Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, India and Indonesia dropped about 1%. Europe is currently suffering relatively big, across-the-board losses. Greece is down 3.3%; Italy is down 2.5%; France, Germany, London, Spain, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]
Author: Jason Leavitt
Before the Open (Aug 5)
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.
Before the Open (Aug 4)
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%) […]
Before the Open (Aug 1)
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 […]
Before the Open (Jul 31)
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 […]
Before the Open (Jul 30)
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 […]
Before the Open (Jul 29)
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 […]
Before the Open (Jul 28)
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%), […]
Before the Open (Jul 25)
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 […]
Before the Open (Jul 24)
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 […]