Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan, India and Indonesia dropped more than 1%; Malaysia and Taiwan were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is down more than 3%; France, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark and Finland are down more […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan, China, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan each posted a gain better than 1%. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Greece and Germany are up more than 3%; France, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal are up more than 2%; most other […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with solid, across-the-board gains. Japan, Hong Kong and Australia rallied more than 2%; Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan posted gains better than 1%. Europe is currently also doing very well. Greece is up more than 3%; Austria, Poland, Hungary and Portugal are up more […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy snow day here in Colorado. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan dropped more than 1%; India and Indonesia did well. Europe is currently posting big, across-the-board gains. Turkey is up 3%, and Germany, France, Austria, Norway, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up more than 2%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, South Korea and Japan dropped more than 2%; Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan were also weak. China rallied better than 2%. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, Finland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are down more […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%; China and India were also weak. Japan rallied 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Germany, Austria and Finland are down more than 2%; London, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan dropped 1.3%; Australia and Malaysia were also weak. India did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is up more than 2%, and Poland is up more than 1%. Turkey is down more than 1%, and the Netherlands, Norway, […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, India and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece and Austria are down about 3%, and France, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Finland and Spain are down more than 1%. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Japan, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and Taiwan all dropped more than 1%. Malaysia, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore were also weak. Europe is currently suffering big, across-the-board losses. Greece is down more than 4%, Sweden more than 2%, and London, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan moved up 1%; Singapore and Taiwan also did well. South Korea, New Zealand and India were weak. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany is up more than 2%; France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, […]