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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks posted a second day of gains. • Dow 20,000 mark yet to be broken. U.S. equities posted and are batting 1.000% for 2017! The Dow posted a 60 point gain, 0.3%, closing at 19,942, just 58 points shy of 20,000. The S&P 500 settled up 13 points, 0.6%, […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks begin 2017 in the green. • Dow still looking to break 20,000. U.S. stocks began 2017 on a positive note with the Dow closing up 119 points, 0.6%, at 19,882, the S&P 500 climbing 19 points, 0.9%, to 2,258 and the Nasdaq finishing at 5,429, up 46, 0.9%. […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks fell Friday on profit taking. • All three major indexes post nice gains for 2016. U.S. stocks finished the year on a mild down note with the Dow losing 57 ending at 19,762, the S&P 500 falling 10 points to 2,239 and the Nasdaq ended down 49 points […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities close flat on low volume. • All three indexes on track to post solid gains for December. U.S. stocks closed marginally lower yesterday with the Dow off 14 points to 19,820, the S&P 500 ending down a single digit at 2,249 and Nasdaq ending 6 points lower at […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks little changed in a week. • Dow still looking to penetrate 20,000. It’s been a week since the last Morning Energy Blog and in that time U.S. equities have gone sideways. Last Wednesday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 19,942, 2,265 and the Nasdaq 5,471, respectively. […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks retreat modestly. • Volumes thinning. After posting, or nearly posting, new record highs on Tuesday U.S. equities closed marginally lower yesterday. The Dow closed down 32 points at 19,942, the S&P lost 6 ending at 2,265 and the Nasdaq declined 13 finishing at 5,471. All chatter. With the […]
Equities and the Economy: • Record highs again for Dow and Nasdaq. • Banking sector driving the market. The Dow gained 92 points yesterday, 0.5%, closing at a record high of 19,975 trading intraday even higher at 19,988, just 12 points shy of 20,000. The Nasdaq also closed at a record high at 5,484, up […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities little changed since last Tuesday. • U.S. dollar remains at near a 14 year high. Although U.S equities closed higher yesterday they’re very marginally below last Tuesday’s close which was when the data was known for the last Morning Energy Blog. Last Wednesday the Dow closed at 19,911 […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow finishes at another record high. • Yesterday marked the 7th consecutive close higher. U.S. equities continued their relentless, post-election march higher. The Dow closed once again at a record high advancing 115 points, 0.58%, to 19,911 and just 89 points shy of 20,000! Now the 20,000 number has no […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities close mixed. • Dow logs yet another record high. U.S. stocks meandered with little direction yesterday. When the final bell rang the Dow posted another record high rising 40 points, 0.2%, closing at 19,796, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished lower with the former falling 3 points ending […]
