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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy It was a very, very sedate day on Wall Street yesterday with not just the major indexes ending very close to their Wednesday closes but there was also very little volatility. Getting the numbers out of the way, the Dow closed down 4 at 17,733, the S&P 500 fell 3 to […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and many, many thanks to all you veterans who risked your lives for the rest of us so we can live in freedom in the greatest country on earth. U.S. equities waffled around unchanged all day yesterday not doing much and closed as such. The Dow rose 28 to […]
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 Good morning. U.S. equities meandered all day, mostly mildly negative, but literally in the last 5 minutes buying came in pushing stocks very marginally into the green. The Dow closed up 15 at 17,231, the S&P 500 added a single digit to 2,034 and the Nasdaq performed the best up 19 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Although it was a sleepy Friday, U.S. stocks managed to post a third consecutive week of gains with the Dow adding 74 points, 0.43%, to 17,216, the S&P 500 up 9, 0.45%, to 2,033 and the Nasdaq rising 17, 0.35%, to 4,887. It was so sedate the S&P traded […]
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. 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 […]
Equities and the Economy After getting unabashedly bludgeoned for 7 trading sessions healthcare stocks rebounded yesterday giving the S&P 500 its first gain in 6 days, although it was hardly something to write home to mom about. The S&P 500 gained a tiny 2 points closing at 1,884, the Dow did marginally better adding 47 […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Not a good day folks. Not a good day at all. U.S. equities followed European stocks lower with the latter closing down between 2.12% and 2.76% while stocks here in the U.S. fell about the same. When the bloodletting was over the Dow lost 313 points, 1.92% closing at […]
