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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks retreat modestly. • Volumes thinning. After posting, or nearly posting, new record highs on Tuesday U.S. equities closed marginally lower yesterday. The Dow closed down 32 points at 19,942, the S&P lost 6 ending at 2,265 and the Nasdaq declined 13 finishing at 5,471. All chatter. With the […]
Equities and the Economy: • Record highs again for Dow and Nasdaq. • Banking sector driving the market. The Dow gained 92 points yesterday, 0.5%, closing at a record high of 19,975 trading intraday even higher at 19,988, just 12 points shy of 20,000. The Nasdaq also closed at a record high at 5,484, up […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities little changed since last Tuesday. • U.S. dollar remains at near a 14 year high. Although U.S equities closed higher yesterday they’re very marginally below last Tuesday’s close which was when the data was known for the last Morning Energy Blog. Last Wednesday the Dow closed at 19,911 […]
Solar energy has accounted for over a third of new electricity capacity generated in 2016. The future of solar looks very bright! Renewable energy policy faces a future of uncertainty with a new fossil fuel-friendly administration set to take office, but the U.S. solar industry just marked its best quarter to date. In the third […]
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 […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities close mixed. • Dow logs yet another record high. U.S. stocks meandered with little direction yesterday. When the final bell rang the Dow posted another record high rising 40 points, 0.2%, closing at 19,796, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished lower with the former falling 3 points ending […]
America’s first offshore wind farm is finally up and running off the coast of Rhode Island! The 30MW wind farm is now supplying almost 100% of Block Island’s energy demand, with the excess capacity being used to power Narragansett and other RI towns. PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After just 11 months of construction on its “sea2shore: The […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P 500 once again finish at record highs. • S&P and Dow has best winning streak since June 2014. As Buzz Lightyear would say, “To infinity and beyond!” which is characterizing the U.S. stock market. On Friday the S&P and Dow closed at another record high with the […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks continue to log record highs. • World stocks are at 16 month highs. I bet you didn’t realize this but something happened in the stock market yesterday that hasn’t happened in 20 years. 5 major stock index benchmarks finished at record highs on the same day. The Dow […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks post largest daily gains since the election. • Dow, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 hit another record high. U.S. equities closed materially higher with broad gains across almost all sectors. The Dow marked its 3rd consecutive record close adding a big 298 points, 1.6%, closing at 19,550. The […]
