Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy September. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Japan dropped almost 4%, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Australia more than 2% and Taiwan, South Korea, China and Singapore more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. London, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are down more than 2%; Austria, Sweden, […]
Before the Open (Aug 31)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan, Singapore and Australia lost more than 1%; Indonesia and Taiwan gained more than 1%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Austria, Greece and Finland are down 0.9% or more; France, Germany, Spain and Portugal […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Aug 28)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 4.8%, followed by Japan (up 3%), Taiwan (up 2.5%) and South Korea (up 1.6%). Hong Kong dropped 1%. Europe leans to the downside, but movement is less than it’s been this week. Switzerland, Hungary and Italy are down more than 1%; London, Germany, […]
Before the Open (Aug 27)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. China rallied 5.3%, followed by Indonesia (up 4.6%), Hong Kong (up 3.6%), Singapore (up 2.6%) and India (up 2%). Japan, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Austria is up 3%; London, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, […]
Before the Open (Aug 26)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Hong Kong and India dropped more than 1%. Japan gained 3.2%, South Korea 2.6% and Malaysia 1.1%. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement is nowhere near what it’s been. Norway is up. Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are […]
Before the Open (Aug 25)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets moved in opposite directions. China (down 7.6%) and Japan (down 4%) got crushed. Taiwan rallied more than 3%, Malaysia and Australia more than 2% and India, Indonesia and Singapore more than 1%. Europe is currently posting big, across-the-board gains. Greece is up 8.6%; Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, […]
Before the Open (Aug 24)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets got crushed. The losses are what you’d see in high-beta tech stocks, not indexes of entire countries. China fell 8.5%, Hong Kong and India more than 5%, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore more than 4%, and Malaysia, New Zealand and South […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Aug 21)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with mostly big, across-the-board losses. China fell more than 4%, Japan and Taiwan more than 3%, South Korea and Indonesia more than 2%, and Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 3%; London, Germany, […]