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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities hit record highs. • Weaker economic data suggest slower interest rate hikes. The last Morning Energy Blog was last Monday discussing the previous Friday’s market action and I can tell you it was a good week. The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Friday and […]
Equities and the Economy: • Tech rout continued. • Dow snaps 3 day gain. All three major U.S. indexes closed lower yesterday weighed down by a second straight session of firm losses in technology shares. The Nasdaq once again posted the largest losses closing down 32 points, 0.5%, at 6,175 suffering its worst two session […]
Equities and the Economy: • Choppy day on Wall Street. • Stocks eke out small gain. U.S. stocks ended a choppy session yesterday finishing virtually flat to Friday’s closes. Both the Dow and S&P 500 closed up a couple of points to 20,658 and 2,357, respectively, and the Nasdaq finished 3 points higher at 5,881. […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow breaches 20,000. • All three major indexes set new highs. U.S. equities closed at all-time highs yesterday with the Dow, after meandering for a month and a half just below 20,000, breaking through that level. 20,000 really doesn’t mean anything technically (not significant number to technicians) but it is […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow closes lower for 5th consecutive day. • S&P still up 5.8% since November 8th election. U.S. equities fell for a 5th consecutive session yesterday. The Dow closed down 73 points at 19,732, the S&P lost 8 to 2,264 and the Nasdaq settled 16 points lower at 5,540. This is […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks on the defensive yesterday on hard Brexit. • Still range bound trading. While you were sleeping Monday night UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave her much anticipated speech regarding the UK leaving the European Union stating Britain is looking for a clean break from the EU. Investors viewed […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P 500 fall marginally for the week. Nasdaq up about 1%. • U.S. consumer feeling pretty good. U.S. stocks ended little changed on Friday although the tech heavy Nasdaq continues to be the workhorse. The Dow fell 5 points to 19,886 while the S&P 500 gained 4 […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks continue to meander. • Fundamentals look solid. The lumberjack continues working away. Chop. Chop. Chop. That explains the U.S., and even the European, equity markets over the past month. Yesterday it was more of the same with the Dow closing down 63 points at 19,891, the S&P 500 dropping […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks posted a second day of gains. • Dow 20,000 mark yet to be broken. U.S. equities posted and are batting 1.000% for 2017! The Dow posted a 60 point gain, 0.3%, closing at 19,942, just 58 points shy of 20,000. The S&P 500 settled up 13 points, 0.6%, […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. equities rose for a 5th consecutive session on Friday with the Dow climbing 40 points, 0.2%, to 18,848. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also rose with the former ending up 3 points at 2,164 and the latter adding 28 points, 0.5%, to 5,237. Friday’s gains pushed the Dow to another […]
