Before the Open (Jun 13-17)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly very weak. China did well, but Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines dropped more than 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently getting posting solid gains. The UK, Denmark, France, Turkey, Germany, Greece, Finland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and […]

Before the Open (Jun 6-10)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly down. China did well, but Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines dropped more than 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are down a lot. The UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Israel, Austria […]

Before the Open (May 31-June 3)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines did well; India and Malaysia were weak; China and Hong Kong were closed. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently little changed. Denmark, Greece, South Africa and the Czech Republic are up; Russia and Italy are […]

Before the Open (May 23-27)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did great. Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines posted solid gains. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean up. France, Germany, South Africa, Finland, Switzerland and Norway are up; Portugal, Hungary and Poland are down. Futures in the States point towards a […]

Before the Open (May 16-20)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted solid gains. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Singapore each rallied at least 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently down big. The UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Finland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Sweden are up […]

Before the Open (May 9-13)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did very well. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia did great; the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing well too. The UK, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Greece, the UAE, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and the […]

Before the Open (May 2-6)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted big losses. Japan did okay, but China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines were down big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are also doing poorly. Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden are down […]

Before the Open (Apr 25 – 29)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific did well overall, with outliers in both directions. China and Hong Kong were up big; South Korea, Taiwan and Australia did well too. India was weak; the Philippines was down big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. The UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, […]

Before the Open (Apr 18-22)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific were mostly weak. China did okay, but Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly down. The UK, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden are posting big losses. Futures in the […]

Before the Open (Apr 11-15)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. Japan, China and Hong Kong did well. South Korea was weak. The Europe, Africa and the Middle East markets are doing well. France, Germany, South Africa, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Saudi Arabia are up; Poland, Russia and Greece are […]