Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan dropped 1.2%, followed by Japan (down 1.0%). Australia rallied 0.7%, followed by Singapore and Indonesia (up 0.5%). Europe is currently mixed. Austria is down 1%, and Prague is down 0.8%. France and Germany are up 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India dropped more than 2%; Japan, Australia and South Korea fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Greece is down more than 3%, Stockholm and Amsterdam more than 2% and London, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Prague more than 1%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong moved up 0.5%; other up markets posted small gains. China and Indonesia dropped 0.8%, followed by Taiwan (down 0.7%). Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is down 1.2%, followed by Italy (down 1%), France (down 0.9%), Germany and Spain (down 0.8%) and Amsterdam (down […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Malaysia rallied 1%; Hong Kong fell 0.4%. Everything else stayed relatively close to home. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 2.3%, followed by Italy (up 0.7%) and Belgium (up 0.5%). Austria is down 0.4%. Futures here in the States point towards an up open […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2%, and Japan moved up 1%. Malaysia dropped 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 2.2%, followed by London and Belgium (up 0.8% each). Germany is down 1%, followed by France, Russia and Stockholm (down 0.7% […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Quad Witching Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China led with a 1% gain, followed by Singapore (up 0.8%). India dropped 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 2.7%, followed by Germany (up 1.3%), Russia (up 1%) and Prague and Italy (up 0.7%). Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia (up 1.8%) and Hong Kong (up 1.5%) led; Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy (up 1.2%) and Austria (up 1%) are leading; Prague is also doing well. Greece is down 1.3%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.1%, followed by Taiwan (up 1.2%) and Hong Kong (up 0.9%). New Zealand dropped 1%, followed by Indonesia (down 0.5%) and India (down 0.4%). Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down 4.2%, followed by Austria and Italy (down 0.9%) and Germany […]