Stock Market Today, Jan. 14: Greenland Takeover Chatter Drowned Out by Bank Earnings, Hot PPI Report

The performance in small caps might help to explain why the market is up, but the big benchmarks are down: 51.8% (2,865) U.S. issues are advancing against 45.3% (2,504) in decline.That leaves just the Russell 2000 (+0.11%), America's small cap index, in the green for the moment. The bright spots include health care, some industrials, energy stocks, and utilities, among others. There's also some green coming from regional banks:We're now a little past midday, U.S. stocks are mostly skewed to the downside. Th ...