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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 9, 2014

Good morning. Thank you Fed. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Yesterday right when the major indexes were posting multi-month lows the minutes of the Fed’s September 16-17 meeting in which was stated that 1) that raising interest rates was data dependent and 2) the Fed was concerned about the strength of the U.S. dollar. […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 8, 2014

Good morning. Well the liquidation and correction is in full swing. Is it the curse of October? Yesterday the market just got pounded extending its losses from Monday with the Dow falling a very material 273 points, 1.60%, the S&P 500 down 30, 1.51%, to 1935 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,385, down 70, 1.56%. […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 7, 2014

Good morning. If you recall yesterday when I wrote this Report the Dow was up 70 points and I mentioned that it was a nice start but as in life it’s how you finish. And equities did not finish well yesterday. Indeed it appears the “pop” we had Friday and yesterday morning was the opportunity […]

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Morning Energy Report – October 6, 2014

Good morning. On the heels of a really positive Labor Department Employment Situation Report U.S. equities rallied big on Friday with the Dow climbing 209 points, 1.24% to 17,010, the S&P 500 added 22, 1.12%, closing at 1,968 and the Nasdaq ended up 46 points higher, 1.03%, at 4,476. Not to be Debbie Downer but […]

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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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