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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Santa continues to deliver gifts well past Christmas giving a wonderful present yesterday of materially higher stock prices. The Dow rose a big 193 points, 1.10%, ending at 17,721, the S&P 500 added 22 points, 1.05%, finishing at 2,078 and the Nasdaq was the winner on the day climbing 1.33%, 67 […]
Equities and the Economy The rally is in full force however yesterday it wasn’t Santa Clause who brought the present, but it is someone with white hair: Janet Yellen. And the present was the strangest form, an interest rate hike. So how can this be?! Especially when the Fed said the hike was a tentative […]
Equities and the Economy It was a tough day on Wall Street yesterday with the Dow falling 158 points, 0.89%, closing at 17,730, the S&P 500 down 23, 1.08%, to 2,080 and the Nasdaq fell 33, 0.65%, finishing at 5,123. You can blame the energy sector for dragging the indexes lower, specifically oil prices which […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks bounced back nicely yesterday from initial knee jerk selling on the news of Turkey shooting down a Russian military jet. In the morning Dow futures were down over a hundred points but rallied back nicely with all the major bourses closing in the green, marginally, but in the green. […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. After last week’s big gains U.S. equities began the week on a quiet note with the Dow closing down 31 points at 17,793, the S&P 500 falling 2 points to 2,087 and the Nasdaq slipping 2 to 5,102. Chatter. While M&A activity usually gives a boost to the equity […]
Equities and the Economy October 2105 was the best month for U.S. equities in four years and the momentum carried into the first trading day of November with all the indexes posting very nice gains. The Dow climbed 165 points, 0.94%, to 17,829, the S&P 500 jumped 25, 1.18%, to 2,104 and the Nasdaq was […]
Equities and the Economy Just like Columbus discovering America (ok, I know that’s debatable), U.S. equities discovered a way to finish for a higher for a 7th consecutive session despite both the banks and bond market being closed. After climbing more than 600 points last week, or nearly 4%, investors resumed their buying yesterday. The […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. equities continued their recent surge higher yesterday this time getting a boost from the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September meeting which were released yesterday. The Dow gained a very nice 138 points, 0.8%, finishing at 17,051, the S&P 5000 added 18, 0.9%, to 2,013 and the Nasdaq […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Crazy is an understatement for Friday’s price action! So how crazy was it??? Friday was the most volatile single day for the S&P 500 and Dow in four years, specifically, October 4, 2011! And the great news was that it was for the good! Early in day after the […]
