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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy A really good monthly jobs report boosted stock futures early Friday and in early trade but was not enough to rescue last week being the worst 5 day beginning to a year ever for the U.S. stock market. On Friday, the Dow fell 168 points, 1.02%, to 16,346, the S&P 500 […]
Equities and the Economy And the pain continued. U.S. stocks had their worst day in three months yesterday marking the worst start to a new year for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones ever. Yes in history! On the heels of the Chinese stock market being halted for trading for the second time this week […]
Equities and the Economy It began ugly and ended ugly. I’m talking about U.S. equities. At about this time yesterday Dow futures were down 274 points and although prices did recover a tad intraday the day still ended lousy. The Dow lost 252 points, 1.47%, closing at 16,907 and below 17,000 for the first time […]
Equities and the Economy After three sessions of lower prices, including spanning the new year’s holiday, U.S. equities leveled off with an uneventful day yesterday. The Dow closed up 10 points at 17,159, the S&P rose 4 to 2,017 and the Nasdaq was the laggard falling 12 to 4,891. With respect to economic data yesterday, […]
Equities and the Economy No sense sugar coating it. 2016 began abysmally. It was the worst first trading day of the year in 15 year. The Dow lost 276 points, 1.58%, finishing at 17,149, the S&P 500 fell 31, 1.51%, to 2,103 and the Nasdaq closed 104 points lower, 2.09%, and once again under 5,000 […]
Source: Bloomberg L.P. The energy component of the widely followed S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) fell 41% from the start of 2015, a larger decline than the industrial metals, grains, and precious metals components, which declined 24%, 19%, and 11%, respectively, in 2015. Weakness in global economic growth contributed to the overall decline in […]
Equities and the Economy It’s a new year and welcome back. Let’s take a quick look at where stocks ended last Thursday and for the year. Last Thursday, which was the last trading day of 2015 and which seems a year ago (pun intended), equities closed down with the Dow ending down 179 points, 1.02%, […]
Equities and the Economy Well it appears Santa finished delivering his presents on Tuesday for yesterday he was nowhere to be found. The Dow fell 117 points, 0.66%, ending at 17,604, the S&P 500 lost 15, 0.74%, to 2,063 and the Nasdaq closed down 42 points, 0.82%, at 5,066. In the holiday thin market investors […]
Equities and the Economy Santa continues to deliver gifts well past Christmas giving a wonderful present yesterday of materially higher stock prices. The Dow rose a big 193 points, 1.10%, ending at 17,721, the S&P 500 added 22 points, 1.05%, finishing at 2,078 and the Nasdaq was the winner on the day climbing 1.33%, 67 […]
HOUSTON — Investment research group Morningstar said Tuesday that the oil glut and low prices are likely to last at least through next year. “Declining U.S. oil production over the next several quarters will help reduce global oversupply, but in our opinion, that alone cannot quickly fix the current global imbalances, signaling an extended downturn […]
