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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning. It ain’t good folks. I just ain’t good. Yesterday was the 5th straight losing session for U.S. stocks with the Dow losing 16 points (0.61%) ending at 17,321, the S&P 500 down 19 (0.92%) to 1,993 and the Nasdaq dropping 69 (1.48%) to 4,571. The S&P is now down […]
Good morning. After two good days U.S. equities once again started their march south with the Dow losing a very material 171 points (0.95%). The S&P 500 fell 17 (0.84%) to 2,042 and the Nasdaq dropped 32 (0.68%) ending at 4,704. The Labor Department’s Employment report for December was the excuse. On the surface the […]
Good morning. Wow! Another spectacular day for U.S. stocks. The Dow jumped a huge 323 points (1.84%) closing at 17,908, the S&P 500 jumped 39 points (1.79%) and the Nasdaq leapt 86 (1.84%) to 4,736. In the last two days the S&P has gained 3% retracing most of the 4.2% loss in the previous 5 […]
Good morning. Welcome back one and all. I truly hope you had a wonderful holiday and could spend time with your loves ones. The last Morning Energy Report was on Tuesday December 30th reflecting the price action of the day before so let’s see what’s happened in 4 calendar days and 3 trading days. Last […]
Good morning. U.S stock prices ended yesterday pretty much flat to Wednesday with the Dow off 12 points to 17,900, the S&P 500 down 2 to 2,071 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,769, 5 points lower. I’d normally say “chatter” but it was a little scary intraday when the Dow was down 100 points! Then […]
Good morning. The Dow and S&P 500 set another both intraday and closing high yesterday with the former adding 33 points to 17,913 and the latter 8 points to 2,074. I’m about to give you staggering statistic. This year the Dow has closed at a record high 48 times and the S&P 33 times! If […]
Good morning. U.S. stocks bounced nicely from Monday’s losses yesterday driven by fundamental news. Yesterday the Dow climbed a nice 103 points closing at 17,880, the S&P 500 jumped 14 to 2,067 and the Nasdaq was up 29 to 4,756. Driving equities higher was positive news on the construction front with spending rising a stout […]
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 […]
IMPORTANT – I believe the scrolling issue some of you had has been resolved. Please let me know if indeed it’s fixed. Thanks. Good morning. Everywhere you want to be. And it was right where we wanted it to be yesterday posting earnings that crushed estimates. I’m talking about Visa which climbed 10.2% yesterday on […]
