Before the Open (Feb 2)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines closed up. India dropped more than 2%; South Korea fell more than 1%; Japan and Singapore were also weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. Poland, France, Germany, Greece, Denmark, South Africa, Spain, the […]

Before the Open (Jan 30)

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with stiff, across-the-board losses. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines each dropped more than 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. South Africa is down 2%; the UK, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Austria and Italy […]

Before the Open (Jan 26)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong jumped 2%; South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines also did well. Japan, India and New Zealand dropped. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, France, Turkey, Greece, Denmark, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia are doing well; Russia is down […]

Before the Open (Jan 25)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. South Korea, New Zealand and the Philippines moved up; Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. France, Russia, Italy, Portugal and Saudi Arabia are doing well; Poland, Kenya, Hungary, Austria, Sweden and the Czech Republic are […]