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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Important Notice: The next Morning Energy Blog will be posted on Thursday November 13, 2014. Good morning. In a volatile session U.S. equities edged higher yesterday with the Dow rising 70 points to 17,555, the S&P 500 up 8 to 2,031 and the Nasdaq closing 18 points higher at 4,638. Ding, ding, ding! The Dow […]
Good morning. Coming off record highs and penultimate election day investors stayed on the sidelines and the markets yesterday ended pretty flat to Friday. The Dow fell 25 points to 17,366, the S&P 500 closed flat at 2,018 and the Nasdaq managed to eke out a gain of 8 to 4,639. As I mentioned in […]
Good Morning. We got back from a wild week yesterday with everyone wondering if the bears would emerge from their hibernation over the weekend and pick up where they left off last Thursday. Well the market worked really hard to not make a lot of noise and not wake the bears yesterday and stocks moved […]
Good morning. Equities continue to get pummeled with the Dow closing down 173, 1.06%, to 16,142, the S&P 500 lost 16, 0.84%, to 1,862 and the Nasdaq dropped 12, 0.29%, to 4,215. And are you ready for this, at one point in the day the Dow was down 460 points! The S&P closed at its […]
Good morning. Investing in equities is all about growth and economic reports, or a lack thereof, and are killing stocks taking a toll on investors. And not just here in the U.S. but globally. On Friday an index of global equities hit a 7 month low and oil slumped to a 4 month low (more […]
Good morning. On the heels of a really positive Labor Department Employment Situation Report U.S. equities rallied big on Friday with the Dow climbing 209 points, 1.24% to 17,010, the S&P 500 added 22, 1.12%, closing at 1,968 and the Nasdaq ended up 46 points higher, 1.03%, at 4,476. Not to be Debbie Downer but […]
Good morning. Stocks closed lower on Friday with the Dow falling 61 and below 17,000 to 16,982, the S7P 500 off 12 to 1,986 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,568, down 24. This is the first week the major indexes have closed down (S&P down 1.2%) after 5 weeks of gains. Let’s not forget though […]
Good morning. U.S equities closed little changed from Wednesday yesterday with the Dow ending down 20 points at 17,049, the S&P 500 gained 2 to 1,997 and the Nasdaq up 5 to 4,592. And you should be very happy because for most of the day all the indexes were seriously bleeding with the Dow at […]
Good morning. Equities have been chopping around lately. On Friday they rose and yesterday they fell. The Dow ended down 26 at 17,111, the S&P 500 lost 6 to 2,002 and the Nasdaq ended off 9 at 4,492. Chatter. With the recent drop in oil prices energy equities have been getting whacked with the energy […]
Good morning. The S&P 500 rose to 10 points to 2,007 on Friday to a new record as investors shrugged off a weak August jobs report. The Dow gained 68 to 17,137, just shy of its July 16th record, and the Nasdaq climbed 21 to 4,583. Refreshing your memory, Friday morning the Labor Department released […]
