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Good morning. Death by a thousand cuts. That’s what’s happening to U.S. stocks. Well folks, the correction is in full swing with the Dow closing down another 223 points lower, 1.35%, at 16,321, the S&P 500 losing another 31 points, 1.65%, to 1,875 and the Nasdaq down another 63, 1.46%, to 4,214. I don’t know […]
Good morning. On Wednesday we saw a light at the end of the tunnel and believed it was the Fed holding it. It turned out not be the Fed but a train. Wham! We got run over. Serious damage. Carnage. Triage applied. No survivors with the Dow losing the most points it has in a […]
Good morning. Thank you Fed. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Yesterday right when the major indexes were posting multi-month lows the minutes of the Fed’s September 16-17 meeting in which was stated that 1) that raising interest rates was data dependent and 2) the Fed was concerned about the strength of the U.S. dollar. […]
Good morning. Well the liquidation and correction is in full swing. Is it the curse of October? Yesterday the market just got pounded extending its losses from Monday with the Dow falling a very material 273 points, 1.60%, the S&P 500 down 30, 1.51%, to 1935 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,385, down 70, 1.56%. […]
Good morning. On the heels of a really positive Labor Department Employment Situation Report U.S. equities rallied big on Friday with the Dow climbing 209 points, 1.24% to 17,010, the S&P 500 added 22, 1.12%, closing at 1,968 and the Nasdaq ended up 46 points higher, 1.03%, at 4,476. Not to be Debbie Downer but […]
Good morning. I apologize for the delay in today’s report. I have been on conference calls since I walked in the office this morning. Consequently, today’s report will be briefer than normal (which may be to your delight!). Equities hung in there yesterday with the Dow closing down 4 to 16,802, the S&P 500 closed […]
Good morning. I sure hope it is for you because yesterday was another really, really lousy day for our 401K’s. The Dow lost 238 points, 1.4%, to 16,805, the S&P 500 dropped 26, 1.32%, to 1,946 and the Nasdaq ended down 71 points, 1.59%, to 4,422. All material losses. For well over a year I’ve […]
Good morning. Things sure have been choppy lately. After a horrible day last Thursday and a decent rebound Friday stocks once again turned for the worse yesterday with the Dow losing 42 points to 17,071, the S&P 500 fell 5 ending at 1,978 and the Nasdaq slipped 6 to 4,506. Be thankful. It was much […]
Good morning. Ugly, ugly, ugly. Can I say it one more time??? UGLY! Yesterday was the worst day for equities in almost 2 months (July 31st). The Dow got bludgeoned 264 points,1.54%, finishing at 19,946, the S&P 500 was walloped losing 32 points, 1.6%, closing well below 2,000 at 1,965 and the Nasdaq got bazooked […]
Good morning. After three sucky days equities rebounded hard for us with the Dow climbing a whopping 155 points, 0.9%, the S&P 500 adding 16, 0.78%, to 1,998 (still below 2,000 ) and the Nasdaq lopping on 47, 1.03%, ending at 4,555. Yesterday was the best one day percentage gain for the Dow and S&P […]
