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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Good morning. After Monday’s head fake getting us excited with the gains equities resumed their downward trend from last Friday with the Dow closing 179 points, 1.09%, lower at 16,330, the S&P lost 24, 1.23%, to 1,943 and the Nasdaq closed ended down 72, 1.50%, at 4,757. Now the good news is that as a […]
Good morning. After mass liquidation of length on Friday following the Fed’s decision on Thursday not to raise interest rates it was an about-face yesterday with risk once again in vogue yesterday. The Dow rose 126 points, 0.77%, closing at 16,510, the S&P 500 added 9, 0.46%, to 1,967 and the Nasdaq inched up 2 […]
Good morning. It’s good to be back after a week of business travel. The last Morning Energy Blog was published Friday September 11th reflecting what markets did the day before on Thursday the 10th. Let’s see what’s transpired since that time. On that Thursday the Dow closed at 16,330, the S&P 500 ended at 1,952 […]
From the decline of coal power to the rise of energy storage, big changes are taking hold in the industry By now, it’s become cliché to suggest that the utility industry is on the brink of a massive transformation. Analysts told us this would happen — the traditional electric utility model would be upended, and […]
Equities and the Economy Note: This is the last Morning Energy Blog until Monday September 21st because I will be travelling on business. Good morning. Looking at the closes yesterday you would have thought it was a fairly quiet day in equities with the Dow closing up 77 points at 16,330, the S&P 500 gaining […]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Monthly Use of natural gas has two seasonal peaks, with consumption patterns predominantly driven by weather. The largest peak occurs during the winter, when cold weather increases the demand for natural gas space heating in the residential and commercial sectors. A second, smaller peak occurs in the summer […]
Equities and the Economy Note: tomorrow will be the last Morning Energy Blog until Monday September 21st for I will be travelling on business. Good morning. Once again and too frequent of late, yesterday’s price action was horrible. U.S. equities began the day very nicely with Dow futures up as much as 180 points with […]
In energy circles, it’s been a given for years that New England lacks adequate natural gas pipeline. Calls to build more pipeline heightened after natural gas prices soared in the bitter cold winters of 2012/13 and 2013/14. But a new report sponsored by GDF Suez Energy North America challenges the need for the pipeline, in part because […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. And Whoo-hoo! Boy did we need a day like yesterday! After days and weeks of getting mostly beaten up U.S. equities posted big, big gains yesterday with the Dow rising 390 points, 2.4%, to 16,492 with all 30 stocks in the index closing up. The S&P 500 posted a […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. This is probably old news to you by now but it was a horrible Friday for equities globally. Focusing on the U.S., the Dow fell 272 points, 1.7%, closing at 16,102, the S&P 500 lost 30 points, 1.53%, to 1,921 and the Nasdaq dropped 50 points, 1.1%, to 4,684. […]
