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Morning Energy Blog – July 5, 2016

Equities and the economy On Friday U.S. stocks booked a 4th consecutive gain with the Dow adding 19 points to 17,949, the S&P 500 gaining 4 to 2,103 and the Nasdaq rising 20 points to 4,863.  The Dow came within a whisker of its pre-Brexit close of 18,011 before retreating in the afternoon.  The S&P […]

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Morning Energy Blog – July 1, 2016

Equities and the economy Brexit??? More like Brexwhat! U.S. stocks continued higher for the third consecutive day with the Dow popping 235 points, 1.33%, to 17,930, the S&P 500 gaining 28 points, 1.36%, ending at 2,099 and the Nasdaq rising 63, 1.33%, to 4,843. We just had the best 3 day gain in stocks since […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 30, 2016

Equities and the economy Brexit. What Brexit?! Yesterday European and U.S. stocks posted a second consecutive day of super gains with the Dow climbing 285 points, 1.64%, to 17,695, the S&P 500 rose 35 points, 1.70%, ending at 2,071 and the Nasdaq finished up 1.86%, 87 points, at 4,779. Over the last two days the […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 29, 2016

Equities and the economy Boy did we need yesterday. After getting hammered the prior two sessions equities around the world rallied big yesterday somewhat repairing our 401K’s and stock portfolios. The Dow posted a great gain of 269 points, 1.57%, to 17,410, the S&P 500 rose 36, 1.78%, ending at 2,036 and the Nasdaq popped […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 28, 2016

Equities and the economy Investors had the weekend to think about Brexit, and their opinion didn’t change from Friday. They don’t like it. Not at all. Yesterday the Dow closed down 261 points, 1.50%, finishing at 17,140, and that was after an intraday rally from 77 points lower. The S&P 500 lost 37 points, 1.81%, […]

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Morning Energy Blog – June 27, 2016

Equities and the economy The last Blog was last Tuesday morning but there’s no reason to comment about Wednesday’s or Thursday’s market action for all that mattered was what happened Friday and I’m sure you know by now stocks around the globe plunged on the surprising results that British voters chose to leave the European […]

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Rhode Island Lawmakers Pass Bill To Increase Renewables Mandate

Rhode Island, a state that already has committed to renewable energy with a 30MW Block Island wind farm beginning generation this summer, is now committing to 40% renewable energy by 2035.  With this mandate, Rhode Island will attract new business from renewable energy companies and add billions of dollars into the state’s economy. The Rhode […]

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