Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India led the way followed by Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand. South Korea and Taiwan dropped. Europe is up across-the-board. Russia is up 4.7%. Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Amsterdam are up more than 2%. Belgium, Stockholm, Switzerland, Prague and Spain are up more […]
Before the Open (Mar 3)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China closed up, but Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Indonesia and South Korea suffered decent losses. Europe is down big across-the-board. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Prague are down more than 2%; Belgium, Switzerland and London […]
Before the Open (Feb 28)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Indonesia rallied 1.1%; India, New Zealand, Taiwan, China and Singapore also did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Austria and Italy are down more than 1%; Belgium and Greece are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for […]
Before the Open (Feb 27)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong rallied 1.7%; Indonesia also did well. Australia is up the most but not posting a huge gain. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, Russia, Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany are posting sizable losses; Belgium is up 2.3%. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Feb 26)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a lean to the upside. India and Hong Kong led the way; Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore lagged. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is up 3.3%; Amsterdam, Prague, Russia and France are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Feb 25)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2%, Indonesia 1%. Japan rallied 1.4%, South Korea 0.8%. Europe is currently mostly down. London is down almost 1%, Norway, the Czech Republic and Russia are down ~ 0.85%. Greece is up almost 2%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap […]
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. (length 21:28 with a break at 11:17)
Before the Open (Feb 21)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 3%, Indonesia and South Korea more than 1% and India, Taiwan and Hong Kong also did well. China dropped 1.2%. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no 1% movers. Belgium and Greece are down. Norway, Russia and the Czech Republic […]
Before the Open (Feb 20)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 2.2%, Hong Kong 1.2% and India, South Korea and Taiwan also suffered moderate losses. Europe is currently down across the board. Germany and Amsterdam are down more than 1%; Belgium, Stockholm, Switzerland, Russia, Italy and Spain are also down noticeably. Futures here in […]
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. […]