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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Star Wars Day. U.S. stocks bounced back sharply with the Dow gaining 183 points (1.03%) closing back over 18,000 at 18,024, the S&P 500 up 22 points (1.08%) to 2,108 and the Nasdaq added 64 (1.29%) and once again over 5,000, albeit barely, to 5,005. We’ll […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Tuba Day. It was a second consecutive bad day for stocks all around the world yesterday with the Dow falling 195 points (1.08%) and once again below 18,000 to 17,841. The S&P 500 lost 21 (0.99%) to 2,086 and the Nasdaq got pounded like Mayweather and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Bugs Bunny Day. Well the market was asking “What’s up doc?” yesterday or more appropriately, what’s up with these markets with the Dow falling 74 points ending at 18,036, the S&P 500 closing down 8 at 2,107 and the Nasdaq off 31 to 5,024. Although the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Shrimp Scampi Day. In another choppy day U.S. stocks closed mixed with the Dow gaining 72 points and the S&P 500 climbing 6 to 2,11. It would have been a trifecta of green except the Nasdaq lost 5 to 5,055. Twitter was a big anchor on the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy birthday to Eeyore. We started out looking nicely yesterday morning following European equities higher but all the major indexes ended lower as the red hot health care sector dropped sharply. The Dow ended 42 points lower at 18,038, the S&P 500 lost 9 to 2,109 and the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Babe Ruth Day. A day after the Nasdaq set its first record in 15 years the index marched on Friday adding another 36 points (0.61%) closing at 5,092. The index got a big boost from Amazon.com which jumped a whopping 14% after it reported a surprise […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Hairball Awareness Day. U.S. equities posted modest gains yesterday but it was good enough for the Nasdaq to close at its highest level in 15 years! Whoo-hoo! The tech heavy index rose 21 points (0.4%) ending at 5,056 surpassing the 15 year high set on March […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Talk Like Shakespeare Day. U.S. equities ended higher yesterday after a choppy day of trading. The Dow closed up 89 points and once again over 18,000 at 18,038. The S&P 5000 added 11 to 2,108. The Nasdaq finished 21 points higher at 5,035 which is just […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and Happy Earth Day. Yesterday U.S. equities mostly failed to follow through on Monday’s gains. I say mostly because the Nasdaq did rise 20 points to 5,014 lifting the index to near record levels getting a boost from M&A activity in the biotech sector. We all know how investors […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chocolate Chip Covered Cashews Day. After getting pummeled on Friday I guess investors had a chance to think about the markets over the weekend and concluded things weren’t really as bad the price action warranted that day and came in Monday morning buying. The Dow jumped […]
