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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Don’t Fry Day (which is always the Friday before Memorial Day. Sounds like the grill manufacturer lobby’s been at work!). For the fourth consecutive day equities meandered although the Nasdaq got a nice pop climbing 19 (0.38%) to 5,091. The Dow closed flat to Wednesday at […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Be a Millionaire Day. U.S. stocks waffled all day yesterday between small gains and small losses. Although both the Dow and S&P 500 hit new intraday record highs only the Dow closed in the green adding 13 points to 18,312 setting a second consecutive record closing […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Devil’s Food Cake Day. The Dow and S&P 500 marched to another record high yesterday fed by fruit. The fruit was Apple which rose 1.1% and was the biggest factor for the rise of the three major indexes. The numbers were: Dow closed up 26 points […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National No Dirty Dishes Day. Carry on Wayword Son! No, I’m not talking about Kansas. I’m talking about the S&P 500 which on Friday closed at a record high for the second straight day. I know it barely did so (+2 points to 2,123) but I don’t […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Nylon Stocking Day. It was a fantastic day for U.S. stocks yesterday with the Dow pushing up a big 192 points (1.06%) higher, the S&P 500 adding 23 (1.07%) to 2,121 and the Nasdaq jumping 69 (1.39%) ending at 5,051. And along the way the S&P […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Dance Like Chicken Day (and it’s not even Oktoberfest!). U.S. Equities closed virtually unchanged yesterday from Tuesday losing early gains with the Dow off 8 to 18,060, the S&P 500 down 1 to 2,098 and the Nasdaq actually closed up 6 to 4,982. All the indexes […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Crouton Day. U.S stocks closed lower yesterday for the second consecutive day with the Dow off 37 points to 18,068, the S&P 500 closed down 6 to 2,099 and the Nasdaq shed 17 to 4,876. And you should take that loss and go home. Why? Because […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Nutty Fudge Day. After a spectacular Friday U.S. equities retreated somewhat yesterday with the Dow falling 86 points (0.47%) to 18,105, the S&P 500 dropping 11 (0.52%) to 2,105 and the Nasdaq hanging in there slipping only 10 (0.19%) to 4,994. Volume was very light being […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Twilight Zone Day. Last week was like the Twilight Zone with stocks with the volatility off the charts. Early in the week stocks got crushed only to come roaring back on Friday on the heels of the Labor Department’s Employment Situation Report rallying hugely with the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy No Socks Day (should have told you this yesterday!). What you all saw yesterday was equities bounce back somewhat with the Dow adding 83 (0.46%) to 17,924, the S&P 500 up 8 (0.38%) to 2,088 and the Nasdaq close up 26 (0.53%) to 4,946. But to use […]
