Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan dropped 0.85%; Singapore rallied 0.67%. Otherwise movement was small. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Germany, France, Spain and Italy are leading the way. Russia and Amsterdam are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the […]
Before the Open (Apr 21)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 1.5%, India and Malaysia did well. Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand were closed. Europe is closed. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 17)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 1.6%; Australia and Indonesia also did well. Europe is currently trading mixed but movement is minimal. Greece is up 2.2%, and Belgium and Norway are also doing well. Austria is down the most. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open […]
Radio Interview with The Bubba Show
Long time Leavitt Brothers member and frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg and FOX, Todd Horwitz, interviewed me again on his radio show. Here’s a link.
Before the Open (Apr 16)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 3%; Australia also did well. India and Malaysia dropped. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Italy is up more than 2%; Germany, France, Spain and Greece are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for […]
Before the Open (Apr 15)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, China and India dropped; Singapore, Taiwan, Australia and Japan moved up. Europe is currently mixed. Russia, Austria, Greece and Stockholm lead to the downside; Italy leads to the upside. Futures here in the States point towards a gap up open for the cash market.
Using Put/Call Open Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
Before the Open (Mar 14)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia dropped 1.3%; New Zealand and Taiwan also dropped noticeably. Indonesia and Singapore did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Belgium and Greece are down more than 2%; Russia, London and Italy are down more than 1%. Futures here […]
Before the Open (Apr 11)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 2.4%; Hong Kong and Australia nearly 1%. Indonesia rallied 1.1%. Europe is currently down across the board. London, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm, Switzerland, Prague and Greece are all down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a […]
Before the Open (Apr 10)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia dropped 3.2%; New Zealand, Hong Kong and China did well. Europe is currently mixed. London and Russia are up; Italy and Spain are down, but in all cases, there are no big movers. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for […]