Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan did well; India, Indonesia and South Korea were weak. Europe is currently mostly up, but gains are small. Russia is up 1%; the UK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Poland are also doing well. Spain, Greece, Portugal and Romania are […]
Before the Open (Oct 24)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea did the best. Europe is currently doing very well. Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Portugal are also […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Oct 21)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside, but movement was minimal. Japan, Singapore and South Korea fell; China moved up. Europe is currently mixed and also little changed. The UK, Norway, the Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark are up; Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey and Portugal […]
Before the Open (Oct 20)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 1.4%; India, Taiwan and Hong Kong also did well. Several markets closed with tiny losses. Europe is currently mixed; movement is minimal. Sweden, Austria, Poland, Spain and Portugal are up; Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Russia are down. Futures in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Oct 19)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside, but movement was minimal. Singapore, Australia and Taiwan did the best. Hong Kong, India and Indonesia fell. Europe currently leans to the downside, but movement is minimal there too. Poland, Turkey, Portugal, Norway, and the Czech Republic are up; Germany, Belgium, […]
Before the Open (Oct 18)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, China and India rallied more than 1%; Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand and Singapore also did well. Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Germany, France, the UK, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up […]
Before the Open (Oct 17)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China, Hong Kong, Australia, India and New Zealand closed down. Japan, Indonesia and South Korea closed up. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses aren’t very big. The UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Oct 14)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia rallied more than 1%; Japan and Hong Kong also did well. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Italy, and Portugal are up more than 1%; Greece is up more than […]