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Morning Energy Blog – September 8, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Equities end little changed. • U.S. dollar hitting 2.5 year lows. U.S. stocks ended little changed yesterday with the Dow closing down 23 points at 21,785, the S&P 500 finishing flat to Wednesday at 2,465 and the Nasdaq posting a slight gain of 5 points to 6,397. Investors are keying […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 7, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks post modest gains. • Economic data mixed. U.S. equities logged modest gains yesterday with the Dow climbing 54 points to 21,808, the S&P 500 adding 8 to 2,466 and the Nasdaq tacked on 18 points to end at 6,393. There were quite a few economic reports released yesterday and […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 6, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • North Korea giving investors jitters. • S&P snaps 6 day win streak. After 4 straight days of gains the Dow lost a hefty 234 points, 1.1%, yesterday to finish at 21,753. The S&P 500 snapped a 6 day win streak shedding 87 points, 0.8%, to 2,458 and the Nasdaq dropped […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 5, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks close higher on Friday. • All three major indexes post weekly gains. U.S. equities ended the week on a positive note with the Dow closing 39 points higher at 21,988, the S&P 500 gaining 5 points to 2,477 and the Nasdaq adding 7 points to finish at 6,435. It […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 1, 2017

Equities and the Economy: Nasdaq finishes at new record high. Main indexes post 5th consecutive monthly gain. U.S. equities ground higher yesterday with the Dow closing up 60 points closing at 21,952 and the S&P 500 adding 14 points finishing at 2,472.  The Nasdaq gets all of the attention though with its gain of a […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 31, 2017

Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks rise on positive economic reports. Q3 GDP revised higher. On a couple of economic reports yesterday U.S. stocks posted gains with the Dow closing up 15 points to 21,880, the S&P 500 gained 10 points finishing at 2,457 and the Nasdaq popped a nice 64 points, 1.02%, ending at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 30, 2017

Equities and the Economy: Dow posts best intraday comeback in 9 months. Overall equities little changed. Early yesterday morning it was looking really grim.  On the heels of North Korea launching a missile over mainland Japan, a not unprecedented but definitely provocative move, investors came in selling hard taking the Dow down about 135 points […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 29, 2017

Being Houston remains in dire straits and I am the only one in the office again, this will be a condensed Morning Energy Blog.  And it’s still raining. Equities and the Economy: Another quiet day. Market looking for direction. It was another day of low volume and lack of conviction amongst investors.  The Dow closed […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 28, 2017

Good morning.  I managed to make it into the office today.  The only one who could make it.  I happen to be fortunate to live in an area with clear ingress and egress, for now.  I’m extremely fortunate.  Houston is a mess.  A really, really big mess.  Flooding is everywhere.  Giving you some perspective, Houston […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 25, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Choppy day yesterday. • Yellen and Draghi speaking today. Stocks posted minor losses on another low volume day. The Dow finished down 29 points at 21,783, the S&P 500 lost 5 to close at 2,439 and the Nasdaq declined 7 to 6,271. Really not much more to talk about there […]

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