Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines did well; China and Singapore posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. The UK, Poland, Turkey and South Africa are up; Denmark, Russia and Austria are down. Futures in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand did very well; the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, France, Turkey, Germany, Russia, South Africa, France, Norway, Spain, Italy and Austria are doing very well. […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore did well; Japan, China and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and little changed. Austria and Hungary are up; Denmark, Turkey, South Africa are down. Futures in the […]

Greetings from Atlanta, where I spent the night because the airport decided not to have any of their immigration officers on the schedule. There were easily 1000 passengers here needing to get through immigration and very few airport employees. The picture below is not photo-shopped. What a freaking nightmare! I’m guessing hundreds of people missed […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets close down with big losses. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines suffered big losses. Europe, Africa and the Middles East are currently mostly down. The UK, Poland, Turkey, Germany, South Africa, Finland, Spain, Italy and Austria are weak. Futures in the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines did well while China, Hong Kong and New Zealand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. The UK, Poland, Kenya, Spain and Italy are down the most. Futures in […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Abbreviated Before the Open today because power went out where I am in Costa Rica. No power = no internet.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand are up; Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and New Zealand are down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and little changed. Poland, the UAE and Israel are […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australis, Indonesia and Thailand posted gains; China closed down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. South Africa, Finland, Norway, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium are up; Poland is down.Futures in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacfic markets closed mixed. Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines moved up; Chian and Hong Kong were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Denmark, Poland, Turkey, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Hungary, Spain, Italy and Sweden are up; Portugal is down. Futures in the States […]