Date: 2016-01-14 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 194.45, high: 194.86, low: 188.38, close: 188.83, volume: 221168900, daily change: -0.0249
News headlines:
China’s Haier Near Deal to Buy GE Appliance Business
Rise in Australia Property Financing Played Down
Iran in Focus as Oil Prices Slide
Oil Rout Forces Companies to Delay Decisions on $380 Billion in Projects
Brent, WTI Spread Stays Volatile
Milan Prosecutors Complete Probe Into Italian Lender MPS
Plaintiff in GM Civil Trial Takes Stand
Brown-Forman to Sell Southern Comfort, Tuaca Brands
GE’s Move Raises Questions About Fairfield, Conn., Campus
Clouds Over Tourist Spots Damp Burberry, Cartier Sales
United Technologies Replaces Head of Pratt & Whitney Unit
Energy Shares Lead Broad Stock Rally
$15 Oil? It’s Already Here, in Canada
Peru Central Bank Raises Reference Interest Rate to 4%
Shift in Inflation Expectations Clouds Interest-Rate Outlook
Goldman in $5 Billion Settlement Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
J.P. Morgan Posts Record Earnings, But Can Good Times Last?
Vail Resorts Reports 19% Increase in Lift-Ticket Sales
China Fears Rattle Hong Kong Dollar
YPF, American Energy Partners to Develop Argentina Oil, Gas Projects
Morgan Stanley Shakes Up Fixed-Income Division
Global Banking Chief Doubts Fed Will Raise Rates Four Times This Year
J.P. Morgan Builds Up Its Loss Reserves
Analog Devices Cuts Revenue Guidance
Asian Morning Briefing: Energy Shares Lead Broad Stock Rally
NASA Selects Three Firms for Second Round of Commercial Cargo Contracts
Hyatt Says Data Breach Hit 250 Hotels in Some 50 Countries
Oil Prices Rise
Natural Gas Plummets After Inventory Report
Which of Europe’s Piigs Might Fly
Chile’s Central Bank Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged
TreeHouse Lifts Earnings Forecast
So Far, Fed Officials Are Willing to Look Through Market Woes
Glitch Delays Cheniere’s Natural-Gas Exports
Checking In? Hackers May Be, Too
Dialog Won’t Raise Bid for Atmel
The Fed’s Path in 2016: Takeaways for Investors
IRS Hopes to Cut Disconnects on Taxpayer Help Line
Kendall-Jackson Wine Maker Buys Former Evergreen International Headquarters
Gold Prices Retreat
Baltic Dry Index Offers Signs of Globalization’s Woes
Cleveland Fed Report Says Models Point To Gradual Inflation Rise
Goldman Sachs to Pay $15 Million to Settle SEC Short-Sales Case
Energy Sector’s Junk Bonds Continue to Suffer
Vantage Drilling Wins Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan
State Street Settles Pay-to-Play Charges
BancaStato Makes Offer to Brazil’s BTG Pactual for BSI
Voices: You Must Protect Wealth as Well as Grow It
Copper Halts Slide After Touching 6-Year Low
Air Berlin Cleared for Code-Sharing Flights With Etihad on 26 Routes
Brazil Central Bank Faces Tough Choice Amid Economic, Political Turmoil
White House Economic Officials Tout Domestic Strength
Fed’s Bullard Says Low Oil Prices Could Slow Pace of Rate Increases
FDA Rejects New Drug Application for BioMarin’s Duchenne Treatment
Poland Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged
CSX Plans $272 Million North Carolina Rail Terminal
Rio Tinto Freezes All Salaries, Including CEO’s, for 2016
Isle of Capri CEO to Retire, to Be Replaced by Financial Chief
U.S. Import Prices Down 1.2% in December
ECB Minutes Show Some Support for Bigger Cut
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose Last Week
Azerbaijan Limits Currency Exchange Amid Currency Slide
Best Buy’s Holiday Sapped by Weak Smartphone Sales
Most Economists Predict Fed Will Continue Reinvestments Until 2017
Denny’s to Switch to Cage-Free Eggs in U.S. by 2026
Economists See Continued U.S. Expansion, Heightened Global Risk
Economists Think Fed Will Wait Until March to Raise Rates Again
Hunt’s Proposed Oncor Takeover Rattles Texas Regulators
Genesee & Wyoming Reports Lower Same-Railroad Traffic
Endurance Gives In-line Preliminary Results for 2015
Hansen Medical to Consider Strategic Options
MasterCard Signs Deal With Canada’s Desjardins
German Economy Maintains Upward Curve
Euro Slips After ECB Minutes
Oil Companies Deferred Decisions on $380B in Projects
Bank of England Stays on Hold as Global Outlook Darkens
Embraer Had Most Deliveries in Five Years in 2015
Buell’s Take: ECB Minutes Could Shed Light on Threshold for More Action
What Advisers Should Tell Clients Now About the Stock Market
China Shares Flirt With Bear-Market Territory
China’s Yuan Falls Sharply Offshore
Isabelle Kocher to Head Engie
Mitsubishi UFJ to Acquire Stake in Philippine Lender
Hong Kong, Macau Drag Down Burberry Sales
Bank of Korea Cuts 2016 Growth Outlook, Holds Rate
Richemont Sales Helped by Weak Euro
India Aiming for Sales Tax by October Despite Deadlock
Nikkei Falls to 3-Month Low, Weighed on by Earnings Concerns
Market direction: Fall