Date: 2018-02-13 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 263.83, high: 267.01, low: 261.66, close: 265.34, volume: 143736000, daily change: 0.0147
News headlines:
MetLife Pegs Number of Workers Missing Benefits at 13,500
Oil Futures Little Changed Ahead of U.S. Inventory Data
Regulator Looks Into Alleged Manipulation of VIX, Wall Street’s ‘Fear Index’
Louisiana Port Edges Closer to Oil Export on Supertankers
América Móvil Registers Fourth-Quarter Net Loss
Fed Actions Against Wells Fargo Were a ‘One-Off’
‘Madden’ Bill Would Boost Predatory Lending
Internal Financial Controls Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All
Dollar Slides Ahead of Key Data
What to Know About Fed Vice Chair Candidate Loretta Mester
Charming Charlie to Put Reorganization Plan to Creditor Vote
Treasury Department to Block Latvia’s ABLV Bank From U.S. Markets
Oil Down Over Concerns About Rising U.S. Output
White House Considering Loretta Mester for Fed’s No. 2 Job
Corrigan’s Take: Kirkland & Ellis Walls Off Former Government Watchdog From Breitburn Bankruptcy
Blackstone, Other Private-Equity Firms May Sit Out Infrastructure Push
Chipotle Picks Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol to Be Its New Chief
CFPB Chief Says Equifax Probe Continues
Blackstone Puts Gray on Track to Succeed Schwarzman
CureVac Enlists Gates Foundation to Fight Flu, Malaria
Health-Care Distributor Stocks Fall on News of Consolidation and Competition From Amazon
Gold Inches Higher Ahead of Inflation Data
Walter Investment Management Exits Bankruptcy Protection
The Path to the Tax Overhaul
Quick Hits: Draghi Says Regulating Bitcoin Isn’t the ECB’s Responsibility
Shale Output Hasn’t Grown This Fast Since Oil Was at $100
How Will the Tax Overhaul Affect the Economy?
After a Busy Fall, Mall Mergers Slow
A Billion-Dollar Bribery Scandal Sweeps Through the Oil Industry
Pass-Through Income
Other Deductions
Taxes on Investment Income
Deductions for Charitable Donations
Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption
State and Local Tax Deductions
Retiree Tax Issues
Tax Rates and Brackets
Medical-Expenses Deduction
The Individual Mandate on Health Insurance
The Home Sellers’ Exemption
Estate and Gift Tax
Xerox Defends Fujifilm Deal After Icahn Criticism
Other Education Benefits
Depreciation
Interest Payments on Business Debt
Child and Dependent Tax Credits
The Alternative Minimum Tax
Payroll Withholding
Alimony
Retirement Savings
529 Education-Savings Accounts
Uganda’s Central Bank Cuts Rates as It Seeks to Boost Economic Growth
Barnes & Noble Cuts Jobs Following Poor Holiday Season
Blue Apron Sheds Customers as Meal Kit Competition Mounts
U.S. Household Debt up $193 Billion
Walmart to Trim Store Management Ranks
Why the World Is Watching U.S. Interest Rates
Mester Says Fed Should Raise Rates in 2018 at Pace Similar to 2017
NBER Paper Examines How Employer Concentration Affects Wages
San Francisco Fed Paper Studies Disappointing Recovery in U.S. Output
Thomson Reuters CEO Jim Smith Hospitalized
PepsiCo Posts Flat Sales, Plans to Trim Jobs
Broadcom Now Seeks Six Seats on Qualcomm Board
Trump Proposes Fees for Futures Industry | CFPB’s Mission Overhauled | Hayashi’s Take: Mulvaney Under Spotlight on Equifax Probe
Under Armour Expands Restructuring Plan
Timiraos’s Take: Why a ‘Powell Put’ Looks Unlikely Right Now
U.S. Tax Provision May Sting Foreign Firms
U.K. Inflation Stays Above BOE’s Target
Chernova’s Take: Slow and Steady, Benchmark in No Hurry to Join Fundraising Boom
Hayashi’s Take: Mulvaney Under Spotlight on Equifax Probe
Trump Proposes Fees for Futures Industry | CFPB’s Mission Overhauled | Hayashi’s Take: Mulvaney Under Spotlight on Equifax Probe
Small-Business Confidence Nears Record Levels
Here’s a Tax Cut for London Bankers: Go to Europe
Ride Hailing’s Other Travis Is Riding Scooters Now
Potential for EUR/USD Falls Limited, ING Says
Aussie Dollar Still as RBA Comments, Data Ignored
Indonesia’s Central Bank Seen Holding Steady
The Mortgage-Interest Deduction
Wynn Resorts Board Hires New Law Firm to Run Investigation of Ex-CEO Steve Wynn
Rizzo’s Take: Retail Executives Expect Uptick in Retailer Bankruptcy Filings
Market direction: Rise