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Morning Energy Blog – October 11, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Trump trade at work. • Dow logs 47th record high in 2017. Driven by the optimism tax reform is coming, investors have been buying U.S. equities in record amounts, literally. Yesterday all three of the primary stock indexes gained and all three touched fresh intraday record highs. The Dow rose […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 18, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks end little changed. • Nasdaq logs 7th straight higher session. U.S. stocks ended little changed yesterday although the Nasdaq, by gaining a mere 2 points, did post its 7th consecutive higher session closing at 6,314, just shy of its record close of 6,322 set on June 8th. The Dow […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 13, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Tech rout continued. • Dow snaps 3 day gain. All three major U.S. indexes closed lower yesterday weighed down by a second straight session of firm losses in technology shares. The Nasdaq once again posted the largest losses closing down 32 points, 0.5%, at 6,175 suffering its worst two session […]

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Morning Energy Blog – March 10, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks close flat to Wednesday. • Yesterday marked the 8th anniversary of this bull market. Yesterday U.S. equities closed basically to Wednesday’s levels with the Dow adding 2 points to 20,858, the S&P 500 edging up the same amount to 2,365 and the Nasdaq rising a single point to […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 12, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P 500 once again finish at record highs. • S&P and Dow has best winning streak since June 2014. As Buzz Lightyear would say, “To infinity and beyond!” which is characterizing the U.S. stock market. On Friday the S&P and Dow closed at another record high with the […]

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Morning Energy Blog – March 21, 2016

Equities and the Economy Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez! It’s official. The S&P 500 has joined the Dow in being positive for 2016 with the major indexes closing higher 5 consecutive seeks. A combination of improving conditions and the Fed’s dovish tone last week on monetary policy, i.e. interest rates, prompted investors to take on […]

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Morning Energy Blog – March 8, 2016

Equities and the Economy It wasn’t much, but it was enough to sustain the rally for a 5th consecutive session, at least for the Dow and S&P 500. The Dow gained 67 points closing at 17,074 and the S&P added 2 to 2,002 (note that recently we’ve been bumping up at the 2,000 resistance level). […]

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Morning Energy Blog – February 23, 2016

Equities and the Economy After a day of bivouacking on Friday U.S. stocks surged yesterday with the Dow popping a very nice 229 points, 1.40%, ending at 16,621, the S&P 500 rose 28, 1.47%, to 1,946 and the Nasdaq closed up 67, 1.48%, at 4,571. As it has for months now, Wall St. followed the […]

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Morning Energy Blog – January 12, 2016

Equities and the Economy After what seems days of bloodletting U.S. stocks stabilized yesterday with the Dow gaining 53 points closing at 16,399, the S&P 500 added 2 to 1,924 but the Nasdaq went the other direction closing down 6 at 4,638. This actually was pretty good considering oil prices, which investors have been keying […]

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