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Morning Energy Blog – September 3, 2015

Equites and the Economy U.S. stocks bounced back in a big way yesterday recovering a significant portion of the huge losses experienced Tuesday with the Dow jumping 290 points, 1.82%, ending at 16,351, the S&P 500 climbed 35 points, 1.84%, ending at 1.949 and the more volatile Nasdaq popped a big 2.46% rising 114 points […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 2, 2015

Equities and the Economy Saying August 2015 was a lousy month would be an understatement for it was the worst for Wall Street since 2012 erasing some $5 trillion in global equity value. Unfortunately, September picked up right where August ended. All the major indexes suffered heavy, triple digit losses with investors fleeing riskier assets […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 1, 2015

Equites and the Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks ended August on a sour note with the Dow losing 115 points, 0.69%, closing at 16,528, the S&P 500 fell 17, 0.85%, to 1,972 and the Nasdaq was the big loser of the day falling 1.06%, 51 points, to 4,777. The month of August can be a […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 31, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks closed with a whimper on Friday. And I’ll take it. After two big up days and retracing back into my resistance area I was worried about sellers coming in especially with the weekend was coming up. The huge and rapid drop in the major indexes did very […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 28, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. Yesterday we had a second consecutive great day on Wall Street with all the three major indexes closing materially higher. The Dow rose 369 points, 2.27%, ending at 16,654, the S&P 500 added 47 points, 2.4%, to 1,988 and the Nasdaq closed up 115, 2.5%, at 4,812. Global equity […]

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How demand flexibility is about to transform electricity delivery

Automated energy efficiency, dubbed ‘flexiwatts,’ could change how we consume energy for good Solar and battery storage are commonly noted as the biggest threats — and opportunities — for the utility business model, but a new report shows that when consumers use their electricity may matter just as much to utilities as if they produce […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 27, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. After six sessions of negative news, for that is how long this losing streak has lasted, I finally get to relay (and I bet you already know what I’m going to say!) U.S. equities had a good day. No, they had a great day! In fact, on a percentage […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 26, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. Horrible, horrible, horrible price action yesterday. When I came in yesterday Dow futures were up 523 points. When I finished writing this Report the Dow had eased off to being up 283 points. When closing bell rang all the gains evaporated with the Dow finishing down 205 points,1.29%, at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 25, 2015

Equities and the Economy This is not the déjà vu I wanted to see all over again. At least you have your health (hopefully!) because our 401K’s or portfolios continue to get pounded. Ugly is not a proper description for yesterday. Grotesque is a better word. Forget economic reports. Forget PMI’s. Forget housing starts. Forget […]

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