Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore did the best. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside. Turkey, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belgium are up; Poland, Germany, Greece and Portugal are down. Futures in the States point towards a […]
Before the Open (Jul 26)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong, India, Australia and the Philippines did well; South Korea and Taiwan were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. Greece is down more than 1%, but the UK, Poland, France, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, […]
Before the Open (Jul 25)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. New Zealand, Australia and Singapore did well; South Korea, Japan, China and Hong Kong posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Austria are up more than 1%; Germany, Denmark, South Africa, the Czech Republic and the […]
Before the Open (Jul 24)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets lean to the upside. Japan and Austrilia are down; China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia are down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently leans to the downside. Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden are downl South Africa is up. Futures in […]
Before the Open (Jul 21)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy options expiration day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. South Korea, India, Singapore and the Philippines did well while Taiwan, Australia and Indonesia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. France, Germany, Greece, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Sweden are worst […]
Before the Open (Jul 20)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, China, South Korea and Australia did well; New Zealand, Singapore and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East leaned to the upside but were mostly quiet. Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Austria are doing well; Turkey and Hungary are weak. Futures in […]
Before the Open (Jul 19)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China, Hong Kong, India, Australia and Singapore did well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside, but most markets are quiet. Turkey, South Africa, Switzerland and the Netherlands are doing the best; Finland is down. Futures in […]
Before the Open (Jul 18)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Other than India and Australia, which dropped more than 1%, there was very little movement. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the downside. France, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Spain, Belgium and Sweden are down the most. Futures in the States point towards a […]
Before the Open (Jul 17)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Philippines posted gains; China dropped more than 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside but overall are little changed. Poland, Turkey, Finland, […]
Before the Open (Jul 14)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore closed up; the Philippines finished down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and very quiet. Denmark, Russia and Sweden are up; Poland and Hungary are down. Futures in the States […]