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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks lower yesterday with the Dow breaking a 3 day winning streak falling 13 points finishing at 17,217. The S&P 500 traded within a tight 12 point range ending off 3 points at 2,031. The more volatile Nasdaq lost 25 points to 4,881. In summary, it was another lackluster […]
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Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. equities meandered all day, mostly mildly negative, but literally in the last 5 minutes buying came in pushing stocks very marginally into the green. The Dow closed up 15 at 17,231, the S&P 500 added a single digit to 2,034 and the Nasdaq performed the best up 19 […]
A wind farm in West Texas, outside of Roby. (Photo courtesy Rational Middle Media) San Diego-based EDF Renewable Energy said Monday it will build a 123-megawatt wind farm north of Dallas to power Procter & Gamble’s plants that make its laundry, dish-washing and other cleaning products. Procter & Gamble made the announcement of the Tyler […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Although it was a sleepy Friday, U.S. stocks managed to post a third consecutive week of gains with the Dow adding 74 points, 0.43%, to 17,216, the S&P 500 up 9, 0.45%, to 2,033 and the Nasdaq rising 17, 0.35%, to 4,887. It was so sedate the S&P traded […]
Equites and the Economy Good morning. Excellent, excellent, excellent day yesterday! The Dow rose a whopping 217 point, 1.28%, finishing at 17,142, the S&P 500 added a very material 30 points, 1.49%, closing above the big psychological 2000 figure at 2,024 and the Nasdaq rose a huge 87 points, a big 1.82%, at 4,870. Yesterday’s […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. I told you it was earnings season and U.S. stocks felt the brunt of it yesterday after a couple of heavy weights gave guidance. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest private employer, surprised investors yesterday saying it expects sales to be flat in 2016 and giving an even worse forecast for […]
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota, under ambitious environmental targets, is aiming to sell hardly any regular gasoline vehicles by 2050, only hybrids and fuel cells, to radically reduce emissions. The automaker promised to involve governments, affiliated companies and other “stakeholders” in its push to reduce average emissions from Toyota cars by 90 percent by about 2050, […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S equities snapped their seven day winning streak with the Dow and S&P 500 finishing marginally lower. The former fell 50 points to 17,082 and the latter 14 to 2,003 (but importantly above support of 2,000). The Nasdaq took it on the chin, however, falling 42 points, 0.87%, to […]
Equities and the Economy Just like Columbus discovering America (ok, I know that’s debatable), U.S. equities discovered a way to finish for a higher for a 7th consecutive session despite both the banks and bond market being closed. After climbing more than 600 points last week, or nearly 4%, investors resumed their buying yesterday. The […]
