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Morning Energy Blog – June 13, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Tech rout continued. • Dow snaps 3 day gain. All three major U.S. indexes closed lower yesterday weighed down by a second straight session of firm losses in technology shares. The Nasdaq once again posted the largest losses closing down 32 points, 0.5%, at 6,175 suffering its worst two session […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 9, 2017

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 […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 5, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks closed for 2nd consecutive session at record highs. • May jobs report disappointing. The Labor Department released its jobs report for May and it was in large contrast to the ADP report. Earlier in the week ADP’s report showed the U.S. added a whopping 253,000 private sector jobs […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 2, 2017

Equities and the Economy:   • All three U.S major indexes close at record highs. • Global equities also setting record highs. Equities around the world are on a tear! On the heels of a very strong ADP private-sector employment report investors came in buying, well, everything! Forecasts were for 185,000 private sector jobs to […]

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Morning Energy Blog – May 26, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • S&P and Nasdaq close at record highs. • Global equities trading at record levels. U.S. stocks continue their grind higher marking 6 consecutive sessions of higher closes with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ending at fresh record highs. The S&P 500 rose 11 points finishing at 2,415 and the Nasdaq […]

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Morning Energy Blog – May 19, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks recover some of Wednesday’s loss. • Fundamental data strong. After suffering their worst single day loss in 8 months on Wednesday stocks bounced back yesterday with the Dow closing up 109 points at 20,715, the S&P 500 rising 14 points to 2,371 and the Nasdaq climbing 51 points ending […]

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Morning Energy Blog – May 18, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks post worst daily performance in 8 months. • Investors deleverage on belief President Trump’s pro-growth agenda delayed. Ugly. Very ugly. “Black swan” events are by definition unforeseen and yesterday’s came from the political arena. After marking record highs as recently as Monday, the U.S. major indexes got obliterated yesterday […]

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Morning Energy Blog – May 16, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • S&P and Nasdaq close at record highs. • Global equities hitting record highs. It was a good day for your stock portfolio yesterday with all three major indexes performing well with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both posting record highs. The former rose 11 points to finish at 2,402 and […]

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Morning Energy Blog – May 12, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S stocks retreat. • Dow closes lower for 3rd consecutive day. U.S. equities closed lower yesterday. The Dow shed 24 points closing lower for the third straight session at 20,919, the S&P 500 pulled back from its record close falling 5 points ending at 2,394 and the Nasdaq also retreated […]

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Morning Energy Blog – May 11, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Political wrangling in Washington doesn’t impact stocks. • Nasdaq closes higher for 4th consecutive day. President Trump’s surprise, some would say “stunning”, firing of FBI Director Comey Tuesday certainly wasn’t positive for U.S. stocks, but it sure didn’t cause investors to panic. The Dow fell 33 points finishing at 20.943, […]

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