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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chocolate Pudding Day. Equities began the day painting Wall Street a nice green but they ran out of green paint around 1 PM CDT and went to the hardware store for more but I surmise they are red/green color blind because when they returned they started […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Bomb Pop Day. Well a bomb went off on Wall Street yesterday sending the Dow down 179 points (0.98%) closing at 17,966, the S&P 500 fell 15 (0.72%) ending at 2,109 and the Nasdaq lost 38 (0.74%) finishing at 5,122. The selling began early but once […]
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Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Lobster Day. Nobody on Friday could justify having lobster for dinner with all three indexes getting pounded. The Dow lost 140 points (0.78%) to 17,898, the S&P 500 fell 15 (0.70%) to 2,094 and the Nasdaq dropped 32 (0.62%) to 5,051. European stocks got hammered even […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Peanut Butter Cookie Day. There were a few fundamental economic reports out yesterday which pushed stocks higher. The most important was the Commerce Department’s Retail Sales report which showed May sales were up 1.2% which although below economists’ forecast of 1.3%, were up for the third […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Black Cow Day (aka Root Beer Float). U.S. equities closed virtually unchanged from Monday yesterday in a choppy session with the main indexes giving up earlier modest gains. The Dow closed down 3 points at 17,764, the S&P 500 added 1 to 2,080 and the Nasdaq […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Don’t Fry Day (which is always the Friday before Memorial Day. Sounds like the grill manufacturer lobby’s been at work!). For the fourth consecutive day equities meandered although the Nasdaq got a nice pop climbing 19 (0.38%) to 5,091. The Dow closed flat to Wednesday at […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Strawberries and Cream Day. It was another choppy session yesterday as modest post-Fed minutes gains evaporated by day’s end. The Dow lost 27 points to 18,285, the S&P 500 fell 2 to 2,126 while the Nasdaq squeaked out a gain of 2 to 5,072. There wasn’t […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Be a Millionaire Day. U.S. stocks waffled all day yesterday between small gains and small losses. Although both the Dow and S&P 500 hit new intraday record highs only the Dow closed in the green adding 13 points to 18,312 setting a second consecutive record closing […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Nylon Stocking Day. It was a fantastic day for U.S. stocks yesterday with the Dow pushing up a big 192 points (1.06%) higher, the S&P 500 adding 23 (1.07%) to 2,121 and the Nasdaq jumping 69 (1.39%) ending at 5,051. And along the way the S&P […]
