Before the Open (Apr 20-24)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines posted the biggest losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Turkey, the UAE, Hungary, Israel and Saudi Arabia are up; the UK, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain and Sweden are […]

Before the Open (Apr 13-17)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted solid gains. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines were all up big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are also posting solid gains. The UK, France, and Germany are up more than 3%; South Africa, Finland, Switzerland, […]

Before the Open (Apr 6-10)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets did well today. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Australia and Singapore led while New Zealand and the Philippines closed down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, Poland, Turkey, Germany, the UAE, Finland, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Israel, Austria and the […]

Before the Open (Mar 30 – Apr 3)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. New Zealand and Indonesia did well, but China, India, Australia and Singapore were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean down. Russia, Kenya and Saudi Arabia are up; the UK, France, South Africa, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy and […]