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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the economy For the third consecutive day it was a mixed bag for stocks with the Dow and S&P 500 rising 51 and 3 points, respectively and the Nasdaq closing down 25. It was another day where stocks began the day weak and closed marginally better. For example, in early trading the S&P […]
Equities and the economy For a second consecutive session U.S. equities price movement was muted with the Dow closing up 13 points at 17,990, the S&P 500 finishing 4 points higher at 2,091 while the Nasdaq posted a loss of 8 points ending at 4,888. Chatter. Investors are pausing right now being that we’re up […]
Equities and the economy Yesterday the major indexes posted small losses. The Dow fell 27 points closing back below 18,000 at 17,977, the S&P 500 fell 4 to 2,088 and the Nasdaq closed down 10 at 4,896. You should be happy about that performance for earlier in the day the Dow was down 148 points, […]
Equities and the economy On Friday the Dow eked out a small gain of 21 points to close at 18,004 while the S&P 500 closed literally flat to Thursday at 2,092. The more volatile and technology heavy Nasdaq lost 40 points, 0.8%, finishing at 4,906 dragged down by disappointing earnings announcements from Microsoft and Alphabet […]
Equities and the Economy After a nice three day run stocks took a breather yesterday retreating from the psychologically important 18,000 level. The Dow closed down 114 points, 0.6%, at 17,983 and the S&P 500 lost 11, 0.5%, ending at 2,091. The Nasdaq performed really well considering what went on around it closing down just […]
Equities and the economy U.S. stocks continued their grind higher yesterday. Well, at least the Dow and S&P 500 did. The Nasdaq actually fell 20 points, 0.40%, to 4,940. But let’s ignore that! Let’s focus on the positive. The Dow gained 49 points, 0.27%, to 18,064 and the S&P 500 climbed 6, 0.31%, to one […]
Equities and the economy U.S. stocks fared better than Houston yesterday with 20 inches of rain falling in the city in a 24 hour period forcing the city to shut down, which is why the Blog was not published yesterday. The Dow, which gained 107 points, 0.60%, closed for the first time over 18,000, at […]
Equities and the economy (Sorry for the lateness. It’s been a crazy morning!) After a couple of strong days the U.S. equities market took the day off closing near Wednesday’s settles. The Dow rose 18 to 17,926, the S&P 500 closed flat to Wednesday at 2,083 and the Nasdaq dropped 2 points to 4,946. Although […]
Equities and the economy (Today’s Blog will be briefer than normal because I had an early morning meeting) Outstanding! That describes yesterday’s performance for U.S. stocks. The Dow raced higher by 187 points, 1.06%, ending at 17,908, the S&P 500 rose 21, 1.0%, to 2,082 and the Nasdaq added 75, 1.6%, finishing at 4,947. The […]
Equities and the economy U.S. equities skyrocketed yesterday, and you’ll never guess who you have to thank for it. Yes, that’s a “who” not a “what.” First the numbers. The Dow popped 165 points, 0.94%, finishing at 17,721, the S&P 500 rose 20 points, 0.97%, to 2,062 and the Nasdaq ended 0.80% higher, 39 points, […]
