Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, China and India rallied more than 1%; Korea, Taiwan and Japan also did well. Indonesia dropped 0.85%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Russia is up 1.5%; France, Germany, Italy, Spain and London are also doing very well. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning from LA, where I’ll be for the next week. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia led with a 0.8% gain followed by Taiwan (up 0.4%) and New Zealand (up 0.35%). Hong Kong dropped 0.3%. Japan was closed for a holiday. Europe is currently mostly down. […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. There were no big winners or losers. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 2.6%; Prague and Russia are down 1.3-1.4%. Switzerland, Norway, Amsterdam, Austria, Spain and Germany are also down noticeably. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia, China and Taiwan led to the downside; South Korea led to the upside. Europe is currently down across the board. Russia is down 3% followed by Greece, Prague, Switzerland, Amsterdam, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, which are also posting decent losses. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. India and Indonesia led; Taiwan lagged. Europe is currently mostly posting solid gains. Germany, France, London, Austria, Amsterdam, Italy, Spain and Stockholm are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India, Indonesia and Korea led the gains greater than 0.9%; Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Austria is down 1% and Spain 0.7%. Belgium is up 0.7%. The other markets haven’t moved much. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 1%, Japan 0.9%, and Hong Kong and New Zealand also did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Stockholm, Switzerland, Norway and Greece are up 1% or more; London, Germany and France are also up nicely. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Well this is it. After 18 months we are heading home from Costa Rica tomorrow. It’s been fun (most of the time, when the power was on, when internet worked). It’s been an experience. My wife loved her teaching job (no standardized test, just teaching), and the kids liked school too. […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific market closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia led with a 1.5% gain followed by Taiwan (up 0.8%). Japan dropped the most (down 0.6%). Europe is posting stiff, across-the-board losses. Spain, Italy, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway and Greece are down more than 2%; Belgium, Stockholm, Switzerland, Prague, Russia, London, […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, Hong Kong and China dropped more than 1%; Indonesia rallied 0.7%. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium is down 2.2%, Greece 1.8%. Prague is up 0.9%, Italy 0.8%. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.