US: +1 (877) 51 POWER 
Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P post intraday record highs. • Fed leaves interest rates unchanged. Yesterday the Dow and S&P 500 both hit intraday record highs but retreated closing mere points from record levels. The Dow added 58 points closing at 23,435 and the S&P climbed 4 points to finish at 2,579. […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P eke out another record high. • Maybe time for a breather. Yesterday’s gains in stocks were very small but they were enough to take the Dow and S&P 500 to new record highs. The Dow rose 39 points to 22,158 and the S&P gained 2 to 2,498. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks push marginally higher. • FOMC minutes suggest Fed wrestling with low inflation. The major news yesterday was the release of the FOMC’s July meeting minutes. As I’ve stated many times, investors look to the minutes for insight into the Fed’s thinking on monetary policy. There were two significant take-aways. […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks slip. • Disney weighs on Dow. U.S. equities slipped for a second day with the Dow closing down 37 points at 22,049, the S&P 500 off a point to 2,474 and the Nasdaq falling 18 to 6,352. Walt Disney Company, who announced they are going to end their distribution […]
Equities and the Economy: • Not much movement in a week. • Housing market hot. I’ve been in Washington D.C. for a week with my two teenage daughters and while still monitoring the markets, my last Morning Energy Blog was June 14th, which discussed the markets on June 13th, so let’s see how things have […]
Equities and the Economy: • Tech stocks get destroyed. • Overall market remains healthy. On Friday it was as if Isaac Newton discovered gravity with the Apple falling, and falling hard. The “fruit company” [Forrest Gump] stock dropped a huge 3.9% on Friday amidst a rout in technology stocks. The Nasdaq, which intraday posted a […]
Equities and the Economy: • Investors digesting major news events from yesterday. • Nasdaq finishes at record high. Investors are digesting the trifecta of news events that occurred yesterday. The first event was the conclusion of the ECB’s meeting. The central bank made no changes to their current accommodative monetary stimulus program but changed the […]
Equities and the Economy: • Caution prevails. • Today is “Super Thursday.” U.S. stocks ended little changed yesterday as investors remain cautious ahead of three big news events. All of which happen today. Today has even got a moniker, “Super Thursday.” The most important event for those of us in the U.S. is the oral […]
