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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning. As I’m sure you are fully aware, the U.S. markets were closed yesterday for the holiday so let’s review happened Friday and last week. In summary it was a roller-coaster week. On Friday the Dow shot up 191 points to 17,512, the S&P 500 climbed 27 to 2,019 and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. It ain’t good folks. I just ain’t good. Yesterday was the 5th straight losing session for U.S. stocks with the Dow losing 16 points (0.61%) ending at 17,321, the S&P 500 down 19 (0.92%) to 1,993 and the Nasdaq dropping 69 (1.48%) to 4,571. The S&P is now down […]
Equities and the Economy This one really, really hurt. After two losing sessions we were getting a great rebound yesterday morning with the Dow up as much as a huge 282 points in the first hour of trading. But as I’ve so often said, it’s the closes, not the opens, that count and as we’ve […]
Good morning. U.S. equities ended lower yesterday for a second straight session with the Dow losing 97 points to close at 17,641, the D&P 500 fell 17 to 2,028 and the Nasdaq was off 39 points to 4,665. The assault on stocks was once again driven by lower oil prices as investors continue to worry […]
Good morning. After two good days U.S. equities once again started their march south with the Dow losing a very material 171 points (0.95%). The S&P 500 fell 17 (0.84%) to 2,042 and the Nasdaq dropped 32 (0.68%) ending at 4,704. The Labor Department’s Employment report for December was the excuse. On the surface the […]
Good morning. Some good economic news and a rare rise in oil prices gave U.S. equities their first gain of 2015 which has been the worst start to a year since 2008. From the futures before the opening through the opening bell and to the close stocks were strong with the Dow posting a “sigh […]
Good morning. Horrible, horrible start to the year for equities. Yesterday stock markets worldwide got absolutely clobbered in an indiscriminate sell-off triggered by a renewed plunge in crude oil prices and a surging U.S. dollar. The Dow lost a stinging 331 points (1.86%), the S&P 500 closed down 37 (1.18%) and the Nasdaq fell 74 […]
Good morning. The last publication of the Morning Energy Report was on December 19th discussing the market action of December 18th so 10 calendar days have passed and 5 trading sessions. During this time we’ve had a heck of a holiday rally with the Dow climbing 699 points, 4%, the S&P 500 climbing 76 points, […]
Good morning. It’s absolutely amazing to me what one single report can do! On the coattails of a blowout jobs report Friday U.S. equities jumped, bond prices fell, the U.S. dollar leapt and gold got whacked. The Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs on an intraday basis but lost traction in the afternoon backing […]
Good morning. U.S stock prices ended yesterday pretty much flat to Wednesday with the Dow off 12 points to 17,900, the S&P 500 down 2 to 2,071 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,769, 5 points lower. I’d normally say “chatter” but it was a little scary intraday when the Dow was down 100 points! Then […]
