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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy: • Friday’s Labor Department’s employment report for November takes unemployment rate to 4.6%, lowest rate since August 2007. • After hitting a record high on Thursday, Dow closes marginally lower, S&P 500 and Nasdaq end slightly higher. Following the release of the Labor Department’s employment for November in the morning U.S. […]
Equities and the Economy: • Stocks closed mixed yesterday. • November employment report just released. Unemployment rate falls to 4.6%, lowest in 9 years. It was a weird day on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow gained a nice 68 points, 0.4%, closing at 19,192 and a new record high while the S&P 500 fell 8 […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P 500 end little changed on the day. Nasdaq gets hit. • Stocks record solid gains for the month of November. The Dow and S&P 500 ended little changed yesterday with the former closing up 2 points at 19,124 and the latter falling 6 points to 2,199. The […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. equities close marginally higher yesterday. • Nasdaq touches record high. U.S. stocks edged higher yesterday with the Dow adding 24 points closing at 19,122, the S&P 500 finished 3 points up at 2,205 and the Nasdaq popped 11 ending at 5,380 touching its record high intraday or 5,404. The […]
Microgrids are currently being implemented in remote locations, like the islands of American Samoa, but also have the potential to reduce our carbon footprint and ensure reliable electricity in communities around the globe. A remote microgrid can play a crucial role on a far-flung island, as SolarCity shows today in unveiling a completed project 4,000 […]
Equities and the Economy: • Dow and S&P 500 end four day win streak. • Consolidation/pullback due. U.S. stocks closed lower yesterday with the Dow off 54 points, 0.28%, to 19,098, the S&P 500 closing down 12, 0.53%, at 2,201 and the Nasdaq falling 20 points, 0.56%, to 5,369. Folks, this is overdue. We’ve had […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks continue their post-election rally setting new record high on Friday. • Existing home sales soar to a near 10 year high. In a holiday shortened session the Dow closed up 69 points, 0.36%, at 19,152, the S&P 500 added 9, 0.39%, to 2,213 and the Nasdaq finished 18 […]
Equities and the Economy: • All three major indexes close at new record highs! U.S. equities closed higher at fresh records yesterday giving the three major indexes their third simultaneous all-time closing highs this year. The Dow closed 89 points higher, 0.47%, at 18,957, the S&P 500 rose 16, 0.75%, to end at 2,198 and […]
Equities and the Economy: • U.S. stocks close marginally down on Friday. Dow down 36, S&P 500 off 5 and Nasdaq lost 12. • All three indexes posted gains for the week. • All three indexes still about ½% off record highs. U.S. equities closed slightly lower on Friday with the Dow falling 36 points, […]
Large retail stores – the same ones that will be flooded with customers this coming holiday weekend – are leading the way in solar energy and energy storage. IKEA, one of those retail giants, is adding fuel cells and batteries to several stores this year, hoping that the solar, fuel cell, and battery technologies will […]
