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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy After a day of bivouacking on Friday U.S. stocks surged yesterday with the Dow popping a very nice 229 points, 1.40%, ending at 16,621, the S&P 500 rose 28, 1.47%, to 1,946 and the Nasdaq closed up 67, 1.48%, at 4,571. As it has for months now, Wall St. followed the […]
Equities and the Economy Friday was the second consecutive sedate day for U.S. equities with the Dow closing down 21 at 16,392 while the S&P 500 finished exactly at its Thursday close of 1,918 and the Nasdaq managing a gain of 16 to 4,504. That being said, because Tuesday and Wednesday were such great days […]
Equities and the Economy After three days of big gains U.S. equities took the day off yesterday trading on either side of unchanged all day. The Dow fell 41 points to 16,413, the S&P 500 lost 9 to 1,918 and the Nasdaq ended off 46, 1.02%, at 4,488. The latter got hit with the biotechnology […]
Equities and the Economy Whoo-hoo! Yesterday we had our first three day win streak in 2016, and biggest three day gain since August, with all the major indexes materially rising helped by stronger oil prices and some encouraging economic news. The Dow screamed higher by a big 258 points, 1.59%, to 16,454, the S&P 500 […]
Equities and the Economy Equities roared strong for a second consecutive session adding to last Friday’s gains. The Dow popped a big 223 points, 1.39%, and back over 16,000 to 16,196. The S&P jumped 31, 1.65%, to 1,896 and the Nasdaq was the big winner rising a whopping 2.27%, 98 points, to 4,435. I like […]
Equities and the Economy The stock market was closed yesterday so let’s recap what happened Friday. Bottom line, it was outstanding! U.S. stocks snapped a five day losing streak logging their largest daily gains of the month led by financial and energy shares. The Dow closed up a big 314 points, an even 2%, at […]
Equities and Economy Stocks tumbled yesterday as the Dow fell for the 5th consecutive day closing down 255 points, 1.60%, at 15,660. The S&P 500 lost 23, 1.23%, to 1,829. The Nasdaq fared the best closing down only 0.39%, at 4,267. It could have been, oh, so much worse. At 2:37 EST the Dow was […]
Equities and the Economy We had a second day of chop yesterday with the Dow closing down 99 at 15,915, the S&P 500 literally closing flat to Tuesday at 1,852 and the Nasdaq actually managing to post a gain of 15 points ending at 4,284. However, I was very concerned how we got to those […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks stabilized yesterday, i.e. stopped falling, in a day of choppy trading. The Dow closed down 13 points at 16,014, the S&P 500 was off a single digit to 1,852 and the Nasdaq fell 15 points to 4,269. We needed this after two days of material weakness. With the lack […]
Equities and the Economy Unfortunately Super Bowl Monday began where Super Bowl Friday ended with another wave of selling sending U.S. equities markedly lower. The Dow fell 178 points, 1.1%, to 16,027, the S&P 500 sank 27, 1.4%, to 1,853 and the Nasdaq ended down 79, 1.8%, at 4,284. And it could have been worse. […]
