Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets close mixed and with an up bias. South Korea and China dropped. Australia, India, Japan and Singapore rallied. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria, France, Germany, Stockholm and Greece are posting decent gains. Futures here in the States point towards a gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 1.3%, and Australia, Malaysia and Singapore also did well. China, India, South Korea and Taiwan dropped. Europe is currently mixed, but there are no big winners or losers (except Greece which is down 1.1%, but it doesn’t count). Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and South Korea were noticeable losers; there were no big winners. Europe is currently mostly up. Switzerland and Greece are posting solid gains; there are no big losers. Futures here in the States point towards a slight down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed your extra day off. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, India and Indonesia led to the downside; South Korea and Taiwan led to the upside. Europe is trading mostly down. Greece is up 1%, but Austria, France, Germany, Norway, the Czech Republic are […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan all posted solid gains. Europe is currently mixed. Greece, Austria and Belgium are up the most. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China and Taiwan dropped 1%, India rallied nicely. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium, France and Switzerland are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia and Singapore moved up; China, India, Japan and Taiwan moved down. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 1%; losses among the other indexes are relatively small. Futures here in the States are down a small amount.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday from San Pablo, Heredia, Costa Rica. 🙂 Yesterday was a travel day. Five people, 12 bags, 3 car seats, 2 flights, 2 security checks, immigration, customs and a cab driver who had no idea where to take us…and we and all our stuff have arrived safely. I have no idea what […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a bearish slant. China dropped 1.8%; Hong Kong, Malaysia and South Korea also lost ground. Japan rallied 1.4%. Europe is currently mixed. Austria and Belgium are leading to the downside; Switzerland and the Czech Republic are leading to the upside. Futures here in the States suggest […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan did the best; Indonesia performed the worst. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium and Amsterdam are up the most; Austria and the Czech Republic are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards […]