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Morning Energy Blog – October 17, 2014

Good morning. During the last hour of trading yesterday I felt like I was hanging onto the edge of a 50 ft. ledge just hoping selling wouldn’t come pouring in at the close. And it didn’t. Whew! Although the Dow did close down 24, at 16,117, it could have been a lot worse for about […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 16, 2014

Good morning. Equities continue to get pummeled with the Dow closing down 173, 1.06%, to 16,142, the S&P 500 lost 16, 0.84%, to 1,862 and the Nasdaq dropped 12, 0.29%, to 4,215. And are you ready for this, at one point in the day the Dow was down 460 points! The S&P closed at its […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 15, 2014

Good morning. After 3 days of a nightmare on Wall Street U.S. equities stabilized yesterday with the Dow ending down 6 to 16,315, the S&P 500 up 3 to 1,878 and the Nasdaq up 14 to 4,227. That being said, if you have energy stocks in your portfolio you’re still feeling pain (Chevron down 2% […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 14, 2014

Good morning. Death by a thousand cuts. That’s what’s happening to U.S. stocks. Well folks, the correction is in full swing with the Dow closing down another 223 points lower, 1.35%, at 16,321, the S&P 500 losing another 31 points, 1.65%, to 1,875 and the Nasdaq down another 63, 1.46%, to 4,214. I don’t know […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 13, 2014

Good morning. Investing in equities is all about growth and economic reports, or a lack thereof, and are killing stocks taking a toll on investors. And not just here in the U.S. but globally. On Friday an index of global equities hit a 7 month low and oil slumped to a 4 month low (more […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 10, 2014

Good morning. On Wednesday we saw a light at the end of the tunnel and believed it was the Fed holding it. It turned out not be the Fed but a train. Wham! We got run over. Serious damage. Carnage. Triage applied. No survivors with the Dow losing the most points it has in a […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 3, 2014

Good morning. I apologize for the delay in today’s report. I have been on conference calls since I walked in the office this morning. Consequently, today’s report will be briefer than normal (which may be to your delight!). Equities hung in there yesterday with the Dow closing down 4 to 16,802, the S&P 500 closed […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 2, 2014

Good morning. I sure hope it is for you because yesterday was another really, really lousy day for our 401K’s. The Dow lost 238 points, 1.4%, to 16,805, the S&P 500 dropped 26, 1.32%, to 1,946 and the Nasdaq ended down 71 points, 1.59%, to 4,422. All material losses. For well over a year I’ve […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 1, 2014

Good morning. The grief continued yesterday with equities continuing their descent. The Dow lost 28 points to 17,043, the S&P 500 fell 6 to 1,973 (now well below 2,000) and the Nasdaq dropped 12 to 4,493. Other than the fact the length (time) of this bull market is in record territory and “tired” and in […]

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Morning Energy Report – September 29, 2014

Good morning. And it was a good weekend after Friday’s price action. Although equities did not recoup all their losses from Thursday they made a nice rebound. For example, the Dow rose 167 points, 0.99%, closing at 17,113 recovering 60% of Thursday’s decline. The S&P 500 climbed 17 points, 0.86%, to 1,983 and the Nasdaq […]

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