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Morning Energy Blog – December 29, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks little changed in a week. • Dow still looking to penetrate 20,000. It’s been a week since the last Morning Energy Blog and in that time U.S. equities have gone sideways. Last Wednesday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 19,942, 2,265 and the Nasdaq 5,471, respectively. […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 22, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks retreat modestly. • Volumes thinning. After posting, or nearly posting, new record highs on Tuesday U.S. equities closed marginally lower yesterday. The Dow closed down 32 points at 19,942, the S&P lost 6 ending at 2,265 and the Nasdaq declined 13 finishing at 5,471. All chatter. With the […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 13, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities close mixed. • Dow logs yet another record high. U.S. stocks meandered with little direction yesterday. When the final bell rang the Dow posted another record high rising 40 points, 0.2%, closing at 19,796, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished lower with the former falling 3 points ending […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 9, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks continue to log record highs. • World stocks are at 16 month highs. I bet you didn’t realize this but something happened in the stock market yesterday that hasn’t happened in 20 years. 5 major stock index benchmarks finished at record highs on the same day. The Dow […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 8, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks post largest daily gains since the election. • Dow, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 hit another record high. U.S. equities closed materially higher with broad gains across almost all sectors. The Dow marked its 3rd consecutive record close adding a big 298 points, 1.6%, closing at 19,550. The […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 2, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks closed mixed yesterday. • November employment report just released. Unemployment rate falls to 4.6%, lowest in 9 years. It was a weird day on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow gained a nice 68 points, 0.4%, closing at 19,192 and a new record high while the S&P 500 fell 8 […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 1, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P 500 end little changed on the day. Nasdaq gets hit. • Stocks record solid gains for the month of November. The Dow and S&P 500 ended little changed yesterday with the former closing up 2 points at 19,124 and the latter falling 6 points to 2,199. The […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 28, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks continue their post-election rally setting new record high on Friday. • Existing home sales soar to a near 10 year high. In a holiday shortened session the Dow closed up 69 points, 0.36%, at 19,152, the S&P 500 added 9, 0.39%, to 2,213 and the Nasdaq finished 18 […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 22, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • All three major indexes close at new record highs! U.S. equities closed higher at fresh records yesterday giving the three major indexes their third simultaneous all-time closing highs this year. The Dow closed 89 points higher, 0.47%, at 18,957, the S&P 500 rose 16, 0.75%, to end at 2,198 and […]

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