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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Watermelon Day. U.S. equities ended the week on a weak note with all three major indexes posting marginal losses. The Dow ended down 56 points, .032%, the S&P 500 fell 5, 0.22%, to 2,104 and the Nasdaq was off a single digit to 5,128. Energy stocks […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Talk in an Elevator Day. U.S equities pared early losses to end little changed yesterday with the Dow closing down 5 points at 17,746, the S&P 500 literally closing flat to Wednesday at 2,109 and the Nasdaq closing up 17 at 5,129. The big report yesterday […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chili Dog Day. U.S. stocks rallied for a second day in a row yesterday with the S&P 500 leading the way gaining 16 points, 0.75%, to 17,751 followed by the Dow which posted a 121 point rise, 0.68%, closing at 17,751 and the Nasdaq in third […]
Good morning and happy National Chicken Wing Day. After a day of global equity destruction that dragged the Dow to its lowest level in 6 months equities in Europe and the U.S. bounced back yesterday with the bellwether S&P 500 leading the way rising 1..23%, a nice 25 points, ending at 2,093. The Dow and […]
The productivity of natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale and the neighboring Utica Shale is steadily increasing because of ongoing improvements in precision and efficiency of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing occurring in those regions. Since January 2012, natural gas production in the Marcellus and Utica regions has accounted for 85% of the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Buffalo Soldiers Day (Bob Marley. Eh, mon). On the heels of a massive capitulation of the Chinese stock market equities around the world got crushed yesterday including, unfortunately, U.S. equities. When you woke up yesterday China’s Shanghai index had closed down a huge 8.48% (biggest one day […]
Good morning. It’s been almost a week since the last Morning Energy Blog being I was travelling the last four business days with my last report last Monday reflecting Friday July 17th’s price action. As a matter of reference, on that day the Nasdaq closed at a record high of 5,201, the Dow was at […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Get Out of the Dog House Day. Stocks closed mixed on Friday but of note was the Nasdaq closed at a new record high gaining 47 points (0.91%) to 5,201. The tech heavy index was powered higher by Google which announced Q2 spectacular earnings. So how […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Wrong Way Corrigan Day (Google that). It was a good day on Wall Street yesterday with major indexes around the globe closing higher including those here in the U.S. The Dow climbed 70 to 18,120, the S&P 500 added 17 to 2,124 and the Nasdaq rose 64 […]
Natural gas overtook coal as the top source of U.S. electric power generation for the first time ever earlier this spring, a milestone that has been in the making for years as the price of gas slides and new regulations make coal more risky for power generators. About 31 percent of electric power generation in April […]
