Before the Open (Apr 15-19)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets suffered big losses. India did well, but Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines were down big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly down. Turkey and Russia are up; Germany, the UAE, Greece, Norway, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden are down. […]

Before the Open (Apr 8-12)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were weak. Japan did well, but China, Hong Kong, South Korea and India posted moderate losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are doing great. The UK, Denmark, France, Germany, South Africa, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Sweden and the Czech Republic are all participating. Futures […]

Before the Open (Apr 1-5)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly weak. Singapore did well, but China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines did poorly. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently posting moderate or big losses. Turkey is up, but the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, […]

Before the Open (Mar 25-29)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. China, Hong Kong, India, Australia and New Zealand did well; Japan, Singapore and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside. Poland, Turkey, South Africa, Hungary and the Czech Republic are up; Finland and Sweden are down. Futures in […]

Before the Open (Mar 18-22)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mixed. Japan, India and New Zealand did well; China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside. The UK, South Africa, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Austria and the Czech Republic are up; France, Russia, Greece, Finland and Hungary […]

Before the Open (Mar 11 – 15)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China and Malaysia did well, but Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside. France, Germany, Norway, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Sweden are up; Denmark, Poland, Turkey, the […]

Before the Open (Mar 4-8)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did very well. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the Philippines did great. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently quiet and little changed. Turkey and Sweden are up; the UK, Denmark and Portugal are down. Futures in the States point to […]

Before the Open (Feb 26-Mar 1)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Japan, China and India led while Malaysia was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are doing well. Turkey is weak, but the UK, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel and Austria are doing well. Futures in the States point to […]

Before the Open (Feb 12-16)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets mostly did well. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore posted solid gains. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing well. The UK, Poland, Finland, Norway, Austria and Sweden are doing great, and France, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Israel […]