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Archive for the ‘S&P 500’ Category

Morning Energy Blog – November 7, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Friday marked the 9th consecutive session the S&P 500 has closed lower. This is the longest losing streak since December 1980. However, the total loss has only been 3.1% over the period and the S&P is only off 5% from record highs in August. Hardly anything to get excited about. The […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 4, 2016

Equities and the Economy: For the 8th consecutive session the S&P 500 closed lower yesterday posting a 9 point loss finishing at 2,089. This is the S&P’s longest losing streak since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow lost 29 to end at 17,931 and the Nasdaq fell 47 points, 0.92%, at 5,058. Before you panic […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 3, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Yesterday was a sea of red for U.S. stocks with the Dow closing down 77 points, 0.4%, at 17,960, the S&P 500 ended off 14, 0.7%, finishing at 2,098 and the Nasdaq fell 48 points, 0.9%, at 5,106. It’s been a grind down of late with the S&P posting its 7th […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 2, 2016

Equities and the Economy: We actually saw some movement in U.S. stocks yesterday, but, unfortunately, it wasn’t the movement we like. The Dow lost 105 points, 0.58%, to end at 18,037, the S&P 500 fell 14, 0.68%, to 2,112 and the Nasdaq closed down 36 points, 0.69%, at 5,154. Here are some not-so-good statistics. Yesterday […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 1, 2016

Equities and the Economy: More of the same yesterday. Nothing. The Dow closed down 19 at 18,142, the S&P 500 closed flat to Friday at 2,126 and the Nasdaq fell a single digit to 5,189. It really does look like investors want to get the election behind them before making any material investment decisions. Yesterday […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 31, 2016

Equities and the Economy:   More of the same, which is nothing. On Friday the Dow closed down 8 at 18,161, the S&P 500 lost 7 to 2,126 and the more volatile Nasdaq ended 36 points lower at 5,190. As has been the trend lately, stocks traded lower intraday with the Dow down as much […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 28, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Booooring. Directionless. That’s what this market is. Although U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday it was really just another choppy day. The Dow finished 30 points off at 18,170, the S&P 500 fell 6 to 2,133 and the Nasdaq ended down 34 at 5,216. It really does seems as if investors are […]

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Morning Energy Blog for October 27, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Yet another choppy day for U.S. equities. The Dow rose 30 points closing at 18,199 but the other two major bourses, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, fell 4 and 33 points, respectively with the former ending at 2,139 and the latter at 5,250. The Dow’s performance was noteworthy because the index […]

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Morning Energy Blog for October 26, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Yesterday was another day of muted, consolidated trading. After hitting a 2 week high on Monday, the Dow fell 54 points to 18,169, the S&P 500 ended off 8 at 2,143 and the Nasdaq lost 26 to 5,283. If we must point to something let’s point to the Conference Board’s Consumer […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 25, 2016

Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks had a pretty good day yesterday. The Dow was up as much as 129 points but the day traders took some profit at the day’s end and the Dow finished up 77 points, 0.43%, closing at 18,223, the S&P 500 added 10, 0.47%, finishing at 2,151 and the Nasdaq […]

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