Before the Open (Aug 20)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China dropped more than 3%; Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India and South Korea fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down more than 2%; France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Prague, Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Norway are down 1% […]

Before the Open (Aug 19)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with some notable movers in both directions. Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; China and Australia moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. London, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and Finland are down more than 1%; France, Norway, Switzerland and Portugal […]

Before the Open (Aug 14)

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Malaysia dropped 1.5%, followed by New Zealand (down 0.7%) and Australia (down 0.5%). India rallied 1.9%, and Singapore moved up 0.7%. Europe currently leans to the downside, but there aren’t many big movers. Greece is down 2.5%; Norway, Netherlands and Belgium are also down. Russia and […]

Before the Open (Aug 13)

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia rallied 2.3%, China 1.8%, and Japan and Singapore moved up 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Denmark are up more than 2%; Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Prague and Spain are up more than 1%. Turkey is […]