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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: More of the same, which is nothing. On Friday the Dow closed down 8 at 18,161, the S&P 500 lost 7 to 2,126 and the more volatile Nasdaq ended 36 points lower at 5,190. As has been the trend lately, stocks traded lower intraday with the Dow down as much […]
Equities and the Economy: Booooring. Directionless. That’s what this market is. Although U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday it was really just another choppy day. The Dow finished 30 points off at 18,170, the S&P 500 fell 6 to 2,133 and the Nasdaq ended down 34 at 5,216. It really does seems as if investors are […]
Equities and the Economy: Yet another choppy day for U.S. equities. The Dow rose 30 points closing at 18,199 but the other two major bourses, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, fell 4 and 33 points, respectively with the former ending at 2,139 and the latter at 5,250. The Dow’s performance was noteworthy because the index […]
Equities and the Economy: Yesterday was another day of muted, consolidated trading. After hitting a 2 week high on Monday, the Dow fell 54 points to 18,169, the S&P 500 ended off 8 at 2,143 and the Nasdaq lost 26 to 5,283. If we must point to something let’s point to the Conference Board’s Consumer […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks had a pretty good day yesterday. The Dow was up as much as 129 points but the day traders took some profit at the day’s end and the Dow finished up 77 points, 0.43%, closing at 18,223, the S&P 500 added 10, 0.47%, finishing at 2,151 and the Nasdaq […]
Equities and the Economy: Friday continued the consolidation we’ve been in lately with the Dow closing down 17 points at 18,146, the S&P 500 literally closing flat to Thursday at 2,141 and the Nasdaq notching a small gain of 16 finishing at 5,257. Another reason for a lack of movement was there were no significant […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday but looking at the forest rather than the trees it was another day of chatter. The Dow lost 40 points ending at 18,162, the S&P 500 fell 3 to 2,141 and the Nasdaq ended off 5 at 5,242. This market has been bouncing around, consolidating is […]
Equities and the Economy: For a second consecutive session U.S. equities closed higher yesterday. The Dow closed up 41 at 18,203, the S&P 500 rose 5 to 2,144 and the Nasdaq added 3 to 5,246. A combination of rising oil prices and earnings releases supported the market. The former will be discussed below. With respect […]
Equities and the Economy: Aided by stronger than expected earnings U.S. stocks closed higher yesterday. After reaching a session high of 139 points the Dow settled back but still closed nicely in the green up 76 points, 0.42%, at 18,162. The S&P 500 added 13, 0.62%, ending at 2,140 and the Nasdaq rose 0.85%, 44 […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. equities ended modestly lower yesterday with the Dow off 52 points to 18,086, the S&P falling 6 to 2,127 and the Nasdaq down 14 finishing at 5,200. Chatter. If we must “blame” something let’s blame oil prices for they were marginally lower on the day. Giving you a status report […]
