Before the Open (Jan 29-Feb 2)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets mostly did great. Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines did well; China and Hong Kong were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are doing well. Russia is weak, but Poland, France, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, […]

Before the Open (Jan 22-26)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly weak. South Korea did well, but Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, France, Turkey, South Africa and Switzerland are up more than 1%, and Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Italy are […]

Before the Open (Jan 8-12)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. Japan, India, New Zealand, Indonesia and the Philippines led, while China and South Korea were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are doing great. The UK, Denmark, France, Turkey, Germany, Finland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden are leading. Futures in the States […]

Before the Open (Jan 2-5)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were split. Japan and Malaysia did well; China, Hong Kong and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently down big. The UK, Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Sweden are down big. Futures in the States […]

Before the Open (Dec 26-29)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy New Years Eve Day. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. China, Hong Kong and Singapore did well; Indonesia and the Philippinese were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing well. France, Turkey, Greece, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Austria and Sweden are up; Poland, Russia and Hungary are down. […]

Is the Market’s Strength Thin or Broad-Based?

There’s lots of talk about the top 7 tech stocks (AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, META, AMZN, TSLA, NVDA) being responsible for most of the market’s gains…and therefore we should not get overly excited about the forward prospects. Given that we don’t want to accept the things we hear, let’s check out the broad industry groups to […]

Before the Open (Dec 18-22)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. Japan, India, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines did well; Hong Kong was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly quiet. Russia and Finland are up; Turkey, Greece, South Africa and the Netherlands are up. Futures in the States point towards a flat open for […]