Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan dropped 1.5%, and Australia fell 0.8%. Hong Kong and Taiwan did well. Europe currently leans to the downside, but losses aren’t too extreme. The UK, Austria, Finland and Russia are down. Italy and Portugal are up. Futures in the States point towards a gap down […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Jan 13)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan did well; Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan posted losses. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Stockholm and Switzerland are doing well. Greece is down 2%; […]
Before the Open (Jan 12)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan fell 1.2%; Hong Kong and China also posted losses. South Korea, Taiwan and India did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Denmark and Luxembourg are down more than 1%; Germany, Finland and Switzerland are also weak. Turkey is up […]
Before the Open (Jan 11)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. South Korea jumped 1.5%; Hong Kong, India and New Zealand also did well. China was weak. Europe is currently mixed and little changed. Russia is down 0.8%; Belgium, Poland and Spain are also down. Many markets are up, but none are […]
Before the Open (Jan 10)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Australia dropped; India, Hong Kong and Singapore posted gains. Europe currently leans to the upside. The UK, Russia, Poland, Hungary and Greece are up; Austria, Spain, Portugal and the Czech Republic are down. Futures in the States point towards a flat open for the […]
Before the Open (Jan 9)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand did well; Indonesia and Malaysia were weak. Europe is currently mostly down. Italy is down 1.7%; France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Greece are also weak. Futures in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Jan 6)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea closed up; India. Japan and China posted losses. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses are minimal. France, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Portugal and Russia are down. Turkey is up. Before the employment numbers […]
Before the Open (Jan 5)
Good morning from snowy and cold Colorado. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and Singapore rallied more than 1%; India, Malaysia and Taiwan also did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Russia is down more than 1%; Sweden and Greece are also weak. Austria and Denmark are doing well. Futures […]
Before the Open (Jan 4)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.5%; New Zealand did better than 1%; China, Singapore and Malaysia also did well. Europe currently leans to the downside, but movement is minimal. Russia is down more than 1%; Turkey and Sweden are also weak. Hungary is doing well. Futures in the […]
Before the Open (Jan 3)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Happy New Years. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and Australia rallied more than 1%; South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore also did well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Russia is up more than 2%; Austria, Switzerland, Poland and Greece are up more than 1%; the UK, France, Italy, Spain […]