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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Present Day to 2050, Report Quantifies the Economic and Social Benefits of Robust Wind Energy Growth WASHINGTON – In support of the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to diversify our nation’s power supplies, the Energy Department today released a new report looking at the future of wind power through 2050 and the economic benefits that come […]
Demand response (DR) advocates in Texas are preparing a bill they say would open up the state’s energy markets and unlock DR growth. Reducing power consumption can help control up to 4% of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) peak load, FERC determined in a 2012 report. That’s actually the lowest among organized markets […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. After the biggest sell off in two months amid a surging dollar U.S. stocks stabilized yesterday albeit at marginally lower levels with the Dow closing down 28 at 17,635, the S&P 500 off 4 to 2.040 and the Nasdaq losing 10 to 4,850. Most of the day the indexes […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. So more good economic news came out yesterday. The Labor Department said U.S employers advertised the most job gains in 14 years and more workers quit, both signs of a steadily strengthening job market. Job opens rose 2.5% to nearly 5 million, the most since January 2001. The number […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks bounced back from a really lousy Friday with the Dow gaining 139 points to 17,996, the S&P 500 adding 8 points to 2,079 and the Nasdaq closing up 15 at 4,942. Unfortunately these gains were less than half of Friday’s losses. There was no fundamental economic data […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Crabmeat Day. Friday was a horrible, horrible day for our 401K’s and portfolios with U.S. equities falling more than 1%. All the bellwether indexes got hit hard with the Dow down 279 points (1.54%) ending below 18,000 at for the first time since February 19th at […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. I’ve been gone three days and stocks have pulled back a bit from their record highs on Monday. On that day the Dow closed at 18,289 and yesterday it ended at 18,136 so with simple math you can see we lost 153 points or 0.8%. The S&P 500 went […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. It was a great day for our portfolios and 401K’s yesterday with the Dow soaring 156 points (0.86%) to 18,289 and the S&P 500 up 13 (0.59%) to 2,117. It was the 4th time this year the Dow set a record close and the 5th time for the S&P. […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. equities ended last week on a sour note with the Dow losing 82 points ending at 18,133, the S&P 500 lost 6 to 2,105 and the Nasdaq ended down 24 to 4,964. OK, now for the good news. For the month February was outstanding! The Dow jumped 5.64% […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning. Yet another quiet day for U.S. stocks ending in mixed results. The Dow lost 10 points to 18,214 and the S&P 500 closed down 3 at 2,111. The Nasdaq bucked the trend gaining 21 points to 4,988. Those of you with higher math skills will note the Nasdaq is […]
