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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the economy Unsurprising to me, yesterday was a quiet day for U.S. stocks with the Dow closing up 16 at 17,229, the S&P 500 slipping 3 to 2,020 and the Nasdaq inching up 2 points to finish at 4,750. By the way, that Dow close was a new high for the year. I […]
Equities and the Economy Friday was an exceptional day for U.S. equities with the S&P 500 breaking through another resistance level. The Dow rose a big 218 points, 1.3%, ending at 17,213, the S&P 500 rose 33 points, 1.6%, breaking through and closing above the resistance of 2,008 at 2,022 and the Nasdaq advanced 86 […]
Solar is growing, and fast! Almost 75% of the 16 Gigawatts of growth in 2016 will be large utility-scale projects that will help to stabilize mid-day peak demand power prices. The U.S. solar market is set to grow a staggering 119 percent this year, says GTM Research in its U.S. Solar Market Insight 2015 Year […]
Equities and the Economy Yesterday was an extremely volatile day with the Dow having more than a 300 point swing! Before the U.S. open and while the European markets were trading ECB president Mario Draghi announced in his post-meeting press conference that basically the ECB was going “full monty” on QE which sent both European […]
Equities and the Economy The penultimate of the ECB meeting was a fairly quiet one for U.S. stocks with the oil/equity relationship remaining intact. Oil prices recovered and stock prices ended higher. The Dow closed up 36 points right at 17,000, the S&P 500 added 10 to 1,989 and the Nasdaq finished 26 points higher […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks snapped their five day win streak closing lower dragged down by falling oil prices and concerns about a prolonged slowdown in the Chinese economy. The Dow fell 110 points, 0.64%, to 16,964, the S&P 500 dropped by 23, 1.12%, to 1,979 and the Nasdaq was off 59, 1.26%, to […]
Equities and the Economy It wasn’t much, but it was enough to sustain the rally for a 5th consecutive session, at least for the Dow and S&P 500. The Dow gained 67 points closing at 17,074 and the S&P added 2 to 2,002 (note that recently we’ve been bumping up at the 2,000 resistance level). […]
For the first time, the US is exporting natural gas in liquefied form. The excess supply of natural gas in the US is the cause for the current low energy prices, and many companies are hoping to ease the supply glut by exporting gas to countries around the globe that are in need. Source: U.S […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks wobbled on Friday but managed to close in the green and mark a 4th session of gains. The Dow closed up 63 breaking the 17,000 market (whoo-hoo!) closing at 17,007, the S&P 500 added 7 points to close right at 2,000 (resistance) and the Nasdaq finished 10 points higher […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities chalked up a third day of gains yesterday with the Dow closing 45 points higher at 16,944, the S&P 500 adding 7 to 1,993 and the Nasdaq ending up 4 points at 4,707. Once again, the price action was positive with the indexes trading negative the first half of […]
