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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • 3rd consecutive closing high for the three major indexes. • ADP releases jobs report for August. While the gains were marginal yesterday they were enough for the three major stock indexes to post new record highs. The Dow rose for the 6th consecutive session adding 20 points to close at […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities book another round of records. • Fundamental data continues to support. The three major U.S. benchmark stock indexes posted yet another day of record highs. The Dow finished up 84 points at 22,641 marking its 5th consecutive day of gains. The S&P 500 rose 5 points to 2,535 […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks slip. • Geopolitical events lead to investor cautiousness. Riskier assets, which includes stocks, came under marginal pressure yesterday with North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho announcing that President Trump’s recent comments were “clearly a declaration or war” and that Pyongyang has the right to shoot down U.S. […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks post modest gains. • Economic data mixed. U.S. equities logged modest gains yesterday with the Dow climbing 54 points to 21,808, the S&P 500 adding 8 to 2,466 and the Nasdaq tacked on 18 points to end at 6,393. There were quite a few economic reports released yesterday and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P little changed. • Nasdaq rallies after 3 losing sessions. The Dow and S&P 500 ended little changed after the holiday with the former closing down a point at 21,478 and the latter ending up 4 at 2,433. The Nasdaq, after closing in the red for the previous […]
Equities and the Economy: • Not much movement in a week. • Housing market hot. I’ve been in Washington D.C. for a week with my two teenage daughters and while still monitoring the markets, my last Morning Energy Blog was June 14th, which discussed the markets on June 13th, so let’s see how things have […]
