Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Europe is currently mixed and without any noticeable winners or losers. Futures here in the States are flat.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board; there are a couple 1% winners including Hong Kong, India and Indonesia. Europe is also up across the board; most indexes have gained more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market which […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Europe is currently up across the board – there are several 1% winners. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, but there were some sizable losses. China dropped 1.6%, India 2.4% and Indonesia 4.2%. Europe is down across the board. Futures here in the States indicate relatively large gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish bias – India and Indonesia lost over 2%. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses aren’t bad. Prior to the employment numbers release, futures here in the States were flat.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed – Japan gained better than 1%, Indonesia lost more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board with moderate gains. Futures here in the States point toward a positive open for the cash market which will put most of the indexes at a new high […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Europe is currently down across the board – many indexes are down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific market closed mostly up; there were a few 1% winners. Europe is currently up across the board; London is up over 2%. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market that will recapture about half of yesterday’s move off the intraday high.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. Several Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. The ones that opened finished up. Europe is currently up across the board – there are several 1% winners. Futures here in the States point towards a big gap up open for the cash market which will put many […]

Good morning. Happy Friday and everything else. The last two weeks have been the slowest two-week stretch I can ever remember. Individual days have been slower, but two straight weeks of small ranges, low volatility, low volume etc. I’m ready for this year to be over.