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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Equities roared strong for a second consecutive session adding to last Friday’s gains. The Dow popped a big 223 points, 1.39%, and back over 16,000 to 16,196. The S&P jumped 31, 1.65%, to 1,896 and the Nasdaq was the big winner rising a whopping 2.27%, 98 points, to 4,435. I like […]
Equities and the Economy Just like the tires of your car for you in the northeast gaining traction with the ice melting, the U.S. equities market just might be gaining some traction. Yesterday the Dow rose a nice 126 points, 0.79%, to 16,070, the S&P 500 added 10, 0.53%, ending at 1,893 and the Nasdaq […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities weren’t trading too badly for most of the day being marginally negative, until the last two hours and then it got ugly with selling coming in hard. At the bell the scorecard read Dow down 208 points, 1.3%, at 15,885, the S&P 500 off 30, 1.6%, to 1,877 and […]
Equities and the Economy Thursday we stopped falling and Friday we had a nice big up day for U.S. stocks with the Dow posting a very healthy 211 point, 1.33%, gain closing at 16,094, the S&P 500 adding 38 points, 2.03%, ending at 1,907 and the Nasdaq posting at big 119 point rise, 2.66%, to […]
Equities and the Economy After days of grief U.S. equities finally had a descent day with the Dow closing up 116 points, 0.74%, at 15,883, the S&P 500 up 10, 0.52%, to 1,869 while the Nasdaq closed flat to Wednesday at 4,472. Remember though that the Nasdaq performed relatively well during Wednesday’s Chernobyl so its […]
Equities and the Economy Schizophrenic. That’s the only way to describe the action in the U.S. equity markets. On Thursday we had the worst day in 3 months with the Dow losing 252 points, 1.42%, and on Friday we have the best day in 3 months with the Dow posting a gain of a whopping […]
Equities and the Economy As stated in my blog yesterday, Tuesday was a tough day on Wall Street. Yesterday was a bloodbath. U.S. stocks sold off with the Dow closing down 252 points, 1.42%, at 17,478, the S&P 500 fell 30, 1.42%, to 2,050 and the Nasdaq was the big loser closing down 1.66%, 85 […]
Equities and the Economy I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Let’s get to last Wednesday and Friday (yes, the market was open for an abbreviated session on Friday) and get it over with. The trading was light and nothing really happened. On Wednesday the Dow and S&P 500 ended virtually unchanged to Tuesday and […]
Equities and the Economy It was a very, very sedate day on Wall Street yesterday with not just the major indexes ending very close to their Wednesday closes but there was also very little volatility. Getting the numbers out of the way, the Dow closed down 4 at 17,733, the S&P 500 fell 3 to […]
Equities and the Economy It was a sea of green yesterday with all the major stock indexes rallying strongly. The Dow gained a huge 320 points, 1.87%, ending at 17,489, the S&P 500 added 34, 1.69%, to 2,053 and the Nasdaq an even 80 points, 1.65%, finishing at 4,920. As Jim Cramer would say, “Booyah!” […]
