Before the Open (Jan 22)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted solid, across-the-board gains. Japan rallied almost 6%; Hong Kong and South Korea more than 2%; and China, Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up huge. France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Portugal are up more than 3%; numerous […]

Before the Open (Jan 19)

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. China rallied 3.2%, Hong Kong 2.1%, Singapore 1.8% and India 1.2%. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Austria and Norway up more than 3%; London, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Russian, Greece, Poland, Finland, Portugal and Spain are […]

Before the Open (Jan 15)

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China fell 3.6%. Hong Kong, India and South Korea dropped more than 1%. New Zealand rallied 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Russia is down more than 4%; Austria, Denmark and Portugal are down more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Spain, […]

Before the Open (Jan 14)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China rallied 2%, but Japan dropped 2.7% and Singapore, Australia and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Belgium is down more than 3%, Germany, France, Austria, Norway, Greece, Finland, Spain and Portugal are down more than 2%, and numerous markets are […]

Before the Open (Jan 13)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 3%; Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea did better than 1%. China dropped 2.4%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey Finland, Spain and Italy are each up more than 1%. Futures here in the […]