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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Cinco de Mayo (cerveza fria, pour favor!). U.S. stocks finished modestly higher yesterday extending Friday’s gains albeit on less than normal volume. The Dow climbed 46 to 18,070, the S&P 500 closed up 6 at 2,114 and the Nasdaq finished at 12 at 5,017. The only piece […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Tuba Day. It was a second consecutive bad day for stocks all around the world yesterday with the Dow falling 195 points (1.08%) and once again below 18,000 to 17,841. The S&P 500 lost 21 (0.99%) to 2,086 and the Nasdaq got pounded like Mayweather and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Bugs Bunny Day. Well the market was asking “What’s up doc?” yesterday or more appropriately, what’s up with these markets with the Dow falling 74 points ending at 18,036, the S&P 500 closing down 8 at 2,107 and the Nasdaq off 31 to 5,024. Although the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Shrimp Scampi Day. In another choppy day U.S. stocks closed mixed with the Dow gaining 72 points and the S&P 500 climbing 6 to 2,11. It would have been a trifecta of green except the Nasdaq lost 5 to 5,055. Twitter was a big anchor on the […]
In its recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015), EIA expects the United States to be a net natural gas exporter by 2017. After 2017, natural gas trade is driven largely by the availability of natural gas resources and by world energy prices. Increased availability of domestic gas or higher world energy prices each increase the gap […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy birthday to Eeyore. We started out looking nicely yesterday morning following European equities higher but all the major indexes ended lower as the red hot health care sector dropped sharply. The Dow ended 42 points lower at 18,038, the S&P 500 lost 9 to 2,109 and the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Babe Ruth Day. A day after the Nasdaq set its first record in 15 years the index marched on Friday adding another 36 points (0.61%) closing at 5,092. The index got a big boost from Amazon.com which jumped a whopping 14% after it reported a surprise […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Hairball Awareness Day. U.S. equities posted modest gains yesterday but it was good enough for the Nasdaq to close at its highest level in 15 years! Whoo-hoo! The tech heavy index rose 21 points (0.4%) ending at 5,056 surpassing the 15 year high set on March […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Talk Like Shakespeare Day. U.S. equities ended higher yesterday after a choppy day of trading. The Dow closed up 89 points and once again over 18,000 at 18,038. The S&P 5000 added 11 to 2,108. The Nasdaq finished 21 points higher at 5,035 which is just […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and Happy Earth Day. Yesterday U.S. equities mostly failed to follow through on Monday’s gains. I say mostly because the Nasdaq did rise 20 points to 5,014 lifting the index to near record levels getting a boost from M&A activity in the biotech sector. We all know how investors […]
