US: +1 (877) 51 POWER 
Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 LE BOURGET, France — With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change. The deal, which was met with an […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities began the day flat to down but ended on a nice bounce. The Dow closed 104 points higher, 0.6%, at 17,369, the S&P 500 added 10, .048%, to 2,022 and the Nasdaq gained 19, 0.38%, at 4,952. The intraday price action was good being we bounced back from being […]
Equities and the Economy There was no Blog on Friday but I mentioned Thursday morning that based upon Wednesday’s close that both short and long term support lines had been broken basis the S&P 500. I also mentioned that this alone was not enough to force a capitulation but investors’ fingers would be on the […]
Solar farms in California. California’s “million solar roof” program mirrored Germany’s “hundred-thousand solar roof” initiative that began a few years ago. Credit Monica Almeida/The New York Times PARIS — One is a European country known as “the powerhouse of Europe” that struggles against soggy winters and seemingly endless gray skies. The other is a digitally […]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Heating Oil and Propane Program The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP) collects state-level residential heating oil and propane price data in 38 states during the winter heating season. SHOPP is a joint effort between EIA and state energy offices in regions (especially states […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities closed lower for the 3rd consecutive day yesterday. The Dow closed down 76, 0.43%, at 17,492, the S&P 500 lost 16, 0.76%, to 2,048 and the Nasdaq got pounded losing 1.48%, 75 points, to 5,023. As of yesterday the S&P joined the Dow in negative territory for the year. […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. equities limped lower yesterday with the Dow losing 163 points, 0.92%, to 17,568 and the S&P 500 dropping 13, 0.65%, to 2,064. The Nasdaq performed relatively well waffling around unchanged all day closing down a meaningless 4 points at 5,098. The Nasdaq hung in there because the biotechnology sector, which […]
In the waters of Lake Ontario, Canada, a hugely significant energy development is taking place. Hydrostor is a company specializing in underwater compressed energy storage. Their idea addresses a significant issue facing renewables: the question of how to store energy to be used when the sun is not shining or winds aren’t strong enough. “The […]
Equities and the Economy Investors had the weekend to digest Friday’s OPEC meeting results and came out yesterday pounding the energy sector. No, pounding is not the word. Annihilation is more appropriate. Yesterday we returned to the theme of oil prices driving equity prices, which we didn’t have last Thursday when the stocks fell. The […]
Amid all the announcements coming out of the Paris climate talks, Google’s latest investments are making a splash. These new projects are part of the company’s push to power its operations with 100% green energy, with a goal of tripling its renewable energy purchases by 2025. The company’s list of renewable energy investments now grows […]
