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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Good morning. Equities around the world got a one-two punch for global growth on Friday! Kudos go to Mario Draghi but even more to the People Bank of China (PBOC). Mr. Draghi, President of the ECB, stated on Friday the economy in the eurozone was weaker than had been feared and inflation lower than had […]
Good morning. After hitting new highs on Tuesday U.S. equities slipped back yesterday but the damage was extremely minor. The Dow lost 2 to 17,686, the S&P 500 ended down 3 to 2,049 while the Nasdaq fared much worse shedding 27 points to 4,676. Not bad considering the S&P has hit 8 record highs and […]
Good morning. It appears investors are getting into the holiday season. Yesterday they once again pushed the Dow and S&P 500 to record highs. Whoo-hoo-hoo! The numbers were the Dow popped 40 points, 0.2% to 17,688, the S&P 500 rose 11, 0.5%, to 2,052 and the Nasdaq did the best up 31 points, 0.7%, to […]
Good morning. Natural gas gets the lead position today. The cold weather over the past week or so has been a crank on a spring turning it tighter and tighter and tighter. Yesterday the spring sprung in full force. The December natural gas contract exploded 32.1¢, 6.9%, higher yesterday closing at $4.341. Yesterday’s move was […]
Good morning. U.S. equities started the day on Friday flat, traded there all day and closed the same with the Dow closing down 18 points at 17,635, the S&P 500 ending flat to Thursday at 2,040 and the Nasdaq gaining 8 to 4,689. For the week the Dow and S&P gained 0.4% and the Nasdaq […]
Good morning. I’ve been travelling on business the last three days hence the last Morning Energy Blog was last Friday reflecting Thursday’s market action. Let’s see what’s transpired since that time. Last Thursday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 17,555, 2,031 and 4,638, respectively. Yesterday the Dow closed at 17,612, the S&P at […]
Important Notice: The next Morning Energy Blog will be posted on Thursday November 13, 2014. Good morning. In a volatile session U.S. equities edged higher yesterday with the Dow rising 70 points to 17,555, the S&P 500 up 8 to 2,031 and the Nasdaq closing 18 points higher at 4,638. Ding, ding, ding! The Dow […]
Good morning. Coming off record highs and penultimate election day investors stayed on the sidelines and the markets yesterday ended pretty flat to Friday. The Dow fell 25 points to 17,366, the S&P 500 closed flat at 2,018 and the Nasdaq managed to eke out a gain of 8 to 4,639. As I mentioned in […]
Good morning. Last week ended great on Friday with U.S. equities surging. The Dow jumped 195 points, 1.1%, to 17,391, the S&P 500 climbed 23, 1.2%, to 2,018 and the Nasdaq leaped 65, 1.4%, to 4,631. And, oh, did I mention the Dow and S&P closed at record highs?! Whoo-hoo! I felt like I was […]
IMPORTANT – I believe the scrolling issue some of you had has been resolved. Please let me know if indeed it’s fixed. Thanks. Good morning. Everywhere you want to be. And it was right where we wanted it to be yesterday posting earnings that crushed estimates. I’m talking about Visa which climbed 10.2% yesterday on […]
