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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Well it appears Santa finished delivering his presents on Tuesday for yesterday he was nowhere to be found. The Dow fell 117 points, 0.66%, ending at 17,604, the S&P 500 lost 15, 0.74%, to 2,063 and the Nasdaq closed down 42 points, 0.82%, at 5,066. In the holiday thin market investors […]
Equities and the Economy Santa continues to deliver gifts well past Christmas giving a wonderful present yesterday of materially higher stock prices. The Dow rose a big 193 points, 1.10%, ending at 17,721, the S&P 500 added 22 points, 1.05%, finishing at 2,078 and the Nasdaq was the winner on the day climbing 1.33%, 67 […]
HOUSTON — Investment research group Morningstar said Tuesday that the oil glut and low prices are likely to last at least through next year. “Declining U.S. oil production over the next several quarters will help reduce global oversupply, but in our opinion, that alone cannot quickly fix the current global imbalances, signaling an extended downturn […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. The last Blog was December 23rd reflecting the market action of December 22nd so let’s see what’s transpired since then. On December 22nd the Dow closed at 17,417, the S&P 500 at 2,039 and the Nasdaq at 5,001. Yesterday the Dow closed at 17,528, the S&P at 2,057 and […]
Equities and the Economy Santa is working his tail off to bring us a good holiday. U.S. equities rose nicely yesterday following Monday’s gains with the Dow popping a sweet 165 points, 0.96%, closing at 17,417, the S&P 500 rose 18, 0.88%, to 2,039 and the Nasdaq returned to ever 5,000 adding 32 points, 0.65%, […]
Equities and the Economy Santa’s workshop was in full swing yesterday bringing a nice rally on the first day of Christmas week. The Dow was up and down all day and a one point trading marginally negative but in the last hour posted a strong rally ending the day up 123 points, 0.72%, at 17,252. […]
Equities and the Economy Last Friday was, unfortunately, just a bad a day as last Thursday. The Dow closed down an ugly and material 2.10%, 367 points, at 17,129, the S&P 500 lost 36 points, 1.76%, to 2,006 and the Nasdaq fell an even 80 points, 1.59%, ending at 4,923. Friday was the Dow’s worst […]
Equities and the Economy The rally is in full force however yesterday it wasn’t Santa Clause who brought the present, but it is someone with white hair: Janet Yellen. And the present was the strangest form, an interest rate hike. So how can this be?! Especially when the Fed said the hike was a tentative […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks rallied sharply yesterday marking a second day of gains with the Dow jumping 157 points, 0.90%, to 17,525, the S&P 500 adding 21, 1.04%, to 2,043 and the Nasdaq climbing 43, 0.86%, to 4,995 (still under that 5,000 level). Some folks are stating because oil prices rose, and WTI […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities began the day flat to down but ended on a nice bounce. The Dow closed 104 points higher, 0.6%, at 17,369, the S&P 500 added 10, .048%, to 2,022 and the Nasdaq gained 19, 0.38%, at 4,952. The intraday price action was good being we bounced back from being […]
