Before the Open (Jan 18-21)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did very poorly. Hong Kong and Indonesia did well, but Japan, China, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand suffered big losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently down big. The UK, Denmark, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Greece, Russia, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the […]

VIDEO: SPX Performance as a Function of the First 5 Days of the Year

In this video I discuss a quant study which correlates the market’s full-year performance with the S&P’s first 5 trading days of the year. VIDEO: SPX Performance as a Function of the First 5 Days of the Year —————Masterclass Overview: Jason Leavitt’s Masterclass in Trading—————

Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted big losses. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, Malaysia – all down big. Singapore and Indonesia did well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently down big. Denmark, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal are all […]

Before the Open (Jan 3-7)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia and Indonesia did well; Taiwan and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently little changed. Denmark, Germany, Finland, Spain and Sweden are down the most. Futures in the States point towards a gap down […]

Before the Open (Dec 27-31)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Sevearl Asian/Pacific markets were closed. China, India and Malaysia did well; Australia was weak. Many Europe, Africa and the Middle East markets were closed too. Among those open, there were no outstanding movers. Futures in the States point towards a slight positive flat open for the cash market. ————— Masterclass Overview […]

Before the Open (Dec 20 – 24)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets did well. Japan, China, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines posted solid gains. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. Poland, Germany, the UAE, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, Spain the Netherlands, Israel, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are doing well; only Russia is […]