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Morning Energy Blog – December 5, 2014

Good morning. U.S stock prices ended yesterday pretty much flat to Wednesday with the Dow off 12 points to 17,900, the S&P 500 down 2 to 2,071 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,769, 5 points lower. I’d normally say “chatter” but it was a little scary intraday when the Dow was down 100 points! Then […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 1, 2014

Good morning. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and got a chance to spend time with your loved ones. Let’s see what’s transpired since last Monday which was the last closing data reported. On that day the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs of 17,818 and 2,069, respectively. The Nasdaq closed at 4,755. […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 25, 2014

Good morning. Once again the Dow and S&P 500 set record highs but by the barest of margins. The Dow added a mere 8 points to 17,818 and the S&P gained 6 to 2,069. The bellwether S&P has risen 7 of the last 8 days and has gained 12% this year. Remember, this is after […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 7, 2014

Important Notice: The next Morning Energy Blog will be posted on Thursday November 13, 2014. Good morning. In a volatile session U.S. equities edged higher yesterday with the Dow rising 70 points to 17,555, the S&P 500 up 8 to 2,031 and the Nasdaq closing 18 points higher at 4,638. Ding, ding, ding! The Dow […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 4, 2014

Good morning. Coming off record highs and penultimate election day investors stayed on the sidelines and the markets yesterday ended pretty flat to Friday. The Dow fell 25 points to 17,366, the S&P 500 closed flat at 2,018 and the Nasdaq managed to eke out a gain of 8 to 4,639. As I mentioned in […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 31, 2014

IMPORTANT – I believe the scrolling issue some of you had has been resolved. Please let me know if indeed it’s fixed. Thanks. Good morning. Everywhere you want to be. And it was right where we wanted it to be yesterday posting earnings that crushed estimates. I’m talking about Visa which climbed 10.2% yesterday on […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 30, 2014

IMPORTANT. As you know the Morning Energy Report (now named “Blog”) is being delivered to you via a link to our website where it and a plethora of other information and energy data are available. I’ve received feedback from a few readers they are having difficulty reading the Blog, specifically, not being able to scroll […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 29, 2014

IMPORTANT. As you know the Morning Energy Report (now named “Blog”) is being delivered to you via a link to our website where it and a plethora of other information and energy data are available. I’ve received feedback from a few readers they are having difficulty reading the Blog, specifically, not being able to scroll […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 27, 2014

Good morning. Friday ended a solid week of gains for U.S. equities with the Dow closing up a hefty 128 points at 16,805, the S&P 500 adding 14 to 1,965 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,484, up a big 31. For the week the Dow rose 2.6%, the S&P 4.1% and the Nasdaq 5.3%. It […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 17, 2014

Good morning. During the last hour of trading yesterday I felt like I was hanging onto the edge of a 50 ft. ledge just hoping selling wouldn’t come pouring in at the close. And it didn’t. Whew! Although the Dow did close down 24, at 16,117, it could have been a lot worse for about […]

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