Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia, China and Taiwan led to the downside; South Korea led to the upside. Europe is currently down across the board. Russia is down 3% followed by Greece, Prague, Switzerland, Amsterdam, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, which are also posting decent losses. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. India and Indonesia led; Taiwan lagged. Europe is currently mostly posting solid gains. Germany, France, London, Austria, Amsterdam, Italy, Spain and Stockholm are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India, Indonesia and Korea led the gains greater than 0.9%; Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Austria is down 1% and Spain 0.7%. Belgium is up 0.7%. The other markets haven’t moved much. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 1%, Japan 0.9%, and Hong Kong and New Zealand also did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Stockholm, Switzerland, Norway and Greece are up 1% or more; London, Germany and France are also up nicely. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Well this is it. After 18 months we are heading home from Costa Rica tomorrow. It’s been fun (most of the time, when the power was on, when internet worked). It’s been an experience. My wife loved her teaching job (no standardized test, just teaching), and the kids liked school too. […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific market closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia led with a 1.5% gain followed by Taiwan (up 0.8%). Japan dropped the most (down 0.6%). Europe is posting stiff, across-the-board losses. Spain, Italy, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway and Greece are down more than 2%; Belgium, Stockholm, Switzerland, Prague, Russia, London, […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, Hong Kong and China dropped more than 1%; Indonesia rallied 0.7%. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium is down 2.2%, Greece 1.8%. Prague is up 0.9%, Italy 0.8%. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets are mixed. India is down 2%; Japan is down 0.4%, Singapore 0.25%. Indonesia is up 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly down. Belgium and Russia are up about 1%; Greece is down 3.4%, Austria 1.9%, Prague 1.7%, Italy 1.2%, Spain 0.8% and London, France & Germany about 0.5%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia rallied 1.7%, India and Singapore between 0.5-0.6%. Japan was the biggest loser (down 0.4%). Europe currently leans to the downside. Austria is down 1.6%, Prague and Spain 0.8%, France and Italy 0.7%, Amsterdam and Switzerland 0.5%. Russia is up […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan led to the upside, Indonesia lagged. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Germany, Belgium, Amsterdam, Norway and Switzerland are doing the best. Prague is down 0.6%. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open for the cash market.