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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • Price action subdued yesterday. • Investors digesting Syrian attack. U.S. stocks ended little changed yesterday with the Dow posting a 15 point gain to 20,663, the S&P 500 closing 5 points higher at 2,357 and the Nasdaq rising 14 points to 5,879. Forget yesterday for as everyone reading my Blog […]
Equities and the Economy: Fed raises interest rates as widely expected. Fed guidance dovish. For the third time since the financial crisis began, the second time in three months and the first time this year, the Fed raised interest rates. Yesterday increase was a widely expected ¼% taking the benchmark overnight interest rate to a […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks retreat after previous huge day. • Market still looks healthy. After a huge day on Wednesday profit taking came in yesterday and stocks closed lower. The Dow fell 112 points, 0.53%, to remain a gnat’s eyelash above 21,000 at 21,003. The S&P 500 lost 14, 0.59%, to 2,282 and […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow marks 6th consecutive record, barely. • S&P and Nasdaq retreat marginally. U.S. stocks ended little changed yesterday but it was enough for the Dow, which rose 8 points to 20,620, to set a 6th straight record high. The S&P 500 closed down 2 points at 2,347 and the Nasdaq […]
California is in a bind. The recent Oroville Dam emergency has forced the shutdown of a 819MW hydropower plant that needs to be replaced with the equivalent of two natural gas power plants. This will increase natural gas demand while the state is still short on supply because of the Aliso Canyon gas leak from […]
Due to mild weather, slowing residential and commercial demand, and near-record level storage inventories, natural gas monthly and annual prices for 2016 were the lowest since the late 1990’s. While it is not too late to take advantage of the low-price environment for natural gas, the EIA is expecting prices to be higher in 2017. […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks continue to meander. • Fundamentals look solid. The lumberjack continues working away. Chop. Chop. Chop. That explains the U.S., and even the European, equity markets over the past month. Yesterday it was more of the same with the Dow closing down 63 points at 19,891, the S&P 500 dropping […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. bourses close higher. • Market remains choppy and range bound. Chop. Chop. Chop. That describes the equities markets of late, and I’m talking globally, not just U.S. Getting yesterday’s numbers out of the way, the Dow posted a nice gain of 99 points, 0.50%, ending at 19,954, the S&P […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks continue to log record highs. • World stocks are at 16 month highs. I bet you didn’t realize this but something happened in the stock market yesterday that hasn’t happened in 20 years. 5 major stock index benchmarks finished at record highs on the same day. The Dow […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks closed mixed yesterday. • November employment report just released. Unemployment rate falls to 4.6%, lowest in 9 years. It was a weird day on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow gained a nice 68 points, 0.4%, closing at 19,192 and a new record high while the S&P 500 fell 8 […]
