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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy This one really, really hurt. After two losing sessions we were getting a great rebound yesterday morning with the Dow up as much as a huge 282 points in the first hour of trading. But as I’ve so often said, it’s the closes, not the opens, that count and as we’ve […]
Good morning. U.S. equities ended lower yesterday for a second straight session with the Dow losing 97 points to close at 17,641, the D&P 500 fell 17 to 2,028 and the Nasdaq was off 39 points to 4,665. The assault on stocks was once again driven by lower oil prices as investors continue to worry […]
Good morning. Wow! Another spectacular day for U.S. stocks. The Dow jumped a huge 323 points (1.84%) closing at 17,908, the S&P 500 jumped 39 points (1.79%) and the Nasdaq leapt 86 (1.84%) to 4,736. In the last two days the S&P has gained 3% retracing most of the 4.2% loss in the previous 5 […]
Good morning. Some good economic news and a rare rise in oil prices gave U.S. equities their first gain of 2015 which has been the worst start to a year since 2008. From the futures before the opening through the opening bell and to the close stocks were strong with the Dow posting a “sigh […]
Good morning. Our stock portfolios and 401K’s took another pounding yesterday with U.S. equities once again getting hammered. The Dow closed down 130 points (0.74%) at 17,372, the S&P 500 lost 18 (0.9%) to 2,003 and the Nasdaq fared the worst dropping 60 (1.3%) to 4,593. It was the 5th straight losing session for both […]
Good morning. Horrible, horrible start to the year for equities. Yesterday stock markets worldwide got absolutely clobbered in an indiscriminate sell-off triggered by a renewed plunge in crude oil prices and a surging U.S. dollar. The Dow lost a stinging 331 points (1.86%), the S&P 500 closed down 37 (1.18%) and the Nasdaq fell 74 […]
Good morning. Welcome back one and all. I truly hope you had a wonderful holiday and could spend time with your loves ones. The last Morning Energy Report was on Tuesday December 30th reflecting the price action of the day before so let’s see what’s happened in 4 calendar days and 3 trading days. Last […]
Good morning. It was a “nothing day” yesterday on very light volume and with no major economic reports U.S. equities ended little changed from Friday. The S&P 500 closed 2 points higher at 2,091. The Nasdaq ended literally flat to Friday at 4,807 and the Dow lost 15 to 18,038. All chatter, although with the […]
Good morning. The last publication of the Morning Energy Report was on December 19th discussing the market action of December 18th so 10 calendar days have passed and 5 trading sessions. During this time we’ve had a heck of a holiday rally with the Dow climbing 699 points, 4%, the S&P 500 climbing 76 points, […]
Good morning. WOW! What a good day! How good was it? It was so good the stock market went MAD! MAD is when the Dow logs a major accumulation day which is defined as a session when the up volume on the NYSE is at least 9 times more than the down volume. Yesterday was […]
