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Morning Energy Blog – March 2, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks post best day of 2017. • Dow closes above 21,000 for the first time ever. WOW! What a day! Not only did all the major indexes close at record levels, they did it in grand fashion! The Dow broke through the 21,000 barrier surging 303 points, 1.5%, to […]

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Morning Energy Blog – February 16, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks post record highs for 5th consecutive session. • Lots of good economic news yesterday. U.S. stocks continue to march higher with all three indexes posting new record highs yesterday. The Dow closed up a hefty 107 points, .052%, to 20,612, the S&P 500 added 12, 0.50%, to end […]

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Morning Energy Blog – February 15, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities notch 4th consecutive record close. • Fed chairperson Yellen signals higher interest rates are coming. The three major U.S. stock indexes all posted record highs for the 4th consecutive day yesterday with the Dow closing up 92 points, 0.5%, at 20,504, the S&P 500 finishing 9 points higher, […]

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Morning Energy Blog – February 14, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Major indexes close at record high for third consecutive session. • S&P 500 reaches market cap of $20 trillion for first time ever. U.S. stocks extended gains yesterday with the three major indexes closing at record highs for the third consecutive session with financial and industrial stocks leading the way. […]

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Morning Energy Blog – February 1, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • S&P 500 closes lower for 4th consecutive session. • For the month of January, all three major bourses post gains. It was a mixed bag for U.S. equities yesterday with the Dow getting smacked closing down 107 points, a half percent, at 19,864, the S&P 500 ending down 2 at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – January 19, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Caution prevails. • U.S. indexes closed mixed. Caution remained the order of the day with another choppy day for U.S. equities. The Dow closed down 22 points at 19,805 while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed 4 and 17 points higher at 2,272 and 5,556, respectively. Over the past month […]

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Morning Energy Blog – January 10 , 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks meander. • Still can’t penetrate Dow 20,000. U.S. stocks chopped around yesterday. While the Dow fell 77 points, 0.38%, ending at 19,887 and the S&P 500 lost 8 points, 0.35%, finishing at 2,269, the Nasdaq posted a small gain of 11 points, 0.19%, closing at 5,532. The market […]

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Morning Energy Blog – January 9, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities continue their post-election grind higher. • Dow trades within a gnat’s eyelash of 20,000. U.S. equities ended the week higher with the Dow closing up 65 points at 19,964, the S&P 500 added 8 to 2,277 and the Nasdaq finished 9 points higher at 5,521. The Dow got […]

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Morning Energy Blog – January 5, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks posted a second day of gains. • Dow 20,000 mark yet to be broken. U.S. equities posted and are batting 1.000% for 2017! The Dow posted a 60 point gain, 0.3%, closing at 19,942, just 58 points shy of 20,000. The S&P 500 settled up 13 points, 0.6%, […]

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Morning Energy Blog – December 14, 2016

Equities and the Economy: • Dow finishes at another record high. • Yesterday marked the 7th consecutive close higher. U.S. equities continued their relentless, post-election march higher. The Dow closed once again at a record high advancing 115 points, 0.58%, to 19,911 and just 89 points shy of 20,000! Now the 20,000 number has no […]

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