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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • Concerns on tax reform plans. • Profit taking. On concerns over the Senate’s tax plan, which delayed corporate tax cuts for a year, and with the strong performance of the equity markets in recent weeks, investors decided to take some profits on Friday. The Dow closed down 40 points at […]
Equities and the Economy: • Friday was the Dow’s best day of the year. • For the week major indexes unchanged. U.S. equities had a great day on Friday with the Dow rallying 176 points, 0.9%, and back over 20,000 ending at 20,061. The S&P 500 closed 16 points higher, 0.7%, at 2,297 and the […]
Equities and the Economy: • Headlines, not earnings data, dominating. • Employment Report for January just released. The U.S. indexes continued the chop that’s been prevailing this week. The Dow shed 38 points ending at 19.853, the S&P 500 slipped 3 to 2,276 and the Nasdaq lost 14 to 5,627. It’s earnings season and earnings […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities continue their post-election grind higher. • Dow trades within a gnat’s eyelash of 20,000. U.S. equities ended the week higher with the Dow closing up 65 points at 19,964, the S&P 500 added 8 to 2,277 and the Nasdaq finished 9 points higher at 5,521. The Dow got […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks fell Friday on profit taking. • All three major indexes post nice gains for 2016. U.S. stocks finished the year on a mild down note with the Dow losing 57 ending at 19,762, the S&P 500 falling 10 points to 2,239 and the Nasdaq ended down 49 points […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks closed mixed yesterday. • November employment report just released. Unemployment rate falls to 4.6%, lowest in 9 years. It was a weird day on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow gained a nice 68 points, 0.4%, closing at 19,192 and a new record high while the S&P 500 fell 8 […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities close marginally higher yesterday. • Nasdaq touches record high. U.S. stocks edged higher yesterday with the Dow adding 24 points closing at 19,122, the S&P 500 finished 3 points up at 2,205 and the Nasdaq popped 11 ending at 5,380 touching its record high intraday or 5,404. The […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks close marginally down on Friday. Dow down 36, S&P 500 off 5 and Nasdaq lost 12. • All three indexes posted gains for the week. • All three indexes still about ½% off record highs. U.S. equities closed slightly lower on Friday with the Dow falling 36 points, […]
Equities and the Economy: Yesterday U.S. stocks closed mostly flat to Friday with the Dow posting a 22 points gain to 18,869, the S&P 500 closed flat to Friday at 2,164 while the Nasdaq lost 19 points ending at 5,218. Of note, the Dow closed at another record high. The Dow has performed phenomenally recently […]
Equities and the Economy: After dropping 800 points at around midnight on Tuesday U.S., stocks have logged huge gains on Wednesday and Thursday with the Dow closing at a record high yesterday. The blue chip index rose 218 points yesterday, 1.2%, finishing at 18,808. The S&P 500 gained 4 points ending at 2,167. The Nasdaq […]
