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Morning Energy Blog – August 8, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P log new highs. • Goldilocks conditions. Although gains were modest, they were enough to send the Dow and S&P 500 into record territory. Yesterday the Dow rose 26 points to 22,118 marking the blue-chip’s 9th consecutive record close. The S&P added 4 to 2,481, also a new […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 7, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Solid July jobs report. • Dow posts 8th consecutive record close. On the heels of a very solid Labor Department jobs report on Friday the Dow propelled to a new record close of 22,093 closing up 67 points. While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq didn’t end at records, they both […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 4, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • New record highs continue to be set. • Weekly jobless claims at 44 year low. I’ve been travelling on business this week and the last Morning Energy Blog was last Friday discussing the previous Thursday’s price action. I’ll summarize the equities market since I’ve been gone this way. I should […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 28, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Dow closes at record high. • May be seeing some profit taking. Although the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower, down 2 at 2,475 and down 41 to 6,382, respectively, the Dow managed to post a new record high gaining 86 points closing at 21,797. The latter was driven higher […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 27, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Fed leaves interest rates unchanged. • Equities march higher. Stock prices continued their seemingly inexorable march higher yesterday. While the gains weren’t huge they were enough to set record highs for the three major indexes. The Dow rose 98 points, 0.5%, to close at 21,711, the S&P 500 eked out […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 25, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks end mixed. • Nasdaq hits another record high. It was a relatively quiet day yesterday with mixed price action. The Dow fell 67 points to 21,513 and the S&P lost 3 points to end at 2,470. Meanwhile the Nasdaq posted a 23 point gain finishing at 6,411, is 41st record […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 24, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Earnings driving equities. • Nasdaq snaps 10 session win streak. After hitting new record highs earlier in the week, on Friday the major indexes closed marginally lower with the Dow off 34 points to 21,580, the S&P 500 sliding a single point to 2,473 and the Nasdaq ending a 10 […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 21, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks end little changed. • Nasdaq squeaks out another record close. After numerous indices posted record highs on Wednesday stocks bivouacked yesterday closing little changed. That being said, the Nasdaq’s small gain of 5 points was enough to push it to a new record close at 6,390, the 10th consecutive […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 20, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Multiple major U.S. indexes hit yet another record high. • Corporate earnings the driver. Better than expected corporate earnings from Morgan Stanley brought out the buyers yesterday who pushed numerous U.S. indices to new record highs including the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow climbed 66 points to 21,641, […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 19, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs. • Trading volume very low. U.S. stocks shrugged off concerns of the failure of Senate Republicans to push through a healthcare bill with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting new record highs. The former did so barely edging up a single […]

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