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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks log biggest gain in months. S&P 500 sets new record high. Although Irma knocked out power to over 6.5 million Floridians, damage appears to be less than was expected on Friday and with no North Korean missile test over the weekend it was “risk on” globally yesterday, and that […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks end materially lower. • Unexpectedly weak earnings from Goldman Sachs and Johnson & Johnson to blame. I’ve been telling you that S&P 500 P/E ratios are lofty and a company’s earnings better come in at expectations or its stock will get pounded, and that’s exactly what happened yesterday, at […]
Equities and the economy After two spectacular days U.S. stocks bivouacked with the Dow closing down 23 points at 17,828, the S&P 500 closing flat to Tuesday at 2,090 and the Nasdaq ending at 4,090, up 7 points. All the definition of “chatter.” Considering the big move we had I call this a victory. Even […]
Equities and the economy The big news yesterday was the release of the minutes of the FOMC’s April meeting and it is apparent that Fed presidents Dennis Lockhart and John Williams on Tuesday were teeing the market up, for the minutes stated “most” of its members were ready to lift rates as early as June. […]
Equities and the Economy Last week ended on a sour note for us. The Dow fell 185 points, 1.05%, to end at 17,535, the S&P 500 lost 18, 0.85%, to finish at 2,047 and the Nasdaq was off 20 points, 0.41%, closing at 4,718. For the week as a whole the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq […]
Equities and the economy Just as I write that volatility has been low and we haven’t had a move greater than 1% in a month stocks go bonkers yesterday with all three major U.S. equity indexes closing up over 1%. It was a very, very good day for your 401K. The Dow popped a hefty […]
Equities and the economy After falling a couple of days global equities posted solid gains yesterday aided by a jump in oil prices. The Dow rose 113 points, 0.64%, to 17,716, the S&P 500 gained 22, 1.05%, ending at 2,067 and the Nasdaq added 77 points, 1.59%, finishing at 4,921. A very nice day. The […]
Equities and the economy Want to see what the stock market is doing? Just look at oil. Oil closed down and so did stocks. The Dow fell 80 points, ½%, to 17,502, the S&P 500 was off 13, 0.6%, at 2,037 and the more volatile Nasdaq gave up 53 points, 1.10%, at 4,769. Yesterday’s price […]
Equities and the economy It was another choppy day on Wall Street, although the Dow did snap a seven day win streak closing down 41 points at 17,583. The S&P 500 dropped 2 to 2,049. All just flesh wounds (Monty Python’s Black Knight lives!) On the back of healthcare stocks the Nasdaq closed 13 points […]
Equities and the economy Yesterday was a fairly quiet albeit choppy day with the major indexes eking out marginal gains. The Dow closed up 22 at 17,624, the S&P 500 added 2 to 2,052 and the Nasdaq closed at 4,809, up 13. But always up is better than down even if it is marginal and […]
