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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Critics of renewable energy say that renewables will never provide 100% of our energy needs. Germany is coming close after 87% of consumed power was supplied by the country’s renewable energy sources. On Sunday, May 8, Germany hit a new high in renewable energy generation. Thanks to a sunny and windy day, at one point […]
Equities and the economy Just as I write that volatility has been low and we haven’t had a move greater than 1% in a month stocks go bonkers yesterday with all three major U.S. equity indexes closing up over 1%. It was a very, very good day for your 401K. The Dow popped a hefty […]
Equities and the economy Yesterday was a nothing day for U.S. stocks with the major indexes closing in different directions. The Dow closed down 35 at 17,706, the S&P 500 eked out a gain of a couple points ending at 2,059 while the more Nasdaq being the best performer of the day closing up 14, […]
New England winter natural gas prices are highly dependent on supply coming into the region. Several planned pipeline extensions, which would bring much needed extra supply to New England are in danger of being shut down. If opponents of Kinder Morgan’s $3.3 billion pipeline project have their way, federal regulators will throw out its application […]
Equities and the economy U.S. stocks rebounded from early losses on Friday to close higher with the Dow ending up 80 points, 0.45%, at 17,741, the S&P 500 adding 7, 0.32%, to 2,057 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,736, up 19, 0.4%. The major event Friday was the Labor Department jobs report which showed the […]
Equities and the economy Although there was some intraday volatility U.S. equities did what I expected and mentioned in my Blog yesterday which was that stocks would close little changed from Wednesday as investors waited for today’s Labor Department employment report. The Dow closed up 9 at 17,661, the S&P 500 closed flat to Wednesday […]
Equities and the economy Boy does it feel like “sell in May and go away.” U.S. equities closed lower yesterday with the Dow off 100 points, 0.6%, to 17,651, the S&P 500 lost 12 points, also 0.6%, to 2,051 and the Nasdaq dropped 38 points, 0.8%, to 4,726. Once again though, and this is a […]
Not every company is ready to go solar, even though they may have the rooftop space for solar panels. The good news is that you can still profit from that solar-ready space, as utilities are now starting to lease out rooftop space for solar projects. Third-party leasing of rooftops or other spaces for solar arrays […]
Equities and the economy It was not a good day for U.S. stocks yesterday with the major indexes falling to three week lows. The Dow fell 140 points, 0.8%, to 17,751, the S&P 500 lost 18, 0.9%, to 2,063 and the Nasdaq closed down 54 points, 1.1%, at 4,763 with the latter having only one […]
Due to increases in power sector demand for gas, coupled with growing demand from the industrial sector in the region, overall natural gas demand in the Southeastern US is expected to grow by nearly 8 Bcf/d over the next 15 years. All these factors combine to create significant risk of higher natural gas basis prices […]
