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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Talk in an Elevator Day. U.S equities pared early losses to end little changed yesterday with the Dow closing down 5 points at 17,746, the S&P 500 literally closing flat to Wednesday at 2,109 and the Nasdaq closing up 17 at 5,129. The big report yesterday […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Wrong Way Corrigan Day (Google that). It was a good day on Wall Street yesterday with major indexes around the globe closing higher including those here in the U.S. The Dow climbed 70 to 18,120, the S&P 500 added 17 to 2,124 and the Nasdaq rose 64 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Corn Fritters Day. After four up sessions U.S. equities gave up a smidgeon yesterday with the Dow off 4 points to 18,050, the S&P 500 down 2 to 2,107 and the Nasdaq closing 6 points lower at 5,099. All the indexes were nicely in the green early […]
Equities and the Economy Investors sighed a breath of relief as the world averted a Grexit increasing their appetite for risk buying riskier assets and pushing stock prices around the world higher. Oh, and Chinese stocks rose as the government continues to manipulate the stock market there. The day’s gains were broad with the Dow […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Pina Colada Day (Google Rupert Holmes). On the heels of a big rebound in Chinese stocks and a continued strength in European stocks U.S. equities bounced back from Wednesday’s horrific sell-off with the Dow closing up 33 points, the S&P 500 adding 5 to 2,051 and the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. It was Armageddon here in the U.S. yesterday. Although European stocks staged a rally after 4 consecutive losing days Asian shares, especially the crash that’s going on in China, and the Greek matter crushed U.S. stocks. The main indexes saw selling pressure all day and ended the day near […]
“The war on coal” might have just witnessed another battle in April as the latest “Electric Power Monthly” data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show total natural gas-fired electric generation in April surpassed coal-fired power generation for the first time in history. The June 25 report from the EIA showed 92,516 GWh was produced […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Wow! What a wild ride yesterday! U.S. equities staged a dramatic finish Tuesday after a vicious morning of selling ending the session with modest gains. The Dow finished up 93 (0.53%) at 17,777, the S&P 500 rose 12 (0.59%) to 4,997 and the Nasdaq climbed 5 (0.10%) to 4,997. […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. I hope you had a pleasant holiday weekend. Let’s get last Thursday, the last day the U.S. markets were open, out of the way for a lot has occurred since that time. On Thursday the Dow fell 28 points to 17,730 losing 1.2% for the week. The S&P 500 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Anisette Day. Ok. Let’s just get it out of the way first. Greece. With the Greek referendum scheduled for Sunday and despite overtures from the Greeks, the Brussels Group has ceased negotiations until after the referendum. It makes total sense. If the Greeks vote “Yes” then […]
