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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the economy For a second consecutive session U.S. equities price movement was muted with the Dow closing up 13 points at 17,990, the S&P 500 finishing 4 points higher at 2,091 while the Nasdaq posted a loss of 8 points ending at 4,888. Chatter. Investors are pausing right now being that we’re up […]
Equities and the economy Yesterday the major indexes posted small losses. The Dow fell 27 points closing back below 18,000 at 17,977, the S&P 500 fell 4 to 2,088 and the Nasdaq closed down 10 at 4,896. You should be happy about that performance for earlier in the day the Dow was down 148 points, […]
Equities and the economy On Friday the Dow eked out a small gain of 21 points to close at 18,004 while the S&P 500 closed literally flat to Thursday at 2,092. The more volatile and technology heavy Nasdaq lost 40 points, 0.8%, finishing at 4,906 dragged down by disappointing earnings announcements from Microsoft and Alphabet […]
Equities and the Economy After a nice three day run stocks took a breather yesterday retreating from the psychologically important 18,000 level. The Dow closed down 114 points, 0.6%, at 17,983 and the S&P 500 lost 11, 0.5%, ending at 2,091. The Nasdaq performed really well considering what went on around it closing down just […]
Equities and the economy U.S. stocks continued their grind higher yesterday. Well, at least the Dow and S&P 500 did. The Nasdaq actually fell 20 points, 0.40%, to 4,940. But let’s ignore that! Let’s focus on the positive. The Dow gained 49 points, 0.27%, to 18,064 and the S&P 500 climbed 6, 0.31%, to one […]
Equities and the economy U.S. stocks fared better than Houston yesterday with 20 inches of rain falling in the city in a 24 hour period forcing the city to shut down, which is why the Blog was not published yesterday. The Dow, which gained 107 points, 0.60%, closed for the first time over 18,000, at […]
We are now entering the natural gas injection season. With storage levels at record highs, will increased natural gas demand eat away at some of the natural gas in storage, or will we enter winter 2016 with a new record high storage level? Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report Working natural […]
Equities and the economy (Sorry for the lateness. It’s been a crazy morning!) After a couple of strong days the U.S. equities market took the day off closing near Wednesday’s settles. The Dow rose 18 to 17,926, the S&P 500 closed flat to Wednesday at 2,083 and the Nasdaq dropped 2 points to 4,946. Although […]
Historically, Gulf of Mexico hurricanes have caused huge natural gas price spikes when oil rigs in the Gulf were shut down. Now, with most natural gas production coming from mainland drilling, hurricanes barely impact the price of gas. Interesting article. Gulf of Mexico now accounts for less than 5% of total U.S. output Do you […]
Equities and the economy (Today’s Blog will be briefer than normal because I had an early morning meeting) Outstanding! That describes yesterday’s performance for U.S. stocks. The Dow raced higher by 187 points, 1.06%, ending at 17,908, the S&P 500 rose 21, 1.0%, to 2,082 and the Nasdaq added 75, 1.6%, finishing at 4,947. The […]
