Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down with big losses. China posted a gain, but Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines posted big losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down big. The […]
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 (Feb 1)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Australia moved up; China, Hong Kong and New Zealand moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. Turkey, Greece, Finland, Norway, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Sweden and the Czech Republic are up; Germany and Denmark are down. Futures in the […]
VIDEO: State of the Market
In this video I talk about the current state of the market. VIDEO: State of the Market
Before the Open (Jan 31)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong and New Zealand were up big; Japan and the Philippines were down big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are trading inconsistently but lean to the upside. France, Greece, Italy, Israel and Austria are doing the best; the UAE […]
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 29)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and India did well; China and Hong Kong are down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently split. Greece, Finland and Kenya are up; Turkey, South Africa, Russia and […]
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 […]
Before the Open (Jan 24)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Hong Kong and Singapore did well; Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Turkey, Greece and Switzerland are up; the UK, Poland, Finland and Hungary are down. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap […]