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 […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Nov 1)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Hong Kong and China did well, but Australia, India, New Zealand and Taiwan lost ground. Europe is currently mixed, and movement is minimal. The Czech Republic and Denmark are down more than 1%; Greece and Sweden are also weak. The UK, […]
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 28)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and little changed. Japan moved up; Hong Kong and Singapore moved down. Everything was close to unchanged. Europe currently leans to the downside. Unless this is a misprint, Denmark is down 4%. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Turkey and Italy are weak. Futures in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Oct 27)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia fell more than 1%; Taiwan and Hong Kong were also weak. New Zealand and South Korea did well. Europe is currently mixed and little changed. Norway is up more than 1%; the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Italy and Russia are also doing well. Austria, Finland, […]
Before the Open (Oct 26)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific closed mostly down. Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea dropped more than 1%. India and Singapore were also weak. Europe is currently mostly weak. The Netherlands and Norway are down more than 1%; the UK, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic are also weak. Futures […]
Before the Open (Oct 25)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan did well; India, Indonesia and South Korea were weak. Europe is currently mostly up, but gains are small. Russia is up 1%; the UK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Poland are also doing well. Spain, Greece, Portugal and Romania are […]
Before the Open (Oct 24)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea did the best. Europe is currently doing very well. Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Portugal are also […]
Before the Open (Oct 21)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside, but movement was minimal. Japan, Singapore and South Korea fell; China moved up. Europe is currently mixed and also little changed. The UK, Norway, the Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark are up; Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey and Portugal […]
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 […]