Before the Open (Jun 1-4)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned down. China, New Zealand and Australia posted gains; Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, Singapore and Thailand closed down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and little changed. Norway and Hungary are up; Spain and Israel are down. Futures […]

Before the Open (May 24-28)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Australia did well; Hong Kong and New Zealand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, South Africa, Finland, Switzerland, Norway and Hungary are leading. Futures in the States point towards a […]

Before the Open (May 17-21)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were split. Japan, India and Taiwan did well; China and Malaysia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing great. Denmark, Poland, France, Turkey, Russia, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel and the Czech Republic are leading. Greece is down big. Futures […]

Before the Open (May 10-14)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets mostly did well. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan all posted solid gains. Singapore was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing great. The UK, France, Germany, Finland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Austria, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic are leading. Futures […]

Software Stocks are Getting Obliterated

Software stocks, which mostly posted massive gains last year because they were growing and were unaffected by the virus, have been in downtrends for several months. Now, many of them are taking out lows and well on their ways to doing complete round trips. For trading purposes, these stocks are off limits. This list also […]