Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan dropped 2% and Japan 1%. India gained 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is down 1.4%, Russian 1.2% and Italy 0.7%. Switzerland, France and Belgium are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning from Colorado where our 18-month excursion ends and another begins. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 1.8%, followed by India (up 0.95%), Taiwan (0.7%) and Indonesia (up 0.6%). Singapore dropped 0.8%. Europe is currently mixed. France is up 0.8%, followed by Italy (up 0.7%) […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Australia, India and New Zealand dropped more than 1%. Hong Kong, China and Singapore also did very poorly. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Germany, London, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden, Russia and Greece are all down at least 1%. Prior […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China moved up 0.9%, Singapore 0.6%. Taiwan dropped 1.4%, India 0.7%. Europe is suffering big losses. Greece is down 2.2%, Italy 2.1%, Spain and Belgium 1.5%, Austria 1%, Amsterdam 1.2%, Norway 1.1%, Germany 1.3% and France 1.1%. Futures here in the States point towards a big […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Korea rallied 1%, Australia and Taiwan moved up 0.6%. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is up almost 2%, followed by Spain (up 1%). Belgium is down 0.6%. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big gap up for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong led with a 0.9% gain, followed by Japan and Korea (up 0.6%). Europe is currently mostly up. Russia, Prague, London, Germany, France, Spain and Italy are all doing well. Greece is down. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for […]

Good morning from San Diego, where I’ll be spending the next week. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.4%, followed by Hong Kong (up 0.9%) and Taiwan (up 0.7%). India fell 0.5%. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is down 2.1%, followed by Austria (down 1.05%), […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and China led with gains greater than 1%; Taiwan (down 0.9%) and India (down 0.6%) pulled up the rear. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is up 3%, followed by Prague (up 1.1%). Russia is down 1.5%, followed by Norway (down 1%) and France […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China led with a 1.3% gain; Hong Kong, India and New Zealand also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain and Italy are leading (up 1.7% each) followed by Greece (up 1.2%). Only Russia is down. Futures here in the States point towards an […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and India led the way. Europe is currently mostly up – gains and losses are very small. Greece, France, Germany and Austria lead to the upside, but no market is up more than 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards […]