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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the economy A solid jobs report, encouraging data on manufacturing and dovish monetary policy pushed stocks markedly higher on Friday with the Dow closing up 108 points, 0.61%, at 17,793, the S&P 500 adding 13, 0.63%, to 2,073 and the Nasdaq finishing at 4,915, up 45 points, 0.92%. For the week the Dow, […]
Equities and the Economy Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez! It’s official. The S&P 500 has joined the Dow in being positive for 2016 with the major indexes closing higher 5 consecutive seeks. A combination of improving conditions and the Fed’s dovish tone last week on monetary policy, i.e. interest rates, prompted investors to take on […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks closed marginally higher yesterday, but in my opinion it was quite a positive performance. The reasoning is after coming off a huge up day on Tuesday stocks didn’t pull back, even after trading slightly in the red for most of the day. That’s called good price action. For the […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks took a small step backward yesterday. The Dow fell 123 points, 0.73%, to 16,517, the S&P 500 ended off 16, 0.82%, to 1,932 and the Nasdaq fell 0.71%, 32, to 4,558. Really just a flesh wound. Looking at the indexes from a longer term perspective, which is how most […]
Equities and the Economy After three days of big gains U.S. equities took the day off yesterday trading on either side of unchanged all day. The Dow fell 41 points to 16,413, the S&P 500 lost 9 to 1,918 and the Nasdaq ended off 46, 1.02%, at 4,488. The latter got hit with the biotechnology […]
Equities and the Economy Equities roared strong for a second consecutive session adding to last Friday’s gains. The Dow popped a big 223 points, 1.39%, and back over 16,000 to 16,196. The S&P jumped 31, 1.65%, to 1,896 and the Nasdaq was the big winner rising a whopping 2.27%, 98 points, to 4,435. I like […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities continue to climb the wall of worry posting a second consecutive day of gains with the Dow closing up 80 points, 0.49%, at 16,417, the S&P 500 up 2 to 1,915 and the Nasdaq up 6 to 4,510. All rose in the face of marginally declining oil prices. I […]
HOUSTON — Investment research group Morningstar said Tuesday that the oil glut and low prices are likely to last at least through next year. “Declining U.S. oil production over the next several quarters will help reduce global oversupply, but in our opinion, that alone cannot quickly fix the current global imbalances, signaling an extended downturn […]
Source: Provided by GasBuddy.com U.S. retail regular-grade gasoline prices continue to decline, averaging $2.09 per gallon (g) as of November 23, 73 cents lower than this time last year and the lowest heading into a Thanksgiving holiday weekend since 2008. Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday is one of the heaviest travel times of the year in […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Rally on, baby, rally on! Yesterday the Dow scored its biggest daily rise in about a month jumping more than 300 points and the S&P 500 finished with gains for the 5th consecutive session, its longest winning stretch since last December. When the bell rang ending the day the […]
