Before the Open (Nov 2)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy FOMC Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with stiff, across-the-board losses. Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan each dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Spain and Italy are down more than 1%; Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech […]

Before the Open (Oct 31)

Good morning. Happy Monday. Happy Halloween. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, but movement wasn’t much. Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand moved up; South Korea and Taiwan posted the biggest losses. Europe currently leans to the downside. France, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Italy are down the most. […]

Before the Open (Oct 20)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 1.4%; India, Taiwan and Hong Kong also did well. Several markets closed with tiny losses. Europe is currently mixed; movement is minimal. Sweden, Austria, Poland, Spain and Portugal are up; Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Russia are down. Futures in the States point towards […]