Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bearish bias. Japan, Hong Kong, China and Australia dropped 0.5% – 0.7%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Austria is down 2%; Germany, Spain, Italy, Stockholm, Prague, Russia and Greece are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Taiwan (up 1%), New Zealand (up 0.9%), Malaysia (up 0.6%) and Singapore (up 0.6%) led the way; Hong Kong (down 0.6%) was the sole down market. Europe leans to the upside, but not a single market has moved more than 0.5% from its unchanged level. […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. I’m doing a 45-min webinar for Trader Planet on Thursday after the close. Register here. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 1%, Indonesia 0.7% and Japan 0.6%. There were no big upside winners. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain and Greece are up 0.8%, followed by Italy and France (up […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, but there weren’t any big movers. Japan did relatively well (up 0.5%); China and Malaysia dropped around 0.5%. Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Germany, France, Italy and Spain are up more than 1%; Austria, Amsterdam and Prague are […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Taiwan rallied 1.4%, South Korea 0.6% and Hong Kong and China around 0.4%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 1.1%, but Russia is down 1.5% followed by France (down 0.8%) and Germany (down 0.4%). Futures here in the States point towards a slight […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan led with a 0.9% gain, but no other index moved up much. South Korea dropped 1.4% followed by Hong Kong (down 0.7%) and China (down 0.4%). Europe is currently up across-the-board. Italy, Spain, Austria, Russia and Greece are up more than 1%. France (up 0.9%) […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia, New Zealand and Taiwan each gained about 0.5%; India dropped 0.4%. Europe is currently mixed, but there isn’t much movement. Greece is up 0.8%; Prague is down 0.6%; everything else is close to home. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Taiwan, Korea, New Zealand and Japan rallied more than 0.8%; Hong Kong moved up 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 1.2% followed by Germany (up 0.9%), Russia (up 0.8%), Belgium (up 0.7%) and Amsterdam and Switzerland (up 0.6%). Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India moved up 1.1% followed by China (up 0.6%) and Australia (up 0.4%). Taiwan dropped 0.7%, and Korea fell 0.5%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany (up 1.5%), France (up 1.2%), Spain (up 1.1%), Amsterdam (up 1.1%), Switzerland (up 1%), […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong and Singapore led with gains in the 0.6% – 0.9% range. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Russia is up 1%; Germany, France, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Spain are also doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a […]