Before the Open (Jan 9)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted solid gains. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore and the Philippines all did very well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, France, Germany, South Africa, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are up […]

Before the Open (Jan 8)

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Australia and Singapore did well; South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing well. The UK, France, Germany, Poland, Finland, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Israel are up 1% or more. Futures in the […]

Before the Open (Jan 7)

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with solid, across-the-board gains. Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore and Thailand led. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Poland, Turkey, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are up; Switzerland, France and Germany are down. Futures in the States […]

Before the Open (Jan 4)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines did well. Japan and Taiwan were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently posting relatively big gains. The UK, Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Russia, Finland, Norway, Spain, […]

Before the Open (Jan 3)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines closed up; Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Russia, South Africa and Norway are up; Poland, France, […]

Before the Open (Dec 31)

Good morning. Happy Monday. Goodbye 2018. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand closed up; Japan closed down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently posting solid gains. Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, the UAE, Russia, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Sweden are […]