Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 2%; Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Germany, France, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy are up more than 1%; Finland, Portugal, Austria and Sweden are also doing […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Sep 20)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and little changed. New Zealand, Malaysia and South Korea posted gains; Japan, China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia posted losses. Europe currently leans to the upside. The UK, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium are leading. Hungary, Turkey and Italy are down. Futures in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Sep 19)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Taiwan rallied 2.8%, and Indonesia did better than 1%. South Korea, Hong Kong, China and Singapore also did well. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Hungary is leading the way with a 2% gain. The UK, France, Austria, the […]
Before the Open (Sep 16)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. Half of Asia/Pacific was closed today. The open markets posted gains. Japan, Singapore, Australia, India and New Zealand did well. Europe is mostly down. Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Italy and Portugal are down more than 1%. Futures in the States point towards a moderate […]
Before the Open (Sep 15)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia rallied more than 2%; Hong Kong also did well. Japan dropped more than 1%; Malaysia was also weak. Europe currently leans to the downside. Turkey is down 1%; Norway, Russia, Greece and Italy are also weak. The UK is doing well. Futures in the States […]
Before the Open (Sep 14)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia fell more than 1%; Japan, China, Malaysia and New Zealand were also weak. Europe is currently mostly up. The UK, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Hungary are doing well. Turkey and Austria are weak. Futures in the States point towards a slight positive open for […]
Before the Open (Sep 13)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Singapore and Indonesia dropped more than 1%; Malaysia and New Zealand were also weak. Europe currently leans to the upside. Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark are doing well; Russia, Turkey, Spain and Portugal are weak. Futures in the […]
Before the Open (Sep 12)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with relatively big, across-the-board losses. Hong Kong dropped more than 3%; Australia, New Zealand and South Korea lost more than 2%; Japan, China, India and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Greece, Poland, Finland, Italy and Spain […]
Before the Open (Sep 9)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; Australia, India, New Zealand and Singapore were also weak. Hong Kong did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Poland is down more than 1%; France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, Turkey, Denmark and Portugal are also weak. […]
Before the Open (Sep 8)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. And Happy Birthday Leavitt Brothers – 14 years old today. 🙂 The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong and India did well; Japan, Australia and New Zealand fell. No market moved more than 1%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Greece are down; Austria, the […]