Before the Open (Jan 21 – 24)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand did well; China and Hong Kong were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Sweden are leading; Portugal and Israel are down. Index futures in the States […]

Before the Open (Jan 13-17)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets mostly did well. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines led while Japan and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are up big. The UK, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Sweden and […]

Before the Open (Jan 6-10)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly weak. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore posted stiff losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mixed. Poland, Norway, Hungary and Austria are up; the UK, Switzerland, Spain and Sweden are down. Index futures in the States point to big down open […]

Before the Open (Dec 30 – Jan 3)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines did well; China and India were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside but are mostly quiet. Poland, Turkey, Portugal and the Czech Republic are up; Denmark and France are down. Index […]

Before the Open (Dec 23-27)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia did well; South Korea was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. Denmark, France, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Sweden are leading. Futures in the States point to a moderate […]

Before the Open (Dec 16-20)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did poorly. New Zealand posted a solid win, but Japan, China, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore and Thailand were down big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are getting hit hard. The UK, Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Sweden are down […]

Before the Open (Dec 9-13)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific were split. South Korea, India, New Zealand and Malaysia did well while Japan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mixed and little changed. South Africa and the Czech Republic are up; Denmark and Finland are down. Index futures in the […]