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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • Solid June employment report. • Stocks notch small weekly gain. Stocks closed higher on Friday with the Dow gaining 94 points closing at 21,414, the S&P 500 adding 15 ending at 2,425 and the Nasdaq finishing up 64 points at 6,153. Friday’s strength was enough to push all three indexes […]
Equities and the Economy: • S&P posts biggest one-day gain in 2 months. • Nasdaq has best 1 day-gain in 8 months. It’s been a very, very fickle month for stocks. Why do I say this? Because the S&P 500 has had its 3 biggest daily gains and its 2 worst daily losses of the […]
Equities and the Economy: • Not much movement in a week. • Housing market hot. I’ve been in Washington D.C. for a week with my two teenage daughters and while still monitoring the markets, my last Morning Energy Blog was June 14th, which discussed the markets on June 13th, so let’s see how things have […]
Equities and the Economy: • Tech stocks get destroyed. • Overall market remains healthy. On Friday it was as if Isaac Newton discovered gravity with the Apple falling, and falling hard. The “fruit company” [Forrest Gump] stock dropped a huge 3.9% on Friday amidst a rout in technology stocks. The Nasdaq, which intraday posted a […]
Equities and the Economy: • Investors remain cautious. • Three major events tomorrow. Yesterday was a second consecutive day of investors marginally shifting to safety and out of stocks. The Dow fell 48 points ending at 21,136, the S&P 500 dropped 7 points to 2,429 and the Nasdaq slid 21 points to 6,275. Those movements […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks closed for 2nd consecutive session at record highs. • May jobs report disappointing. The Labor Department released its jobs report for May and it was in large contrast to the ADP report. Earlier in the week ADP’s report showed the U.S. added a whopping 253,000 private sector jobs […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks post very marginal daily loss. • Three major indexes post monthly gains. U.S. stocks closed very marginally lower yesterday. The Dow lost 21 points closing at 21,009, the S&P 500 dropped a single point to 2,412 and the Nasdaq ended off 5 at 6,199. Chatter. It was a good […]
Equities and the Economy: • S&P and Nasdaq break 7 session winning streak. • Losses very minimal. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closed lower yesterday breaking their seven consecutive session winning streak. The S&P closed down 3 points to 2,413 and the Nasdaq was off 7 points to 6,203. These losses are extremely minimal […]
Equities and the Economy: • S&P and Nasdaq close at record highs. • Global equities trading at record levels. U.S. stocks continue their grind higher marking 6 consecutive sessions of higher closes with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ending at fresh record highs. The S&P 500 rose 11 points finishing at 2,415 and the Nasdaq […]
Equities and the Economy: • S&P 500 closes at record high. • FOMC minutes of May meeting reinforce rate hike coming. Like a boxer getting knocked to the mat, i.e., last Wednesday, U.S. equities bounced up and keep on fighting. Yesterday the S&P 500 closed 6 points higher at 2,404 and while the gain was […]
