Date: 2017-08-23 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 243.57, high: 245.62, low: 243.55, close: 245.44, volume: 63140100, daily change: 0.0105
News headlines:
Minor Reforms Called Enough to Support Electric Grid
Asia Shares Open Lower Amid Dollar Weakness
Oil Futures Little Changed After Overnight Rebound
How Budget Carriers Transformed the Airline Industry—in 14 Charts
Mitsui Sumitomo Buys Singapore’s First Capital From Fairfax
Big Economies Are Growing in Sync for First Time in Years
Ad Giant Signals Deepening Industry Woes Amid Shift to Digital
Venezuelan Bonds Fall as U.S. Trading Sanctions Loom
Apparel Retailers Pushing Discounts to Win Customers
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--August 23
Fintech Can Fit Within the Community Reinvestment Act’s Boundaries
New Trick for Reluctant Tech Unicorns: Bring the IPO to Them
FTC Approves Whole Foods-Amazon Merger
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Banking and Financial Markets Trade-Offs as Liquidity Insurance
Royal Bank of Canada Accelerates Cost Cuts to Pay for Digital Push
U.S. Gets Easier Path to Insider-Trading Convictions
Gold Inches Higher on Weaker Dollar
U.K. Biotech Macrophage Gets Merck Backing
American Express Admits to Offering Worse Credit-Card Terms in U.S. Territories
Stock Rally Fizzles After Dow’s Best Day Since April
True Religion to Put Reorganization Plan to Creditor Vote
Dollar Slips as Investors Watch U.S. Politics
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Auction of Peruvian Fishery
Westinghouse Seeks to Award Bonuses to ‘Vital’ Employees
Oil Gains After Stockpiles Data
Inflation May Be Stronger Than Data Shows, Says Dallas Fed Research
Brickley’s Take: Cautious Applause for Sempra’s Play for Oncor
Rosneft Prevails in Lawsuit Against Sistema
For Some Craft Brewers, Sales Are Tapping Out
AbleTo Raises $36.6 Million for Digital Behavioral Health Platform
New-Home Sales Plunged in July as Supply Shrivels
Lumity Raises $19 Million to Bring Big Data, AI Into Health Benefits
Cargill Invests in Startup That Grows ‘Clean Meat’ From Cells
Eurozone Maintains Solid Growth Path in August
Firm Retention Summary: Dynamic International Airways LLC
Utility Sale Could Leave Taxpayers With $4 Billion of Nuclear Debt
Key to Advisory Firm Success? Retaining Advisers
Destination Maternity Hires Adviser Amid Retail Turmoil
WSJ Dollar Index Falls
China Metals Prices Slide After Big Rally
U.S. Considers Venezuelan Bond Trading Ban | Think Rates Are Going Up? Banks Don’t | Mnuchin’s Wife Apologizes Over Instagram Flap | Ackerman’s Take: Wells Fargo in Senate Hot Seat Again?
Haggin’s Take: Could IPO ‘Down Under’ Become the New VC Exit?
WorkSpan Raises $9 Million for Business Networking
Ackerman’s Take: Wells Fargo in Senate Hot Seat Again?
U.S. Considers Venezuelan Bond Trading Ban | Think Rates Are Going Up? Banks Don’t | Mnuchin’s Wife Apologizes Over Instagram Flap | Ackerman’s Take: Wells Fargo in Senate Hot Seat Again?
Torry’s Take: Kicking the Cheap Cash Habit
The Housing Boom and Bust
The Unintended Consequences of Quantitative Easing
Why the ECB Can’t Catch a Break on the Euro
Squadlocker Scores $7 Million Series B
Iceland’s Central Bank Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged as Currency Slides
BHP to Replace Two Directors in Board Shuffle
Saudi Aramco Sparks Rush to Mideast IPOs
Oil Futures Fall on U.S. Gasoline Inventory Concerns
Toronto-Based Wealthsimple Launches Shariah-Compliant Portfolio
Market direction: Neutral