Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China dropped almost 1%; Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan also fell. Europe is currently mixed, but movement is minimal. Sweden, Italy, Portugal and Finland are up; Germany, Russia, Greece and Poland are down. Futures in the States point […]
Before the Open (Dec 22)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. India and Indonesia dropped more than 1%; Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan were also weak. Australia and New Zealand did well. Europe is currently mostly down, but other than Russia, Finland and Greece. losses are minimal. Futures in the States point […]
Before the Open (Dec 21)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia dropped 1%; Japan, Singapore and Taiwan also lost ground. China rallied 1%; Australia and Hong Kong also did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is up 1.6%, but there are no other big winners. France, Sweden, Spain, Italy and Belgium are down. Futures […]
Before the Open (Dec 20)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Australia moved up; Hong Kong, China and Indonesia moved down. Europe currently leans to the upside. France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey, Italy and Russia are doing well; Greece and Norway are down. Futures in the States point towards a positive […]
Before the Open (Dec 19)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore dropped the most. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down more than 2%; Austria is also weak. Spain and Portugal are doing well. Futures in the States point towards a positive […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Dec 16)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Quad Witching Day The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and little changed. Japan, China and Singapore moved up; Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan moved down. Europe is currently mostly up, but gains are small. Greece is up 2.1%; Austria, Norway, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the Netherlands are also doing well. […]
Before the Open (Dec 15)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong dropped more than 1%; China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand were also weak. Europe currently leans to the upside. Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic are up. Greece and Poland are down more than 1%; Norway and […]
Before the Open (Dec 14)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. China, New Zealand and Indonesia were notable downside movers; Australia did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia and Greece are down more than 1%; France, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Finland, Spain and Portugal are also weak. Hungary is doing well. Futures […]
Before the Open (Dec 13)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan and India led; South Korea and Taiwan did okay. Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand posted losses. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; Germany, France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, […]