Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Singapore dropped 1.1%; Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand were also weak. Indonesia and Malaysia did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and Italy are up more than 1%; Greece is down more than […]
Before the Open (Nov 24)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan and Australia each dropped about 1%. Singapore and South Korea each rallied about 0.6%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. London, Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Russia are all down at least 1%. Futures […]
Before the Open (Nov 23)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. New Zealand rallied more than 1%; South Korea, Malaysia and Australia also did well. China, Singapore and Indonesia were weak. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down more than 2%, Switzerland, Poland and Belgium more than 1%, and […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Nov 20)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were small. Hong Kong rallied 1.1%; Indonesia also did well. Europe is mixed and little changed. Greece is down 2%, but otherwise there are no standout winners or losers. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash […]
Before the Open (Nov 19)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Australia rallied better than 2%, and Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, India, South Korea and Taiwan did better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain are up more than 1%; Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden are also doing well. […]
Before the Open (Nov 18)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China, Singapore and India dropped more than 1%; Taiwan was also weak. Europe is currently mixed. France, Spain and Italy are weak. Russia, Greece and Czech Republic are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open for the cash market. […]
Before the Open (Nov 17)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia rallied better than 2%; Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan did better than 1%. Europe is up across the board. France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, Greece, Spain and Portugal are up more than 2%; London, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Finland, […]
Before the Open (Nov 16)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea dropped more than 1%; Australia and Indonesia were also weak. Europe currently leans to the upside, but movement is minimal. Norway, Russia, Belgium and Portugal are up more than 1%; Finland is also […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.