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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: My apologies but this is going to be a brief Morning Energy Blog for I’ve been in meetings all morning. It was a good day for U.S. equities yesterday with the Dow closing up 85 to 18,312, the S&P 500 rising 7 to 2,167 and the Nasdaq advancing 3 points to […]
Equities and the Economy: Well it appears investors liked the results of the first presidential debate, and oh, maybe a number of stronger than expected economic reports just may have helped as well. Yesterday the Dow popped 133 points, 0.73%, finishing at 18,228, the S&P 500 rose 14, 0.64%, to 2,160 and the Nasdaq added […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. equities were on the defensive yesterday. One stupid headline I read blamed the unknown surrounding last night’s presidential debate. The real reason was something that didn’t even happen in America (which is why I follow global events). Deutsche Bank’s stock, Germany’s largest bank, got whacked yesterday, down 7.1% and hitting […]
Equities and the Economy: Although U.S equities closed lower on Friday, with the Dow closing down 131 points, 0.7%, at 18,261, the S&P 500 off 12, 0.6%, to 2,165 and the Nasdaq dropping 34, 0.6%, ending at 5,306, it was a pretty good week with the S&P gaining 1.2%. Remember the Nasdaq closed at record […]
Equities and the Economy: Global equities were a sea of green yesterday with investors shaking off any jitters post the BoJ and, more importantly, FOMC meetings clicking the “buy” button. The Dow was up as much as 156 points and although it pulled back in the afternoon it still posted a good day ending up […]
Equities and the Economy: There were two material events yesterday and both were by central banks. The first, which I discussed in yesterday’s Morning Blog, was the Bank of Japan’s move to continue its 80 trillion yen bond buying program (QE) focusing on the back end of the yield curve (10 year note) as opposed […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S equities activity was muted yesterday awaiting both the conclusion of the Bank of Japan’s monetary meeting and the FOMC meeting today. The Dow rose 10 points to 18,130, the S&P 500 rose 1 to 2,140 and the Nasdaq finished up 6 points to 5,241. Chatter. Getting right to it, overnight […]
Equities and the Economy: Kind of a strange day yesterday. Taking their que from fairly strong European markets, U.S. stocks were markedly higher in the morning and up as much as 132 points an hour after the open but they then began to fade and in early afternoon were even negative on the day by […]
Equities and the Economy: Friday capped a very volatile week for U.S. stocks with the Dow closing down 89 points, 0.49%, at 17,124, the S&P 500 fell 8 points, 0.38%, ending at 2,139 and the Nasdaq finished off 5, 0.10%, at 5,245. Now for the good news. The S&P 500 squeezed out a weekly gain […]
Equities and the economy: Yee-haw! It feels like I’m watching the bull riding competition at the Houston Rodeo. Down, up, down. A third consecutive day of volatility greater than 1%. Yesterday the Dow sunk 258 points, 1.41%, closing at 18,066, the S&P 500 fell 32, 1.48%, to 2,127 and the Nasdaq ended down 57, 1.09%, […]
