Before the Open (Aug 31 – Sep 4)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore were all weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. The UK, France, Turkey, Finland, Spain, Austria and Sweden are up; Denmark, Greece and Portugal are down. […]

Before the Open (Aug 24-28)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. China, India and Singapore did well; Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines closed down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Greece, Spain, Austria and the Czech Republic are down; Turkey, South Africa, Switzerland, Israel and Sweden are up. Futures in […]

Before the Open (Aug 17-21)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets did well today. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan led with solid gains. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. The UK, France, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Israel are suffering the biggest losses. Futures […]

Before the Open (Aug 10-14)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned down. China and Australia did well, but South Korea, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are weak. The UK, Denmark, France, Turkey, Finland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Sweden are down more than 1%. Futures in the […]