Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but there were no big movers in either direction. Hong Kong lost 1.4% and India gained 1.2%. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium, France, Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm, Switzerland and London are each up around 1% or a little more. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bullish slant. Hong Kong rallied more than 2%. Indonesia and Malaysia more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board (except for Austria). France, Germany, Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm and London are down 1% or more. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward bias. China and Indonesia rallied 3%, India more than 2%, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore more than 1%. Except for Austria, Europe is up across the board. France, Germany, Amsterdam and Norway are each up more than 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan gained more than 2%. Europe is currently down across the board, but only Norway is down 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market, but considering yesterday’s vertical rally into the close, the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, and there weren’t many standouts. India gained 2%; Singapore gained 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Norway is up 2% and London 1% but Austria is down 3.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap up open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific market closed mostly up. Hong Kong rallied 3.1%, Australia, India and South Korea more than 2%, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed; there are no big winners or losers. About 35 minutes before the employment numbers were released […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Somber times in tech land as the world learned of Steve Jobs passing. In modern times he had no equal. If you judge a man by the number of lives he touched or as Warren Buffett says, the number of people who love you, Jobs stands alone.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed; there were noticeable movers in both directions. Australia and Malaysia gained more than 1%. South Korea dropped 2.3% and Hong Kong dropped 3.4%. Europe is up across the board. Most of the indexes are up at least 1.5%, and about half are up 2% or more. […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea each dropped more than 3%. Europe is currently down across the board. London, Stockholm, Germany, France and Belgium are currently down more than 3%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Indonesia dropped more than 5%; Hong Kong lost more than 4%; Australia, Singapore and Taiwan more than 2%. Europe is currently down across the board. Germany, France and Amsterdam are down more than 2%. Futures here in […]