Date: 2018-02-06 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 273.45, high: 275.85, low: 263.31, close: 263.93, volume: 294681800, daily change: -0.0418
News headlines:
Stocks Plunge and Traders Panic: ‘Did Someone Fat-Finger This?’
Activist Pushes Supervalu to Break Up, Explore Sale
Tronc in Advanced Talks to Sell Flagship Los Angeles Times
Oil Futures Rebound Some After Bullish Inventory Report
Credit Suisse Announces Effective End of Short Volatility ETN
Era of Calm Ends as Volatility Returns to Markets
New Zealand Unemployment Rate at Nine-Year Low
Disney Returns to Growth Ahead of Streaming Expansion
Chipotle Revenue, Comparable Sales Rise in the Latest Quarter
Market Turmoil Threatens IPO Recovery
The Market’s Big Bet on Calm Turns Ugly as Volatility Returns
Bon-Ton Wins Approval to Tap Bankruptcy Loan
Dollar Wavers Following Monday’s Sharp Drop Off in Stocks
Ascent Resources Marcellus Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Oil Prices Decline as Traders Eye Increasing Supply
Toys ‘R’ Us Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval to Close 182 Stores
Firm Retention Summary: Exco Resources Inc.
Firm Retention Summary: KIKO USA Inc.
Firm Retention Summary: Rand Logistics Inc.
Investigating the Equifax Hack Is Part of CFPB’s Job
An Essential Guide to Stock Market Lingo
Scurria’s Take: Charlotte Russe Lenders Complete Painless Restructuring
Payments Fraud Affects Most U.S. Financial Institutions
Scurria’s Take: Charlotte Russe Lenders Complete Painless Restructuring
Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire Suffers Cyberattack
Powell to Give Congressional Monetary Policy Testimony Feb. 28-March 1
Quants Embrace Recent Selloff Even as Everyone Blames Them For It
Gold Closes Lower as Stocks Swing
Quick Hits: PBOC to Give Market Bigger Role in Deciding Yuan Exchange Rate
Waste-to-Fuel Company Enerkem Adds C$280 Million
Cenveo Bankruptcy Sparks Potential for Bondholder Battle
Web Outages Continue to Dog Investors
As Cobalt Prices Rise, Congo Ups Pressure On Western Miners
Banks Cheer Return of Wild Markets
Senate Committee to Vote on Goodfriend This Week
U.S. Trade Gap Last Year Was Widest in Nine Years
Guggenheim Partners Spins Out $13 Billion Unit to Executive Following Lawsuit
ADM Looking to Tap Into Growth in South America, Asia
In Europe, Inflation Could Prove a Surprise
Judge Clears Murray Energy to Take Over Bankrupt Armstrong Energy
Patchy Bitcoin Oversight Poses Hazards for Investors, Regulators Say
Bondholders to Bid for Real Alloy
Falling Stocks and Rising Yields Aren’t the New Normal
VoxEU Column Studies Reported Preference Versus Revealed Preference
How Bets Against Volatility Fed Stock Market Rout
BP’s Strong Performance Marred by One-Off Charges
What Was Really Behind the Stock Market Selloff?
ECB QE Boosted Inflation, Not Output
U.S. Dollar Rises
Fed’s Bullard Says Strong January Jobs Data Unlikely To Spark Inflation
GM Posts Loss on Tax Changes, Logs Strong Demand for Pickups and SUVs
Born to Die: Inside XIV, the Busted Volatility ETN
What Happens If You Mix Coffee and Dr Pepper? Bob Gamgort Aims to Find Out.
Identity Fraud Hits Record Number of People
Zenflow Refuels for Prostate Treatment Device
Davis’s Take: Finding Signal in the Stock Market
Taxing This High Earner but Not That One: Hospital Nonprofits Wrestle With New Rules
Market Turmoil Greets New Fed Chief | IPO Shortcuts Put Onus on Investors to Check Risk | What to Watch: Senators Eye Bitcoin Oversight
Germany’s Largest Labor Union Agrees to 4.3% Pay Increase
Market Turmoil Greets New Fed Chief | IPO Shortcuts Put Onus on Investors to Check Risk | What to Watch: Senators Eye Bitcoin Oversight
Derby’s Take: Fed’s Williams Sketches Out Market Impact Of Balance Sheet Cuts
Global Inflation Ended 2017 Slightly Higher
Cryptocurrencies Could Threaten Financial Stability, Says Head of BIS
Bitcoin Falls Below $6,000, Plummeting 70% From December High
Continuity at Bank Indonesia
BOJ Kuroda: Not Considering Near-Term Tightening
India Central Bank Likely to Leave Key Lending Rate Unchanged
Randles’s Take: Breitburn Gets Late Takeover Offer From Lime Rock Management
Randles’s Take: Breitburn Gets Late Takeover Offer
How Are Cities Paying Bills? Trash, Parking, 911 Fees
Seven States Team Up on Fintech Licenses
Market direction: Fall