Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China dropped 3.5%; Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand dropped 0.7 – 0.9%. Taiwan rallied 0.8%. Europe is currently mixed, and there aren’t many notable movers. Belgium is down more than 1%; Italy and Lithuania are up more than 1%. Everything else is close to […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but only China (up 2.5%) gained much ground. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 3.8%; Germany, Portugal and Austria are down more than 1%; Stockholm, Prague, Spain, Italy and Russia are down noticeably. Turkey is up more than 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied more than 2%; Australia, South Korea and Japan moved up more than 1%; Honk Kong and Singapore also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 4.5%; Portugal is up more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Switzerland and Belgium […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently posting big, across-the-board gains. Greece is up better than 6%; Germany, France, Stockholm, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Amsterdam are up more than 2%; London, Austria, Switzerland, Prague, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Belgium and […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Sorry for my absence yesterday. I knew I’d be out most of the day, but I had full intentions of being here in the morning and at least making morning comments, but my internet access (I’m on the road) fell through and there wasn’t much I could do. Oh well. The […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China, Australia and Indonesia rallied more than 1%; Hong Kong and Singapore also did well. New Zealand fell 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Netherlands, Sweden, Prague, Greece, Denmark and Finland are down more than 1%; Poland, […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China dropped 3.5%, followed by Hong Kong (down 1.1%), Singapore (down 0.75%), South Korea (down 0.7%), Japan (down 0.6%) and Taiwan (down 0.5%). Indonesia rallied 0.7%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mixed. Greece is down more than 4%; South […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia and China lost 2%; Hong Kong fell more than 1%; Malaysia and Singapore also posted sizable losses. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down more than 5%; Austria and Italy are down more than 2%; London, Germany, […]