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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Lima Bean Respect Day. That’s all I could afford to eat this weekend after what happened to my portfolio on Friday! Equities around the world just got obliterated on Friday starting in Asia with the Chinese government announcing regulations which expand short selling and limiting the financing […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Cheeseball Day. U.S. equities ended very slightly lower yesterday than Wednesday with the Dow off 7 to 18,106, the S&P 500 down 2 to 2,105 and the Nasdaq ending 3 lower to 5,008. The Dow was up 57 points at one time during the day but […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National High Five Day. U.S. equities ended higher yesterday getting a boost from higher oil prices and better than expected earnings. The Dow added 76 points (0.4%) to 18,112, the S&P 500 closed up 11 (0.5%) at 2,107 and the Nasdaq gained 34 points (0.7%) once again […]
Equities and Economy Good morning. As we all know, today is tax filing deadline day. Well it’s also National Take a Wild Guess Day! Think there’s a correlation?! By the way, on this day 103 years ago the Titanic sunk. Hope that’s not an omen for stocks! U.S equities closed mixed with the Dow and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Reach as High as You Can Day. U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday ending a streak of three consecutive gains with the Dow fell 81 points to 17,977 (once again under 18,000), the S&P 500 lost 10 to 2,092 and the Nasdaq ended the session down 8 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Scrabble Day. It was a nice day for your portfolio on Friday with the Dow logging a hefty 99 points gain (0.55%) closing at 18,058, the S&P 500 rose 11 (0.50%) to 2,102 and the Nasdaq climbing 22 (0.4%) to 4,996. Note the Dow is once […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Sibling Day. U.S. equities ended a choppy session yesterday with modest gains helped by a rally in energy and the healthcare sectors. Trading was tight ranged with the Dow closing up 56 at 17,958, the S&P 500 adding 9 to 2,091 and the Nasdaq closing 24 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks have been meandering the last couple of days closing slightly down on Tuesday (although the price action on that day was terrible) and closing slightly up yesterday. As Richard Dawson used to say “Survey Says” Dow up 27 to 17,903, S&P 500 up 6 to 2,082 and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. For over 80% of the day things were looking pretty darn good with the Dow up an average of 80 points for that time frame. And then the bottom just fell out. There was no major news. Sellers just came in. So instead of a nice, descent up day […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. The market had time to digest the lousy Labor Department’s Employment Situation Report from Friday and after selling futures all weekend and into the open investors came to realize the bad news is once again good news. As I mentioned in yesterday’s morning Report, the jobs report means the […]
