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Wall Street Enters Darker Age With Most Stock Trading Hidden

(Bloomberg) -- Here’s a surprising new fact about the world’s largest and most-liquid public equity market: Most of the activity on it isn’t public anymore.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station Will Close for Almost a Month on Jan. 30For the first time o

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S&P 500, Nasdaq flat as investors assess economic data; Boeing slips

The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq struggled for direction on Friday, as investors avoided big bets and assessed fresh data to gauge the health of the economy, while Boeing dipped after issuing a quarterly profit warning. A S&P Global survey showed that business activity slowed to a ninth-month low in January amid rising price pressures, but firms reported higher hiring, supporting the Federal Reserve's cautious approach to monetary policy this year. At 10:16 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.48 points, or 0.24%, to 44,459.53, the S&P 500 lost 3.62 points, or 0.06%, to 6,115.09 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 17.56 points, or 0.09%, to 20,034.29.

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BOJ’s Clear Guidance on Rate Hike Calms Markets But May Backfire

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda raised interest rates to the highest level since 2008, avoiding market turmoil by carefully signaling his plans to investors. But that strategy carries its own risks.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station W

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Vanguard’s S&P 500 Fund Is About to Become World’s Largest ETF

(Bloomberg) -- A seemingly unstoppable flood of money has Vanguard Group Inc. on the brink of claiming a crown that State Street Corp. has held for decades. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station Will Close for Almost a Month on Jan. 30Nearly $18 billion

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