Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia rallied 2%; China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea gained more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down more than 4%, and Switzerland is down more than 1%. Norway, Russia, Poland, Turkey and Hungary are up more than 1%; the Netherlands […]
Before the Open (Feb 3)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with relatively big losses. Japan fell more than 3%, Hong Kong and Australia more than 2%, and India, Malaysia and Singapore dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece, Denmark and Finland are down more than 2%; Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy are down more […]
Before the Open (Feb 2)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China rallied 2.3%, but Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea did poorly. Europe is currently mostly down. London, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Spain, Italy and Sweden are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]
Before the Open (Feb 1)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan rallied 2%; Australia and South Korea also did well. China dropped 1.8%, and Singapore fell 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. London, Germany, France, Austria, Norway, Russia, Finland, Italy and Sweden are down 1% […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Jan 29)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with relatively big, across-the-board gains. China gained more than 3%, and Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore rallied more than 2%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; France, Germany and the Netherlands are also doing […]
Before the Open (Jan 28)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China dropped almost 3%, but while there were no big winners, Taiwan, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Italy is down more than 2%, and Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and Spain are down more than 1%. Norway […]
Before the Open (Jan 27)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.7%; Indonesia, South Korea and Hong Kong did better than 1%. Australia dropped 1.1%. Europe is mixed, and there isn’t a lot of overall movement. Russia is up more than 2%, Belgium more than 1% and Hungary and Czech Republic […]
Before the Open (Jan 26)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China dropped 6.4%; Japan and Hong Kong fell more than 2%; Singapore and South Korea lost more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses are minimal. London, Germany, Poland, Austria and Belgium are down; Italy, Portugal and Greece are up. Futures here in […]
Before the Open (Jan 25)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan each gained more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement is minimal. Norway, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland are down; Denmark is up. Futures in the States point […]