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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Good morning. Once again the Dow and S&P 500 set record highs but by the barest of margins. The Dow added a mere 8 points to 17,818 and the S&P gained 6 to 2,069. The bellwether S&P has risen 7 of the last 8 days and has gained 12% this year. Remember, this is after […]
Good morning. Equities around the world got a one-two punch for global growth on Friday! Kudos go to Mario Draghi but even more to the People Bank of China (PBOC). Mr. Draghi, President of the ECB, stated on Friday the economy in the eurozone was weaker than had been feared and inflation lower than had […]
Good morning. World markets slipped. Japan’s yen fell to another 7 year low. And the Dow and S&P 500 hit record highs again with the former closing 33 points higher at 17,719 and the latter adding 4 points to 2,053. This was a nice rebound for when I wrote this report yesterday morning Dow futures […]
Important Notice: The next Morning Energy Blog will be posted on Thursday November 13, 2014. Good morning. In a volatile session U.S. equities edged higher yesterday with the Dow rising 70 points to 17,555, the S&P 500 up 8 to 2,031 and the Nasdaq closing 18 points higher at 4,638. Ding, ding, ding! The Dow […]
Good morning. Trifecta. Heard the term? No, I’m not talking about the horserace track. I’m talking about U.S. equities. Specifically, a Dow Trifecta. That’s when the Dow Industrials, the Dow Transports and the Dow Utilities all close at record highs. Yesterday the Dow jumped 101 points closing at 17,485. The Dow Transports rose 0.47% and […]
Good morning. Last week ended great on Friday with U.S. equities surging. The Dow jumped 195 points, 1.1%, to 17,391, the S&P 500 climbed 23, 1.2%, to 2,018 and the Nasdaq leaped 65, 1.4%, to 4,631. And, oh, did I mention the Dow and S&P closed at record highs?! Whoo-hoo! I felt like I was […]
Good Morning. An excellent day. A very excellent day! A day those bad bears limped wounded back to their caves. On the heels of word the ECB is considering buying corporate bonds (which pushed up Germany’s, France’s and London’s stock markets up 1.95, 2.3% and 1.7, respectively) and very good earnings reports from Apple all […]
Good Morning. We got back from a wild week yesterday with everyone wondering if the bears would emerge from their hibernation over the weekend and pick up where they left off last Thursday. Well the market worked really hard to not make a lot of noise and not wake the bears yesterday and stocks moved […]
Good morning. Death by a thousand cuts. That’s what’s happening to U.S. stocks. Well folks, the correction is in full swing with the Dow closing down another 223 points lower, 1.35%, at 16,321, the S&P 500 losing another 31 points, 1.65%, to 1,875 and the Nasdaq down another 63, 1.46%, to 4,214. I don’t know […]
Good morning. Investing in equities is all about growth and economic reports, or a lack thereof, and are killing stocks taking a toll on investors. And not just here in the U.S. but globally. On Friday an index of global equities hit a 7 month low and oil slumped to a 4 month low (more […]
