US: +1 (877) 51 POWER 
Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National S’mores Day. U.S equities closed lower on Friday for the 7th consecutive day with the Dow falling 47 points to 17,373, the S&P 500 closing down 6 at 2,078 and the Nasdaq off 12 to 5,044. Things though could have been much, much worse for the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Coast Guard Day. On their first day of trading in August U.S. stocks got whacked with the Dow losing 92 points, 0.52%, the S&P 500 off 6, 0.28%, to 2,098 and the Nasdaq fell 13, 0.35%, to 5,115. The biggest losing sector on the day was […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chili Dog Day. U.S. stocks rallied for a second day in a row yesterday with the S&P 500 leading the way gaining 16 points, 0.75%, to 17,751 followed by the Dow which posted a 121 point rise, 0.68%, closing at 17,751 and the Nasdaq in third […]
Good morning and happy National Chicken Wing Day. After a day of global equity destruction that dragged the Dow to its lowest level in 6 months equities in Europe and the U.S. bounced back yesterday with the bellwether S&P 500 leading the way rising 1..23%, a nice 25 points, ending at 2,093. The Dow and […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Buffalo Soldiers Day (Bob Marley. Eh, mon). On the heels of a massive capitulation of the Chinese stock market equities around the world got crushed yesterday including, unfortunately, U.S. equities. When you woke up yesterday China’s Shanghai index had closed down a huge 8.48% (biggest one day […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Get Out of the Dog House Day. Stocks closed mixed on Friday but of note was the Nasdaq closed at a new record high gaining 47 points (0.91%) to 5,201. The tech heavy index was powered higher by Google which announced Q2 spectacular earnings. So how […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Corn Fritters Day. After four up sessions U.S. equities gave up a smidgeon yesterday with the Dow off 4 points to 18,050, the S&P 500 down 2 to 2,107 and the Nasdaq closing 6 points lower at 5,099. All the indexes were nicely in the green early […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Whoo-hoo and whoo again! And again! Financial markets around the world surged on Friday after Greece tabled a fresh package of reforms to creditors with investors taking the developments that the new plan could finally spell the end of the dramatic stand-off that shut the Greek financial system down […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Pecan Sandies Day. It was an very good day on Wall Street yesterday and although the major indexes closed well off their highs I’ll take a day like yesterday all day every day. The Dow gained 104 points (0.58%) ending at 18,120, the S&P 500 climbed […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chocolate Éclair Day. I was travelling last week and the last Morning Energy Blog was Tuesday reflecting Monday’s market action so let’s see what transpired since that time. Last Monday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 17,791, 2,084 and 5,030. On Friday the Dow […]
