Date: 2017-11-29 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 260.76, high: 262.9, low: 260.65, close: 262.87, volume: 98971700, daily change: 0.0101
News headlines:
Trump Nominates Goodfriend for Federal Reserve Board Seat
China Economic Data Exceeds Estimates, Driven by Export Demand
American Farm Towns, With Changing Priorities, Reject Industrial Agriculture
Harada: Prices Will Rise More If BOJ Continues Easing
Oil Prices Rebound Some Ahead of OPEC Meeting
Trump Administration Questions Validity of SEC Judges
China November Official Manufacturing PMI Rises to 51.8
Trump to Name Thomas E. Workman to Financial Stability Oversight Council
ElectroCore Collects $70 Million to Ease Headache Pain
Gillette Fights Online Rivals, Shaving Prices
The New Corporate Perk: Gassing Up at Work
Bitcoin Exchanges Struggle to Handle Record Volume
Real Alloy Plans to Sell Most of Its Assets in Bankruptcy
Alibaba Sells $7 Billion in Dollar Bonds
Bitcoin Mania: Even Grandma Wants In on the Action
Glitch Leaves American Scrambling for Pilots on 15,000 Holiday Flights
U.S. Dollar Gains Tempered By Fed Uncertainty
Nasdaq Plans to Launch Bitcoin Futures in First Half 2018
Retailer Shiekh Shoes Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Costs Outweigh Benefits for Chip-and-PIN Card Payments
Brickley’s Take: Westinghouse Has Multiple Buyout Offers Brewing
Bitcoin’s Volatility Hurts Its Credibility
Trustee in Bikram Choudhury Yoga Chapter 11 Seeks to Dismiss or Convert Case
Gold Falls as Stocks Advance
Dow Industrials Close at Another Record High
Gawker Says Thiel Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Bid on Namesake Blog
Fed’s Williams Wants Officials to Press Forward With Rate Increases
Selloff Wednesday Pauses Tech-Stock Surge
Transcript: Janet Yellen’s Joint Economic Committee Testimony
Yellen Says Fed Will Continue Path of Gradual Rate Increases
Dutch Central Bank Governor Calls for End to ECB Stimulus
Quick Hits: ECB’s Constâncio Views Bitcoin as an Asset, Not a Currency
Small Investors Latch On for Bitcoin’s Wild Ride
Oil Falls For Third Straight Day
SEC Nominees Face Delay as Democratic Senator Puts Up Roadblock
Royal Bank of Canada Beats Estimates, But Tech Spending Weighs on Results
Yellen: Rising Debt ‘Should Keep People Awake at Night’
Russia, Saudi Arabia Clash Ahead of OPEC Meeting
A Year After OPEC’s Deal, Anticipation Is High for Continued Cuts
Fed Reports Economic Gains, Strengthening Price Pressures
Mars Bites Into KIND Bars
Chipotle Founder to Step Down as CEO
U.K. Wholesaler Palmer & Harvey McLane Ltd. Calls in Administrators
Siemens Picks Frankfurt for IPO of $47 Billion Health Unit
ECB’s Jens Weidmann Seeks Tighter Eurozone Budget Rules
Weinstein Co. Avoids Defunct Video Distributor’s Bid to Freeze Studio Assets
The Fed May Be Smart to Skip a Rate Rise in December
Toshiba, Western Digital Fight Over Sale of Chip Unit in Tokyo Court
New Bank of Mexico Head Committed to Lowering Inflation
Profile: Helping Business Owners Make Sound Decisions
Documents You Need When a Child Turns 18
Wells Fargo Is Dubbed a Repeat Offender and Faces New Wrath From Its Regulator
NBER Paper Asks: Should We Get Rid of the Natural Rate Hypothesis?
U.S. Economy Reaches Its Potential Output for First Time in Decade
Dudley Says Fed Has Started Thinking About Official Digital Currency
Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs
British Pound Rises Against Dollar
Siemens Tees Up Health-Care IPO in One of Biggest European Deals in Years
Zinsli’s Take: When $100 Million Is an Afterthought
ReversingLabs Raises $25 Million
Judge Sides With Trump in CFPB Fight | Wells Fargo Feels OCC’s Wrath | Treasury Backs Dodd-Frank’s OLA | Tracy’s Take: Powell’s Path to Cutting Red Tape
This Once-Acquisitive Chinese Firm Now Plans a Selling Spree
KKR Raises $1.45 Billion to Support Growing Health-Care Companies
Judge Sides With Trump in CFPB Fight | Wells Fargo Feels OCC’s Wrath | Treasury Backs Dodd-Frank’s OLA | Tracy’s Take: Powell’s Path to Cutting Red Tape
ECB Sees Risk of Large Asset-Price Corrections
Hannon’s Take: Central Banks to Take Differing Paths In 2018
Trump Team to Recommend Keeping Dodd-Frank Liquidation Power
Tracy’s Take: Powell Offers Unapologetic Path to Cutting Red Tape
BOJ Already Has Tools to Exit Easing, Deputy Chief Says
LSE CEO Steps Down as Exchange Battles With Activist
Yellen to Testify on Capitol Hill for Likely Last Time as Fed Chief
Bundesbank Warns German Financial Sector Over Sudden Rate Rise
Cineworld Plots $3.1 Billion Offer for Regal Entertainment
Investors Bet Bond Yields Portend a Slide for Aussie Dollar
Hopes for OPEC Action Boost Banks’ Oil-Price Forecasts
The Cash Comeback
Reserve Bank of New Zealand to Ease Loan-to-Value Restrictions
Rizzo’s Take: November Leveraged Loan Defaults Spike Due to Retail, Energy
Market direction: Rise