Date: 2018-02-21 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 272.03, high: 273.67, low: 270.5, close: 271.4, volume: 86369700, daily change: -0.0063
News headlines:
Mutual Funds Get Reprieve on SEC Rule Rebuked by Trump Administration
SEC Calls For Curbs On Employee Trading During Cyberbreaches
Oil Futures Slide Further After FOMC Minutes
Toys ‘R’ Us Plans to Close Another 200 Stores
Tops Markets Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
JPMorgan Chase to Build Giant New Headquarters in Manhattan
Merger Creates Regional Hospital Giant
Amazon Is Taking Over the Stock Market, Too
Excerpts From Minutes of the Fed’s Jan. 30-31 Meeting
Ford North America President Leaves Following Misconduct Allegations
U.S. Stocks End Lower After Fed Minutes
Procept BioRobotics Raises Late-Stage Funds for Surgical Robot
U.S. Dollar Rallies
GE Won’t Sell Baker Hughes Stake Yet, Lowers 2018 Profit View
Pre-Securities Act Disclosures Showcase Inadequacies
SEC Should Protect Investors’ Ability to Sue
Dish Network Gains Sling TV Customers but Retention Is a Problem
In Minutes, Some Initial Talk of Changing Fed Inflation Target
Oil Prices Mixed Ahead of Inventory Forecast
R-Rated Behavior of Star Producer Is a Drama for Disney
In a Fresh Sign of Strength, Glencore Quadruples Earnings
Luxury Retailer Charlotte Olympia to Close U.S. Stores in Bankruptcy
Rizzo’s Take: And Then There Were None: Bachrach’s Ever-Shrinking Footprint
Most Unsecured Creditors to Receive Nothing in Motorsport Aftermarket Plan
Westinghouse Creditors Can Vote on Chapter 11 Plan
Hawaiian Dumps Airbus Order for Boeing Jets
Contractor Winds Down Work on Puerto Rico Grid as Restoration Continues
Activist Investor Calls for Spinoff of Some Bloomin’ Brands Restaurants
Trump Economic Report Blames Obama Policies for Slow Growth
Home Sales Post Their Sharpest Drop in Three Years
Supreme Court Curbs Protections for Whistleblowers
Small Business Thinks Big About Recruiting
BOE Officials Point to Possible Rate Rise
Treasury Recommends Keeping Dodd-Frank Liquidation Power
Bankrupt Bicycle Maker Niner Finds New Buyer
Profile: On Working With Single, High-Income Women
FDIC Sues 16 Banks as Receiver for Failed Puerto Rico Bank
How Jeffrey Immelt’s ‘Success Theater’ Masked the Rot at GE
Fed’s Kaplan Sees Rates Rising ‘Gradually and Patiently’
Fed’s Harker Says He Has ‘Penciled In’ Two Rate Increases in 2018
Dollar Strengthens Ahead of Fed Minutes
Priceline Group Rebrands to Booking Holdings
The Rise of Bitcoin Factories: Mining for the Masses
Zinsli’s Take: Billion-Dollar Companies Build IPO Anticipation, Then Underwhelm
Vectra Raises $36 Million to Automate Cyberattack Detection
Long Neglected, Rare Muscle Diseases Capture Investors’ Attention
Tracy’s Take: How Independent Should the OFR Be?
Justices Decline Fannie-Freddie Case | Trump Officials Look to Ease Erasing Student Debt | Tracy’s Take: How Independent Should the OFR Be?
Buell’s Take: De Guindos Appointment May Herald More Hawkish Policies
Lawsuit Alleges MetLife Mistake Helped a Woman Keep Settlement Money From Her Daughter
Folgers Wakes Up With a New Premium Cup of Coffee
What to Watch in the Fed Minutes
Eurozone Bank Failures Imperil Central Bank Independence
U.K. Jobless Rate Rises, but Labor Market Remains Tight
Eurozone Business Activity Slows as Economic Growth Levels Off
Oil Sentiment Turns Negative Again
Brickley’s Take: Shkreli’s Former Drug Company Fights Medical Charities
Fed Gives Bullish Signals on Economy
Market direction: Neutral