Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Japan, South Korea and Singapore led to the upside; China and Australia posted the biggest losses. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece, Russia, Stockholm and London are down the most; there are no notable winners. Futures here in the States point towards an up […]
Before the Open (Mar 26)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Korea and Singapore led the way with Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia and Taiwan following behind. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia is up 2%; Germany, France, Spain, Amsterdam and Switzerland are up 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open […]
Before the Open (Mar 25)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside, but only Taiwan (up 1%) moved much from its unchanged level. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia is up 2%; Switzerland, Amsterdam, London, Germany, France and Italy are up 1% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open […]
Before the Open (Mar 24)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, India, Hong Kong, China and Singapore all did very well. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Austria, Stockholm, Switzerland, Italy and Russia are doing the worst. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the […]
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 (Mar 21)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 2.7%; Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea also did well. New Zealand lagged. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is down 2%; Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland and Germany are doing the best. Futures here in the States point towards an up […]
Before the Open (Mar 20)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia dropped 2.5%; Japan, Hong Kong, China, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. London and Stockholm are down more than 1%; Germany, France, Spain and Greece are also down moderately. Futures here in the States […]
Before the Open (Mar 19)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand moved up, Taiwan, Singapore and China moved down. Europe currently leans to the upside. Germany, Italy and Austria are leading, Russia is lagging. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Mar 18)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific market close mostly up. Indonesia fell 1.5%; New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia is up 2.4%; Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Greece and France are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for […]
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. […]