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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy The day started out very nicely yesterday with the Dow up 139 points in the morning but around 10:05 AM CDT investors mead an about-face and turning cautious and began selling and the day ended mixed with the Dow gaining 23 to 16,375, the S&P 500 up 3 ending at 1,951 […]
Equites and the Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks ended August on a sour note with the Dow losing 115 points, 0.69%, closing at 16,528, the S&P 500 fell 17, 0.85%, to 1,972 and the Nasdaq was the big loser of the day falling 1.06%, 51 points, to 4,777. The month of August can be a […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Yesterday we had a second consecutive great day on Wall Street with all the three major indexes closing materially higher. The Dow rose 369 points, 2.27%, ending at 16,654, the S&P 500 added 47 points, 2.4%, to 1,988 and the Nasdaq closed up 115, 2.5%, at 4,812. Global equity […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. After six sessions of negative news, for that is how long this losing streak has lasted, I finally get to relay (and I bet you already know what I’m going to say!) U.S. equities had a good day. No, they had a great day! In fact, on a percentage […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National S’mores Day. U.S equities closed lower on Friday for the 7th consecutive day with the Dow falling 47 points to 17,373, the S&P 500 closing down 6 at 2,078 and the Nasdaq off 12 to 5,044. Things though could have been much, much worse for the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Fresh Breath Day. U.S. stocks closed mostly higher yesterday although the Dow was unable to shake off a weak performance by Disney (down 9%,ouch!) and, once again, energy shares. After flipping between gains and losses yesterday the Dow ended off 11 at 17,540 while the S&P […]
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 […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Pina Colada Day (Google Rupert Holmes). On the heels of a big rebound in Chinese stocks and a continued strength in European stocks U.S. equities bounced back from Wednesday’s horrific sell-off with the Dow closing up 33 points, the S&P 500 adding 5 to 2,051 and the […]
