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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. equities experienced small losses yesterday with the Dow off 51 points to 17,868, the S&P 500 falling 7 to 2,102 and the Nasdaq dropping an immaterial 3 points to 5,142. Total chatter. I would have actually expected more of a pullback considering how much stocks have gained over […]
Equities and the Economy It was a choppy session Friday but U.S. managed to eke out gains with the Dow closing up 34 points at 17,084, the S&P 500 up 1 to 2,105 and the Nasdaq performing the best adding 20 points to 4,830. It was a very, very good week amigos! The S&P logged […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Rally on, baby, rally on! Yesterday the Dow scored its biggest daily rise in about a month jumping more than 300 points and the S&P 500 finished with gains for the 5th consecutive session, its longest winning stretch since last December. When the bell rang ending the day the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Make that the last 5 out of 6. I’m talking about the number of days U.S. stocks have traded lower. The Dow closed down 79 points, 0.48%, at 16,201, the S&P 500 fell 7, 0.34%, to 1,932 and the Nasdaq was off 18, 0.38%, ending at 4,734. My friends, […]
Equities and the Economy A morning rally in U.S. equities fizzled out in the afternoon and stocks closed lower on the day with the Dow down 51 points to 16,280 and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both losing 4 points closing at 1,939 and 4,753, respectively. It could have been a much worse day for […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. On below average volume U.S. equities posted their 4th consecutive session of gains yesterday with the Dow closing up 76 points (0.42%) at 18,054, the S&P 500 adding 9 (0.45%) to 2,109 and the Nasdaq up 33 (0.66%) to 5,105. Yesterday’s Dow performance was enough to get the index […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chocolate Éclair Day. I was travelling last week and the last Morning Energy Blog was Tuesday reflecting Monday’s market action so let’s see what transpired since that time. Last Monday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 17,791, 2,084 and 5,030. On Friday the Dow […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Cellophane Tape Day. After a week of choppiness with new highs for equities, albeit on below average volume and barely above old highs, conviction returned to the markets yesterday and unfortunately it was of the negative variety. In fact “negative” does not do justice to the destruction […]
