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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a Clean Power Plan event at the White House in Washington, DC, August 3, 2015. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing back against fossil fuel interests, President Barack Obama is pressing to give ordinary Americans more power to choose what kind of power they use. The president, […]
Natural gas, solar power and data-driven efficiency are making big gains, but history shows that the shift away from coal and oil won’t be fast or neat The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, a 110-megawatt solar thermal power facility, near Tonopah, Nev., June 26, 2014. Officials with the project say they expect it to start […]
Equites and the Economy Good morning. Well it was a heck of a run! Folks you may not have realized it didn’t realize it but the way long overdue correction just happened, and I bet you didn’t even see it for it happened so fast! On Friday we just ended the third longest running bull […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. I return from my vacation with the dubious distinction of having to report that panic struck the equity markets yesterday with U.S. stocks suffering their worst selloff in 2015. It was a broad-based rout with the S&P 500 losing 44 points (2.11%) to 2,036 and posting its biggest one […]
There are three important things utilities need to know about wind right now. The first is what the U.S. Energy Information Administration concluded about wind’s role in Clean Power Plan (CPP)-imposed greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions. The second is how to compare today’s record low natural gas prices with today’s record low wind prices. And […]
