Date: 2017-11-30 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 263.02, high: 263.63, low: 262.2, close: 262.71, volume: 77512100, daily change: -0.0006
News headlines:
Electricity Prices Plummet as Gas and Wind Gain Traction
South Korea’s Inflation Slows Despite Trade, GDP Gains
At Odds With Official PMI, Caixin China PMI Slows in November
STX Gets Investment from Malone’s Liberty Global
Oil Rebounds Further Following Output-Cap Extension
Farmer’s Business Network Raises $110 Million for Crowdsourced Agriculture
Investors Rip Startups’ Chase for ‘Unicorn’ Status
Trump to Nominate Jelena McWilliams as FDIC Chief
Japan’s Inflation Picks Up Pace, Labor Market Tightens
Dollar Pares Losses on Hopes of Tax Reform
Blue Apron CEO Steps Aside
Toys ‘R’ Us Under Fire For Bonuses During Bankruptcy
Fed Ends Action Against Bank That Counted Quarles as Investor
Icahn Considers Board Fight at SandRidge Energy
Creditors Move Ahead in Case Over RCS Capital Bankruptcy
SEC Changes Hiring Process for In-House Judges
Senate Banking Committee to Vote on Powell Nomination Tuesday
Credit-Card Issuers Favor Arbitration but Offer Opt-Out
China Should Clean Up Micro-Lending, Not Kill It
Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Ready for Streaming
What a Tax Overhaul Means for Your Industry
Fed’s Kaplan Supports Rate Increase in ‘Near Future’
Oil Prices Rise After OPEC Announces Deal
Penn National Gaming’s Bid to Buy Pinnacle Entertainment Advances
Kroger Rings Up Gains in Fight Against Wal-Mart, Amazon
Quick Hits: Asian Central Banks Could Favor ‘One and Done’ Rate Rises
Barnes & Noble Wants to Clear ‘Tchotchke’ Clutter, Sell More Books
Voices: On Hiring In-House Expertise to Serve Wealth Clients
Cumulus Media Files for Bankruptcy
Verizon to Sell Wireless Home Broadband, Challenging Cable
Fed Official Steps Up Concern Over Bitcoin
OPEC Agrees to Limit Oil Output Through 2018
No, Virginia, There Isn’t a Santa Claus Rally
CVS Closes In on Aetna Deal
Dollar Falls on Reports Tillerson to be Replaced With Pompeo
German Banks: Chronically Sick and No One Has a Cure
Did Investor Sentiment Affect Credit Risk Around the 2016 Election?
Sears Goes to Mattresses Against Falling Sales
Midwest Business Activity Slows in November
Winners and Losers in the House Tax Bill
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell, Signaling a Strengthening Labor Market
Analytics Company Uptake Valued at $2.3 Billion
Davis’s Take: European Tech Hits Its Stride
AliveCor Receives FDA Clearance for Apple Watch-based EKG
Hayashi’s Take: CFPB Mortgage Rules Seen as Target
Eurozone Inflation Picks Up, Boosting ECB as It Prepares to Reduce Stimulus
Power Shift: How Natural Gas and Renewables Dethroned King Coal
Justice Department Questions Validity of SEC Judges | Trump Picks Goodfriend for Fed, Workman for FSOC | Hayashi’s Take: CFPB Mortgage Rules Seen as Target
Fractyl Laboratories Banks $44 Million Series D
Justice Department Questions Validity of SEC Judges | Trump Picks Goodfriend for Fed, Workman for FSOC | Hayashi’s Take: CFPB Mortgage Rules Seen as Target
Harrison’s Take: How Would Tax Cuts Boost Investment and Growth? We Don’t Know, Yellen Says
The Return of the Repo: A Market’s Postcrisis Comeback
South Korea’s Tightening Paves Way for Rest of Asia to Follow
Is China’s Central Bank Losing Its Monetary-Policy Mojo?
Russia Plans First Sale of Yuan Bonds
Bitcoin Goes to the Big Four: PwC Accepts First Digital-Currency Payment
Germany and the Phillips Curve
How a Small Bet on Tencent Made an African Firm One of the World’s Most Valuable
Bank of Korea Calls Time on Record Low Rate
Why the Oil Recovery Is About More Than OPEC Cuts
Australia’s Economy Pulls Clear of Mining Downturn
Rough Road Ahead for Store Credit Cards
Brickley’s Take: Westinghouse Has Multiple Buyout Offers Brewing
Semma Therapeutics Gets $114 Million Series B for Diabetes Treatment
Market direction: Neutral