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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 The Supreme Court in MA has rejected a plan that would allow utilities to charge customers to help finance new natural gas pipelines. The good news for customers is they will not be charged additional fees; the bad news is that customers are still susceptible to huge price spikes due to not enough natural gas […]
July was the hottest month ever on record globally, almost a full degree Celsius over the average for July. This record also breaks last July’s record for the hottest month ever, and continues a string of 14 consecutive months that were the hottest on record. Nasa’s results, which combine sea-surface temperature and air temperature on […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks closed mixed on Friday with the Dow closing down 37 at 18,576 and the S&P 500 falling 2 points to 2,184. Both of these indexes posted new record highs on Thursday. The Nasdaq hit a new high on Friday finishing 5 points up at 5,233. That’s all pretty good […]
Equities and the Economy: Excellent day yesterday! The Dow chalked up a gain of 118 points, 0.64%, to finish at 18,614, the S&P 500 added a healthy 10 points, 0.47%, ending at 2,186 and the Nasdaq popped 24, 0.46%, to close at 5,228. Besides the nice gains here’s what made the day special. This is […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. equities closed slightly lower yesterday retreating from record levels for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow slipped 37 points to 18.496, the S&P fell 6 to 2,175 and the Nasdaq was the laggard closing down 21 points at 5,204. All in all really not that bad being we’re at […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. stocks finished slightly higher yesterday with the Nasdaq posting a new record closing up 12 points at 5,225. The S&P 500 traded at a new record high intraday but eased back closing up a single point on the day at 2,182. The Dow added 4 points finishing at 18,533. The […]
Equities and the Economy: U.S. equities retreated marginally from record highs set on Friday (S&P and Nasdaq). The Dow closed off 14 at 18,529, the S&P 500 lost 2 points to 2,181 and the Nasdaq finished down 8 at 5,213. Total chatter. And actually pretty darn good being we’re at record highs and P/E ratios […]
Equities and the Economy: Whoo-hoo! And I’m not talking about Michael Phelps getting another gold metal, which is spectacular, I’m talking about Friday’s equities price action which put the S&P 500 and Nasdaq at record highs! On the heels of a very strong Labor Department employment report for July on Friday showing the U.S. added […]
For the first time since 2006, the US as a whole consumed more natural gas than it produced during the summer months. However, despite the withdrawal and continued below-average injections, natural gas in storage is still well above the 5 year average. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report, and IHS PointLogic, […]
Equities and the Economy: Yesterday U.S. stocks ended pretty much flat to Wednesday’s close with investors awaiting today’s Labor Department U.S. Employment Situation Report. The Dow ended down 2 points at 18,352, the S&P 500 closed flat to Wednesday at 2,164 and the Nasdaq added 7 to 5,166. Yawn. Turning to the economic news, the […]
