinoff
Navy Federal Credit Union to Resolve Regulator’s Claims
Stock Prices and Bank Risk-taking
Ireland Plans to Cut Debt as it Braces for Brexit
How to Incorporate Robo Services in Your Practice
With Split Looming, Alcoa Reports Worse-Than-Expected Quarter
Gold Falls Amid Stronger Dollar
Germany’s BASF Sales, Earnings Decline
Comcast Paying $2.3 Million to Settle FCC Probe
CFTC Floats Rules for Overseas Swaps Trades
Fed’s Kashkari Says ‘Too Big to Fail’ Measures May Have Little Impact
Fed’s Kashkari Sees No Urgency to Raise Rates
Annual Economic Growth of 1.5% to 1.75% Could Be New Normal, SF Fed Paper Finds
South African Rand Tumbles as Charges Loom for Finance Minister
Brazil Spending Limit Proposal Easing Way for Rate Cuts
Budget Airlines Spread Their Wings Across the Atlantic
Rising OPEC Oil Output Shows Challenge of Curbing Production
Occidental Seeks Probe of Maxus Environmental Liabilities
SEC Brings Record Number of Cases—Again
Wells Fargo Lays Out Strategy to Move Past Scandal
Putin Again Promises OPEC an Oil Agreement
Consumers Lower Expectations of Future Inflation Rises, Wage Gains
Mixed Jobs Report Won’t Be a Tiebreaker for the Fed
Eduardo Saverin Faces Lawsuit Over Jumio Bankruptcy
Sterling’s Fall Could Push Inflation Above Annual Target, Says BOE Official
United, American Say Unit Revenue Better Than Expected
U.S. Retail Sales Edge Down in First Week of October
Group of Seven Economies Reach Deal to Bolster Financial Cybersecurity
GE to Buy Wind Turbine Blade Maker for $1.65 Billion
Fastenal Profit Declines as Fastener Business Remains Weak
Weekly Chain-Store Sales Decline
Tyson Foods Invests in Startup Beyond Meat
E8 Security Grabs $12M to Detect Threats with AI
Chernova’s Take: Tech IPOs Trading ‘Up’ Too Fast
Kindly Care Raises $3.1M for Caregiver Marketplace
Buell’s Take: European Officials Push for More Cross-Border Bank Mergers
Zymergen Raises $130M for  Engineering Tailor-Made Microbes
French Business Leader Urges ‘Amicable Divorce’ for Brexit
Hannon’s Take: On Some Fronts, More Clarity for the BOE
Buell’s Take: European Officials Push for More Cross-Border Bank Mergers
U.S. Small-Business Confidence Dragged by Inventory Concerns
Brexit Worries Batter Pound
Insurance Broker Aon Acquires Cyber-Risk Specialist Stroz Friedberg
Asian Shares Reverse Earlier Gains
China’s SDR Distraction
The Case for an Active Fiscal Policy
BP Quits Plan to Drill in Great Australian Bight
China Lays Out Guidelines on Debt-for-Equity Swaps
RBNZ’s McDermott Still Sees Need for Further Policy Action
BP Drops Plans to Explore Oil in Great Australian Bight
Market direction: Neutral