Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Hong Kong and Australia did well; South Korea and Indonesia posted losses. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement is minimal. Greece and Russia are down more than 1%. Norway and Denmark are also weak. The Czech Republic and Turkey are doing well. Futures in […]
Before the Open (Feb 7)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside, but movement was minimal (no big winners or losers). Singapore did well; Japan, India and New Zealand were weak. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland are doing the best. Futures in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Feb 6)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. So let’s see. The Cavs came back from a 3-1 deficit. The Cubs came back from being down 3-1. And then the Patriots came back from that! Wow. Never give up. Never ever give up. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, India, Indonesia […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Feb 3)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Malaysia and New Zealand did the best; China and Australia lost ground. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are doing the best. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Feb 2)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan dropped more than 1%; Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea were also weak. Indonesia is doing well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Greece and Italy are up more than 1%; the UK, the Netherlands, Finland, Portugal and Spain are […]
Before the Open (Feb 1)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 1.8%; Japan, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Sweden are up more than 1%. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap […]
Before the Open (Jan 31)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted across-the-board losses. Japan dropped more than 1%; Singapore, Australia, India, Malaysia and South Korea were also weak. Europe is currently mixed but little changed. The UK, Poland, Denmark and Sweden are doing well; Russia and Finland are weak. Futures in the States point towards a weak open […]
Before the Open (Jan 30)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. Half the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Japan, Australia and New Zealand were weak. Europe is down across-the-board. Greece is down more than 3%; Austria, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Russia are down more than 1%; The UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Spain […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.