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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Barrier Awareness Day. It was the third straight of equities around the world selling off. Here in the U.S. where we care the most the Dow fell 86 (0.48%) to 17,842, the S&P 500 lost 9 (0.45%) to 2,080 and the Nasdaq closed down 19 (0.39%) […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy No Diet Day. It was a very lousy day on Wall Street with the S&P 500 suffering its biggest one day percentage decline in six weeks falling 25 points (1.2%) to 2,089. The Dow stunk it up too losing 142 points (0.8%) and once again below 18,000 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Cinco de Mayo (cerveza fria, pour favor!). U.S. stocks finished modestly higher yesterday extending Friday’s gains albeit on less than normal volume. The Dow climbed 46 to 18,070, the S&P 500 closed up 6 at 2,114 and the Nasdaq finished at 12 at 5,017. The only piece […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Star Wars Day. U.S. stocks bounced back sharply with the Dow gaining 183 points (1.03%) closing back over 18,000 at 18,024, the S&P 500 up 22 points (1.08%) to 2,108 and the Nasdaq added 64 (1.29%) and once again over 5,000, albeit barely, to 5,005. We’ll […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Tuba Day. It was a second consecutive bad day for stocks all around the world yesterday with the Dow falling 195 points (1.08%) and once again below 18,000 to 17,841. The S&P 500 lost 21 (0.99%) to 2,086 and the Nasdaq got pounded like Mayweather and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Bugs Bunny Day. Well the market was asking “What’s up doc?” yesterday or more appropriately, what’s up with these markets with the Dow falling 74 points ending at 18,036, the S&P 500 closing down 8 at 2,107 and the Nasdaq off 31 to 5,024. Although the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Shrimp Scampi Day. In another choppy day U.S. stocks closed mixed with the Dow gaining 72 points and the S&P 500 climbing 6 to 2,11. It would have been a trifecta of green except the Nasdaq lost 5 to 5,055. Twitter was a big anchor on the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy birthday to Eeyore. We started out looking nicely yesterday morning following European equities higher but all the major indexes ended lower as the red hot health care sector dropped sharply. The Dow ended 42 points lower at 18,038, the S&P 500 lost 9 to 2,109 and the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Babe Ruth Day. A day after the Nasdaq set its first record in 15 years the index marched on Friday adding another 36 points (0.61%) closing at 5,092. The index got a big boost from Amazon.com which jumped a whopping 14% after it reported a surprise […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Hairball Awareness Day. U.S. equities posted modest gains yesterday but it was good enough for the Nasdaq to close at its highest level in 15 years! Whoo-hoo! The tech heavy index rose 21 points (0.4%) ending at 5,056 surpassing the 15 year high set on March […]
