Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China (up 1.5%), Singapore (up 0.5%) and India (up 0.5%) did the best. South Korea (down 0.6%) and Indonesia (down 0.5%) pulled up the rear. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 5.2%, followed by Spain (up 1.7%), Italy (up […]
Before the Open (Feb 9)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. India (down 1.7%), Hong Kong (down 0.6%), New Zealand (down 0.5%) and South Korea (down 0.4%) posted the biggest losses. China (up 0.6%) and Japan (up 0.4%) did ok. Europe is currently mixed. Spain (down […]
Before the Open (Feb 6)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia (up 1.2%), Japan (up 0.8%) and Singapore (up 0.7%) led while China (down 1.9%), Taiwan (down 0.6%) and India (down 0.5%) lagged. Europe is currently mixed. Russia (up 3.3%), Austria (up 0.6%) and Prague (up 0.5%) […]
Before the Open (Feb 5)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China dropped 1.2%, followed by Japan (down 1%), Indonesia (down 0.7%) and South Korea (down 0.5%). Australia moved up 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. Russian is up 2.2%, and Norway is up 0.9%. Greece is down 3%, followed by Switzerland […]
Gold and Silver Stocks Continue to Treat Us Well
At the beginning of January we turned bullish on gold and silver, and followed up our bias by posting numerous set-ups on our Long tradings. While the market has been range bound since, gold and silver stocks have treated us very well. Here are many that were recommended (with a couple extra thrown in).
Before the Open (Feb 4)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2%, and Australia and Malaysia did better than 1%. Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong also did well. China dropped 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece and Switzerland are up about 1.6%. Norway (down 1.7%), Stockholm (down 0.9%), Amsterdam (down 0.8%) […]
Before the Open (Feb 3)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.5%, and Australia followed with a 1.4% gain. Taiwan and New Zealand also did fine. Japan dropped 1.3%. Singapore and Taiwan also fell. Europe is posting solid, across-the-board gains. Greece is up almost 10%. Spain and Italy are up more than 2%; London, France, […]
Before the Open (Feb 2)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2.6%, and Japan fell 0.7%. Singapore rallied 1%, and Australia moved up 0.6%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 4.6%, Norway, 1.4% and Germany 0.4%. Spain is down 1.9%, and Amsterdam is down 0.4%. Futures here in […]
Before the Open (Jan 30)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India dropped 1.7%, followed by China (down 1.6%), Singapore (down 0.8%) and Taiwan (down 0.7%). Indonesia rallied 0.5%. Europe currently leans to the upside, but there are no 1% movers. Greece, Amsterdam, London, France and Germany are down; Austria, Belgium, Stockholm and Russia are up. […]
Before the Open (Jan 29)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Hong Kong and China each dropped more than 1%; Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan also did poorly. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 2.5%, and Russia and Switzerland are up about 1.05%. Austria and Prague are down 0.7-0.8%. Futures here in […]