Good morning. Happy Friday (is it Friday already)? Happy employment numbers day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Australia led with a 0.7% gain; Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Indonesia also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Greece, Poland, Turkey and Finland are up more than 1%; Germany, France and the Netherlands […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan fell more than 2%; Australia and Taiwan were also weak. Hong Kong, China and India did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Austria and Spain are up more than 1%; Prague, Greece, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal are also doing well. Denmark […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan and Australia fell 1% or more; Indonesia and Taiwan did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are down more than 1%; France, London, Germany and others are also weak. Hungary is up more […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a good weekend. Yesterday the Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but movement was minimal. Japan rallied more than 1%; Taiwan, New Zealand and Indonesia also did well. Today the markets were mixed. China rallied 3.3%, and Japan and South Korea also did well. Indonesia did poorly. Europe was […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Singapore and India gained more than 1%; Taiwan, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Korea and Hong Kong also did well. Europe is currently mixed and little changed. There are no big movers. Switzerland, Hungary and Spain are up; Norway and Portugal are down. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but other than India (up 1.9%), gains are small. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia and Austria are up more than 1%; Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, Finland and Belgium are also doing well. Spain is weak. Futures in the States point to a slight up […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets mostly posted big, across-the-board gains. Hong Kong and India gained more than 2%; Japan, Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up. France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Italy and Belgium are up more than 1%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. There were no 1% losers, but Japan, Singapore, China, Indonesia and South Korea were weak. Europe is currently mostly up. Turkey is up about 3%; Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Belgium are up more than 1%; London, Austria, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Hungary and […]