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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 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. U.S. equities fell for the 3rd straight day with the Dow losing 117 points, 0.68%, to 17,056, the S&P 500 dropping 12, 0.58%, to 1,983 and the Nasdaq off 19, 0.42%, at 4,509. Nearly half of the losses came in the last 20 minutes of trading which is not a good omen. It […]
Good morning. Some bad news in the housing market weighed on U.S equities yesterday. The National Association of Realtors reported sales of previously owned homes (existing) unexpectedly fell in August for the first time in 5 months. Sales fell 1.8% to 5.05 million annualized pace from a revised 5.14 million pace in July. The expectation […]
Good morning. Last week ended mixed for equities with the Dow rising 14 points to 17,280, a new record, the S&P 500 closing down 1 at 2,010 and the Nasdaq off 14 to 4,580. The major indexes over the week were supported by favorable outcomes of two “risk” events: the Fed reiterating its commitment to […]
Good morning. The Fed finished its two day meeting yesterday and the market liked what it heard. The Dow closed up 25 points at 17,157 which just happens to be a record high, and the S&P 500 gained 3 points putting it back over 2,000 at 2,002 and on an intraday basis coming within one […]
Good morning. I wonder if someone has the Fed meeting bugged. I mean for the last week and a day the equity market were lackluster chopping around looking for direction. That was the way we started out the day yesterday trading on either side of unchanged until about 10:20 CDT and then zoom, off to […]
Good morning. Yesterday was bifurcated. If you were AT&T or ExxonMobil or other members of the Dow you did ok with the Dow (which is 30 stocks) closing up 44 points at 17,031. If you owned the S&P 500 index you yawned with it closing down 1 at 1,984. But if you owned the Nasdaq […]
Good morning. Stocks closed lower on Friday with the Dow falling 61 and below 17,000 to 16,982, the S7P 500 off 12 to 1,986 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,568, down 24. This is the first week the major indexes have closed down (S&P down 1.2%) after 5 weeks of gains. Let’s not forget though […]
Good morning. U.S equities closed little changed from Wednesday yesterday with the Dow ending down 20 points at 17,049, the S&P 500 gained 2 to 1,997 and the Nasdaq up 5 to 4,592. And you should be very happy because for most of the day all the indexes were seriously bleeding with the Dow at […]
Good morning. After a couple of lousy days we got a nice bounce yesterday with the Dow closing up 55 points at 17,068, the S&P 500 rising 7 to 1,996 (still below 2,000) and the Nasdaq climbing 34 to 4,587. Stepping back though and looking at the forest and not the trees, the market has […]
