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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks meander. • Still can’t penetrate Dow 20,000. U.S. stocks chopped around yesterday. While the Dow fell 77 points, 0.38%, ending at 19,887 and the S&P 500 lost 8 points, 0.35%, finishing at 2,269, the Nasdaq posted a small gain of 11 points, 0.19%, closing at 5,532. The market […]
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: • Dow and S&P 500 suffer minor losses. • Nasdaq closes at new record high. The tech heavy Nasdaq gained 11 points yesterday and while it was only 0.2% it was enough to push the index to a new record closing high of 5,488. The Dow and S&P 500 suffered minor […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks posted a second day of gains. • Dow 20,000 mark yet to be broken. U.S. equities posted and are batting 1.000% for 2017! The Dow posted a 60 point gain, 0.3%, closing at 19,942, just 58 points shy of 20,000. The S&P 500 settled up 13 points, 0.6%, […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks begin 2017 in the green. • Dow still looking to break 20,000. U.S. stocks began 2017 on a positive note with the Dow closing up 119 points, 0.6%, at 19,882, the S&P 500 climbing 19 points, 0.9%, to 2,258 and the Nasdaq finishing at 5,429, up 46, 0.9%. […]
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: • U.S. equities close flat on low volume. • All three indexes on track to post solid gains for December. U.S. stocks closed marginally lower yesterday with the Dow off 14 points to 19,820, the S&P 500 ending down a single digit at 2,249 and Nasdaq ending 6 points lower at […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks little changed in a week. • Dow still looking to penetrate 20,000. It’s been a week since the last Morning Energy Blog and in that time U.S. equities have gone sideways. Last Wednesday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 19,942, 2,265 and the Nasdaq 5,471, respectively. […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks retreat modestly. • Volumes thinning. After posting, or nearly posting, new record highs on Tuesday U.S. equities closed marginally lower yesterday. The Dow closed down 32 points at 19,942, the S&P lost 6 ending at 2,265 and the Nasdaq declined 13 finishing at 5,471. All chatter. With the […]
Equities and the Economy: • Record highs again for Dow and Nasdaq. • Banking sector driving the market. The Dow gained 92 points yesterday, 0.5%, closing at a record high of 19,975 trading intraday even higher at 19,988, just 12 points shy of 20,000. The Nasdaq also closed at a record high at 5,484, up […]
