Before the Open (Dec 16-20)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines did well while Japan, China and Taiwan were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. Denmark, France, Turkey, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are up; […]

Before the Open (Nov 25-29)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly very weak. New Zealand and Indonesia did well, but Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Malaysia did poorly. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and little changed. Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands and Israel are up; the UAE, Russia, Greece, South […]