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Archive for the ‘Greece’ Category

Morning Energy Blog – May 20, 2016

Equities and the economy Another not-so-good day for stocks yesterday with the Dow falling 91 points, 0.5%, finishing at 17,435, the S&P 500 closing down 7, 0.4%, at 2,040 an the Nasdaq was off 27, 0.6%, to 4,713. It could have been worse. At one point during the day the Dow was down 197 points! […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 4, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Coast Guard Day. On their first day of trading in August U.S. stocks got whacked with the Dow losing 92 points, 0.52%, the S&P 500 off 6, 0.28%, to 2,098 and the Nasdaq fell 13, 0.35%, to 5,115. The biggest losing sector on the day was […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 3, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Watermelon Day. U.S. equities ended the week on a weak note with all three major indexes posting marginal losses. The Dow ended down 56 points, .032%, the S&P 500 fell 5, 0.22%, to 2,104 and the Nasdaq was off a single digit to 5,128. Energy stocks […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 30, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chili Dog Day. U.S. stocks rallied for a second day in a row yesterday with the S&P 500 leading the way gaining 16 points, 0.75%, to 17,751 followed by the Dow which posted a 121 point rise, 0.68%, closing at 17,751 and the Nasdaq in third […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 17, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Wrong Way Corrigan Day (Google that). It was a good day on Wall Street yesterday with major indexes around the globe closing higher including those here in the U.S. The Dow climbed 70 to 18,120, the S&P 500 added 17 to 2,124 and the Nasdaq rose 64 […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 14, 2015

Equities and the Economy Investors sighed a breath of relief as the world averted a Grexit increasing their appetite for risk buying riskier assets and pushing stock prices around the world higher. Oh, and Chinese stocks rose as the government continues to manipulate the stock market there. The day’s gains were broad with the Dow […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 13, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. Whoo-hoo and whoo again! And again! Financial markets around the world surged on Friday after Greece tabled a fresh package of reforms to creditors with investors taking the developments that the new plan could finally spell the end of the dramatic stand-off that shut the Greek financial system down […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 10, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Pina Colada Day (Google Rupert Holmes). On the heels of a big rebound in Chinese stocks and a continued strength in European stocks U.S. equities bounced back from Wednesday’s horrific sell-off with the Dow closing up 33 points, the S&P 500 adding 5 to 2,051 and the […]

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