Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China moved up 0.9%, Singapore 0.6%. Taiwan dropped 1.4%, India 0.7%. Europe is suffering big losses. Greece is down 2.2%, Italy 2.1%, Spain and Belgium 1.5%, Austria 1%, Amsterdam 1.2%, Norway 1.1%, Germany 1.3% and France 1.1%. Futures here in the States point towards a big […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Korea rallied 1%, Australia and Taiwan moved up 0.6%. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is up almost 2%, followed by Spain (up 1%). Belgium is down 0.6%. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big gap up for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong led with a 0.9% gain, followed by Japan and Korea (up 0.6%). Europe is currently mostly up. Russia, Prague, London, Germany, France, Spain and Italy are all doing well. Greece is down. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for […]

Good morning from San Diego, where I’ll be spending the next week. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.4%, followed by Hong Kong (up 0.9%) and Taiwan (up 0.7%). India fell 0.5%. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is down 2.1%, followed by Austria (down 1.05%), […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and China led with gains greater than 1%; Taiwan (down 0.9%) and India (down 0.6%) pulled up the rear. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is up 3%, followed by Prague (up 1.1%). Russia is down 1.5%, followed by Norway (down 1%) and France […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China led with a 1.3% gain; Hong Kong, India and New Zealand also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain and Italy are leading (up 1.7% each) followed by Greece (up 1.2%). Only Russia is down. Futures here in the States point towards an […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and India led the way. Europe is currently mostly up – gains and losses are very small. Greece, France, Germany and Austria lead to the upside, but no market is up more than 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, China and India rallied more than 1%; Korea, Taiwan and Japan also did well. Indonesia dropped 0.85%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Russia is up 1.5%; France, Germany, Italy, Spain and London are also doing very well. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning from LA, where I’ll be for the next week. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia led with a 0.8% gain followed by Taiwan (up 0.4%) and New Zealand (up 0.35%). Hong Kong dropped 0.3%. Japan was closed for a holiday. Europe is currently mostly down. […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. There were no big winners or losers. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 2.6%; Prague and Russia are down 1.3-1.4%. Switzerland, Norway, Amsterdam, Austria, Spain and Germany are also down noticeably. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash […]