Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Australia and India moved up; China moved down. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, Italy and London are leading the way, but gains are only moderate. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bullish bias. Korea rallied 1%, followed by Hong Kong (up 0.8%) and Indonesia and Taiwan (up 0.7% each). Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Germany, Prague, Russia and Greece are up more than 1%; France, Austria, Belgium, Italy and Norway are also doing well. […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia and India posted solid gains; the other markets were little changed. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 2.9%, but Germany, France, Amsterdam, Italy, Spain, Norway and Prague are down moderately. Futures here in the States point towards a flat-to-up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.4%; Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Germany, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden, Prague, Russia and Greece are all up more than 1%. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 3%; Australia, India and Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 2.2%; Amsterdam and Switzerland are also down noticeably. Russia is up almost 2%; Italy is also doing very well. S&P futures here in the States were […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed leaning to the downside. China dropped 1.3% and Hong Kong 0.8%. Japan rallied 0.5%. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is down 1.4%, followed by Norway at 1%. Italy is up 0.6%, followed by Switzerland at 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big gap […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, India and Indonesia dropped about 1%. Europe is currently suffering relatively big, across-the-board losses. Greece is down 3.3%; Italy is down 2.5%; France, Germany, London, Spain, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan dropped 2% and Japan 1%. India gained 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is down 1.4%, Russian 1.2% and Italy 0.7%. Switzerland, France and Belgium are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning from Colorado where our 18-month excursion ends and another begins. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 1.8%, followed by India (up 0.95%), Taiwan (0.7%) and Indonesia (up 0.6%). Singapore dropped 0.8%. Europe is currently mixed. France is up 0.8%, followed by Italy (up 0.7%) […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Australia, India and New Zealand dropped more than 1%. Hong Kong, China and Singapore also did very poorly. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Germany, London, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden, Russia and Greece are all down at least 1%. Prior […]