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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy After a ten day wild roller coaster ride U.S. equities took the day off yesterday with all the major indexes not doing much. While the Dow closed 14 points higher at 16,790, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower. The former lost 7 points ending at 1,980 and the latter fell […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. And Whoo-hoo! Boy did we need a day like yesterday! After days and weeks of getting mostly beaten up U.S. equities posted big, big gains yesterday with the Dow rising 390 points, 2.4%, to 16,492 with all 30 stocks in the index closing up. The S&P 500 posted a […]
Equities and the Economy Saying August 2015 was a lousy month would be an understatement for it was the worst for Wall Street since 2012 erasing some $5 trillion in global equity value. Unfortunately, September picked up right where August ended. All the major indexes suffered heavy, triple digit losses with investors fleeing riskier assets […]
Please note: This will be the last Morning Energy Blog until August 21st. I will be on vacation with my two teenage daughters trying to do some bonding, if that’s even possible with teenagers. Equites and the Economy As I mentioned yesterday, the global equities market got hit with a tsunami yesterday when Monday night […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Watermelon Day. U.S. equities ended the week on a weak note with all three major indexes posting marginal losses. The Dow ended down 56 points, .032%, the S&P 500 fell 5, 0.22%, to 2,104 and the Nasdaq was off a single digit to 5,128. Energy stocks […]
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. Whoo-hoo and whoo again! And again! Financial markets around the world surged on Friday after Greece tabled a fresh package of reforms to creditors with investors taking the developments that the new plan could finally spell the end of the dramatic stand-off that shut the Greek financial system down […]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Lloyd’s List Intelligence, Global Trade Information Services, Eurostat, and trade press In early April this year, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) reached a framework agreement to guide negotiations targeting a comprehensive agreement by June 30. The comprehensive agreement could […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Name Your Poison Day. The last Morning Energy Blog was published last Wednesday reflecting Tuesday’s market action so let’s see what’s transpired since that time. On Tuesday the Dow closed at 18,012, the S&P 500 at 2,110 and the Nasdaq at 5,077. On Friday the three indexes […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Brisket Day. U.S. equities rallied nicely yesterday from the catastrophe on Tuesday with the Dow gaining 121 points (0.67%) ending at 18,163, the S&P 500 added 19 (0.89%) to 2,123 and the Nasdaq was the leader of the day closing up 74 (1.48%) at 5,107. That’s […]
