Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.4%; Australia, China and Indonesia also did well. Europe is currently up across the board. Austria is up 2.6%, Germany 2.4% and France, London and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and Hong Kong dropped; Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Malaysia did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria, France, Germany, Stockholm and the Czech Republic are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets suffered some big losses. China dropped 3%, Australia more than 2% and Hong Kong, India, Japan and New Zealand more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Austria, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland, London, the Czech Republic and Greece are all down more than 1%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. New Zealand dropped, but China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea all posted solid up days. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium, Stockholm, Switzerland and Greece are performing the best. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you enjoyed your extra day off. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China and Hong Kong dropped; India and New Zealand rallied. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Germany, Amsterdam and Stockholm are posting solid gains. Futures in the States point towards a slightly up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Option Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and New Zealand moved down; China and Indonesia moved up. Europe leans to the upside. There are no big winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, China, Hong Kong and Japan did well. Only India dropped noticeably. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, France, Germany, Norway, London and the Czech Republic are posting the biggest losses. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea rallied nicely; Japan dropped 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic are posting decent gains; Greece is down 1.1%. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. I’m getting a taste of 3rd world living. The power went out yesterday morning and hasn’t come back on. Unlike the States where they work ’round the clock to fix things, here, if things don’t get fixed by 5:00 when everyone goes home from work, you have to wait until the […]

The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bullish bias. Movement was mostly tame, but China and South Korea put in decent days. Europe is currently mostly up. Norway is down, but Belgium, France and the Czech Republic are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market (albeit two […]