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Morning Energy Blog – October 10, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks close little changed on light volume. • Nasdaq breaks 9 day rally. Equities closed marginally lower yesterday on very light volume due to the holiday. The Dow fell 13 points to 22,761 and the S&P 500 slipped 5 points to 2,545. The Nasdaq touched an all-time high intraday but […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 9, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks end little changed on Friday. • Post solid weekly gains. The Dow and S&P 500 suffered minor losses on Friday. The Dow fell an immaterial 2 points to 22,774 ending a 7 day winning streak. The S&P slipped 3 points to 2,549 ending its 8 day streak. The Nasdaq […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 5, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • 3rd consecutive closing high for the three major indexes. • ADP releases jobs report for August. While the gains were marginal yesterday they were enough for the three major stock indexes to post new record highs. The Dow rose for the 6th consecutive session adding 20 points to close at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 4, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities book another round of records. • Fundamental data continues to support. The three major U.S. benchmark stock indexes posted yet another day of record highs. The Dow finished up 84 points at 22,641 marking its 5th consecutive day of gains. The S&P 500 rose 5 points to 2,535 […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 2, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Q2 GDP revised up. • S&P, Nasdaq and Russell post yet another record high. U.S. equities wrapped up last week, the month and quarter on a high note with the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 hitting all-time highs on Friday. The S&P gained 9 points to 2,519 closing at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 26, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks slip. • Geopolitical events lead to investor cautiousness. Riskier assets, which includes stocks, came under marginal pressure yesterday with North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho announcing that President Trump’s recent comments were “clearly a declaration or war” and that Pyongyang has the right to shoot down U.S. […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 25, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks end little changed. • Russell 2000 closes at record high. The three major U.S. stock indexes ended little changed on Friday. The Dow settled 10 points lower at 6,427, the S&P 500 ended 2 points up at 2,502 and the Nasdaq closed 4 points higher at 6,427. Weekly […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 21, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P continue to post record highs. • FOMC embarking on QT. The FOMC concluded its two day September meeting and being it played out very much in line with expectations investors road the trend taking the Dow and S&P 500 higher. The gains weren’t much but enough to […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 15, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Dow closes at record high. • Markets shrugging off geopolitical events. Although the major U.S. indexes ended mixed yesterday the Dow’s gain of 45 points to 22,203 was enough to log its third consecutive record high. The S&P 500 fell 3 points to end at 2,496 and the Nasdaq finished […]

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Morning Energy Blog for September 14, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P eke out another record high. • Maybe time for a breather. Yesterday’s gains in stocks were very small but they were enough to take the Dow and S&P 500 to new record highs. The Dow rose 39 points to 22,158 and the S&P gained 2 to 2,498. […]

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