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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Another good day! Like’n it! The Dow continued its climb closing up 212 points, 1.29%, at 16,697, the S&P 500 ended up 22, 1.15%, at 1,952 and the Nasdaq added 39, 0.87%, to 4,582. The second consecutive day of gains for stocks was helped by a 3% jump in oil prices […]
In 2002 Cap Rock Energy (CRE), a previously self-regulated cooperative, converted to an investor owned utility (IOU) and as such became regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT). Upon review by the PUCT in 2002, CRE’s rates were found to be below the actual cost of service. As a result of Sharyland Utilities […]
Equities and the Economy Today’s Blog will be shorter than normal because I had a meeting this morning which is delaying the Blog. U.S. equities closed marginally higher yesterday with the Dow up 53 points to 16,485, the S&P 500 closing 9 at 1,929 and the Nasdaq up 39 to 4,542. That isn’t much, but […]
Equities and the Economy After a three day hot streak the dice came up 7 and U.S. stocks crapped out with the Dow losing 189 points, 1.14%, ending at 16,432, the S&P 500 fell 25 points, 1.26%, to 1,921 and the Nasdaq closed down 67, 1.46%, at 4,504. I bet you can guess what’s being […]
Equities and the Economy After a day of bivouacking on Friday U.S. stocks surged yesterday with the Dow popping a very nice 229 points, 1.40%, ending at 16,621, the S&P 500 rose 28, 1.47%, to 1,946 and the Nasdaq closed up 67, 1.48%, at 4,571. As it has for months now, Wall St. followed the […]
Solar energy is no longer a fad! For the first time ever, solar beat out natural-gas capacity additions, with solar supplying 29.5 percent of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. in 2015. Installing solar can help reduce energy costs, generate revenue, and even hedge against expected rising prices. In yet another record-breaking year, […]
Equities and the Economy Friday was the second consecutive sedate day for U.S. equities with the Dow closing down 21 at 16,392 while the S&P 500 finished exactly at its Thursday close of 1,918 and the Nasdaq managing a gain of 16 to 4,504. That being said, because Tuesday and Wednesday were such great days […]
Equities and the Economy After three days of big gains U.S. equities took the day off yesterday trading on either side of unchanged all day. The Dow fell 41 points to 16,413, the S&P 500 lost 9 to 1,918 and the Nasdaq ended off 46, 1.02%, at 4,488. The latter got hit with the biotechnology […]
Equities and the Economy Whoo-hoo! Yesterday we had our first three day win streak in 2016, and biggest three day gain since August, with all the major indexes materially rising helped by stronger oil prices and some encouraging economic news. The Dow screamed higher by a big 258 points, 1.59%, to 16,454, the S&P 500 […]
Green energy is good, right? Indeed, but the “Duck Curve” presents an interesting side effect of having more renewable energy generation sources in the market. The article below is an fascinating must read. Check it out. Wind and solar power are pretty great, especially the part about how they don’t create pollution that kills people […]
