Date: 2017-10-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 252.69, high: 253.44, low: 252.56, close: 253.16, volume: 55953600, daily change: 0.0012
News headlines:
Trump Administration Seeks to Jolt Nafta Talks With Content Demands
RBA Still Not Ruling Out Rate Cut
Gobble Feasts on Capital Despite Meal Delivery Sector Malaise
Shale Juggernaut Shows Signs of Fatigue
Trading Database Could Be Delayed Due to Data-Security Hitches
Yum China Looks to KFC For Next CEO
Stocks on Record Run; Investors Wonder How It Ends
Ammo Maker Vista Outdoor Names New CEO
Small European Banks Did Better Than Big Ones in Crisis
Fed’s Board Should Be Adequately Staffed
A Shadow Rate Model of Intermediate-Term Policy Rate Expectations
IMF, World Bank Leaders: Now Is the Time to Prepare for a Future Downturn
Lawmakers Shouldn’t Settle for Symbolic Regulatory Changes
Randal Quarles, Trump’s First Fed Nominee, Wins Senate Approval
Sempra, Oncor Seek Deal Approval from Texas PUC
Shareholders Approve Ensco-Atwood Oceanics Merger
Brickley’s Take: How an Energy Giant Shut Down a $107 Consumer Dispute
Brickley’s Take: How an Energy Giant Shut Down a $107 Consumer Dispute
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Earthquake-Related Purchases Lift Wal-Mart de Mexico Sales
Honeywell Pursues Acquisition of Evoqua Water Technologies
Fed’s George: Delaying Rate Rises Poses Risks to Growth, Financial Stability
New Federal Rule Clamps Down on Payday Loans
Stocks Extend Run of Record Highs; VIX at New Low
TransCanada Nixes Two Pipelines
Dollar Climbs Alongside U.S. Rate Expectations
True Religion Reorganization Plan Wins Confirmation
Wall Street Regulator Is Also an Investor—With Meager Returns
Diamondback Energy Makes $725 Million Offer for Breitburn Permian Basin Assets
Oil Advances on Production Cap Discussions
New Jersey Sues Insys Over Opioid Painkiller
Sabadell Confirms Move of Headquarters to Alicante, Spain
Transcript: Media Q&A With San Francisco Fed’s Williams in St. Louis
Big Catalan Bank to Relocate From Region Amid Separatist Drive
Lawmakers Grill Former Equifax CEO Over Timing of Hack Disclosure
Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment Consider Merger
Deripaska’s EN+ to Raise $1.5 Billion in IPO
Whirlpool Wins Backing for Import Protection From Key U.S. Panel
Corona Is the New King of Beers
Westinghouse Seeks Up to $8.3 Million in Incentive Bonuses for Top Employees
OPEC Pushes Russia to Keep Helping on Oil Prices
White House Economist Defends GOP’s Tax-Overhaul Plan
Judge Orders Bank of America to Redo Settlement in Mortgage Dispute
Appeals Court Rules Against Amgen in Patent Case
Visterra Doubles Its Series C, as Flu Drug Advances
GAM Joins Quant Fund Rush to Sunflower Seeds, Cheese
Fed’s Williams Sees One More Rate Increase This Year, Three in 2018
Fed’s Harker: Worker Training Is Investment in Economy, Not Just a Cost
Fed’s Powell: Regulation Must Take Account of Market Impact
The Best Resources for Understanding Medicare
The ECB’s Actual Inflation Target
Vivendi’s Offices Raided by Police as Media Moguls Wrangle
Mexico’s Pemex Finds Partners for Onshore Oil Fields
Voices: A Life-Insurance Strategy for Older Clients
ECB Discussed Options for Scaling Back QE at Last Meeting
U.S. Trade Gap Narrowed in August
Boeing Deal Targets Flying Taxis
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week
Firm Retention Summary: Seadrill Ltd.
TransCanada Ends Two Pipeline Projects
Euro Little Changed After ECB Minutes
J&J Abandoning Insulin Pumps
Finra’s Meager Returns | Senators Rip Credit-Reporting Model | Michaels’s Take: SEC Enters the Fiduciary Fray
Davis’s Take: Freshman Funds in Fashion
Robotic Chefs Arrive in Restaurant Industry
Michaels’s Take: SEC Enters the Fiduciary Fray
Finra’s Meager Returns | Senators Rip Credit-Reporting Model | Michaels’s Take: SEC Enters the Fiduciary Fray
Torry’s Take: Why Rent When You Can Buy?
Companies That Perform Best Don’t Pay CEOs the Most
Shipbuilding Tie-Up Sets Sights on Asia
Australian Retail Sales Slump
Market direction: Neutral