Date: 2018-01-30 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 285.93, high: 286.43, low: 284.5, close: 284.68, volume: 90118300, daily change: -0.0066
News headlines:
Trump Tries Taking On a New Role: Optimist
Oil Futures Maintain Post-API Selloff
Carlos Slim, One of World’s Richest Men, Gets Schooled by an Old Pupil
Australia Inflation Locks in Outlook of Low Rates for Longer
China Official Manufacturing PMI Slows for Second Month in January
Thomson Reuters Sells Stake in Financial Unit to Blackstone-Led Group for $17 Billion
NTSB Urges Updates of Engine-Inspection and Evacuation Rules
Fujifilm Nears Deal With Xerox
Nevada Gambling Regulator to Probe Steve Wynn Allegations
Some BOJ Members Raise Issue of Possible Policy Review
Triple Threat: Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Rattle Health-Care Firms
Rising Bond Yields Punish High-Dividend Stocks
Japan’s December Industrial Output Rises More Than Expected
Wynn Resorts Board Faces Scrutiny Following Allegations Against CEO
Zinsli’s Take: The Cash Funnel That Is Pumping Up The World’s Wags
SEC Moves to Stop $600 Million Digital Coin Offering
Aerosoles Wins Approval to Redo Sale Process
Och-Ziff Names New CEO to Replace Daniel Och
Dollar Creeps Lower
CFPB Needs Rules, Not Arbitrary Enforcement
MetLife Shares Tumble
Firm Retention Summary: Exco Resources Inc.
Investor Pullback, Rising U.S. Output Weigh on Oil
Harley-Davidson to Consolidate Plants as Sales Decline Continues
New York City Lawyers’ Group Fights Bankruptcy Venue Bill
Penthouse Publisher Pitches Adult Entertainment Cryptocurrency Partnership
Search for Quiksilver CEO Under Way Off France’s Coast
Wells Fargo Names New Regulatory Executive
More Entities Are Trying to Launder Bitcoin
The 6 Things to Watch in This Week’s Fed Meeting
Ensequence Files for Bankruptcy
Are Lenders Using Risk-Based Pricing in the Consumer Loan Market?
Quick Hits: ECB’s Mersch Wants Uniform Standards for European Bank Boards
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan  Partner to Pare Health Costs
Gold Closes Lower as Treasury Yields Rise
Pfizer Plans $5 Billion Boost in U.S. Manufacturing From Tax-Law Changes
Value Meals Drive McDonald’s Sales
Google Rivals Ask EU to Toughen Measures in Antitrust Case
Bank of England’s Carney Sees Signs of a Pickup in U.K. Wages
SoftBank Gives Wag $300 Million to Chew On
Economic Expectations Drive U.S. Consumer Confidence Higher
Macron’s France Great Again? European Growth Outpaces U.S.
Dollar Reverses Gains
Home Prices Continued to Rise in November
Rand Logistics Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
New York Pension Fund Doubles Bet on Low-Carbon Companies
Aetna Profit Rises on Lower Restructuring Costs
BP Invests $5 Million in Mobile Electric-Vehicle Charging Company FreeWire
House Money-Fund Bill Fizzles | New Spoofing Charges | Deng’s Take: China Tinkers With Debt Program
Deng’s Take: China Tinkers With Debt Program
House Money-Fund Bill Fizzles | New Spoofing Charges | Deng’s Take: China Tinkers With Debt Program
Douglas’s Take: Supply Side Blues at the Bank of England
SAP Moves Further Into the Cloud With Callidus Deal
Safeguarding Independence Is Powell’s Main Task
Thomson Reuters in Talks to Sell Stake in Unit to Blackstone
U.K. Mortgage Approvals Near Three-Year Low in December
House Money-Fund Bill Hits a Snag
Yellen Got to Full Employment, but Legacy Still Is Being Written
Turkish Central Bank Lifts 2018, 2019 Inflation Forecasts
Australian Regulator Accuses Commonwealth Bank of Rate Manipulation
Market direction: Neutral