Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, China, New Zealand and South Korea posted the biggest gains. Japan dropped 1.8%. Europe is up across the board. Austria, France, Norway, Switzerland and London are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market (105 […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and perhaps with a slight bearish bias. China, Japan and Singapore led to the downside; Australia, Malaysia and Taiwan led to the upside. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium is suffering the biggest loss while Austria, Spain and Norway are up the most. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an up bias. Japan rallied almost 4%; Australia, Hong Kong and Indonesia also did well. Malaysia and New Zealand dropped. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up almost 3%, and Stockholm almost 2%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board (except for China). Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Korea suffered the biggest losses. Europe is currently mixed. France, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and London are up; Norway, Stockholm and the Czech Republic are down. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward bias. There were no big losers; China, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan did well to the upside. Europe is currently trading mixed and with a downward bias. Belgium and Greece are up; France, Germany, Amsterdam, Norway, London, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets were mixed today. China, Australia, Indonesia and Japan did well; India lagged. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria and the Czech Republic are down; Belgium, France, Norway, Stockholm, London and Greece are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia, Hong Kong and India dropped; Japan and Taiwan moved up; but none of the indexes moved much overall. Europe is currently down across the board. Greece, France, Amsterdam, London and the Czech Republic are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore led the way. Europe is currently trading mixed and with a downward bias. Stockholm is up 0.5%; Switzerland is down 0.6% – everything else falls in between. Futures here in the States point towards a flat […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward bias. Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan rallied while India and Singapore dropped. Europe is currently mostly down. Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Greece are posting the biggest losses. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. I’m posting this much early than usual because today is the first day of school/day care here in Costa Rica, and until we figure out the logistics of getting the kids ready to go and getting them to school, I’ll be getting up early to […]