Before the Open (Dec 17)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan, China, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan each posted a gain better than 1%. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Greece and Germany are up more than 3%; France, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal are up more than 2%; most other […]

Before the Open (Dec 11)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%; China and India were also weak. Japan rallied 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Germany, Austria and Finland are down more than 2%; London, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary, […]