Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China rallied 3%, followed by India (up 1.5%) and Japan (up 1.25%). Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium is up 3.1%, London is up 2.5% and Prague […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (May 8)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China rallied 2.3%, India 1.9% and Hong Kong 1.1%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, France, Belgium, Amsterdam, Italy, Spain and Switzerland are all up 0.9% or better. Futures here in the States point towards an up […]
Before the Open (May 7)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with across-the-board losses. China dropped almost 3%; Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan fell more than 1%; Australia, Malaysia and Singapore were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. London and Russia are down more than 1%. France, Belgium and Switzerland are also weak. Greece is up almost […]
VIDEO: Market Update (May 6)
Since last week’s video was posted, the market has done exactly what the indicators hinted. Now I do an update to see if anything has changed.
Before the Open (May 6)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia and India dropped more than 2%; South Korea and China fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Germany and Italy are up more than 1%; Spain and France are also doing well. Russia is down 0.8%; Switzerland is down 0.5%. Futures here in […]
Before the Open (May 5)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 4%, and Hong Kong fell 1.3%. Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand closed up. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down 3.8%, Italy 0.9% and Stockholm 0.5%. Russia is up 2.4%, Switzerland 0.9% and London 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a down […]
Before the Open (May 4)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 1.8%, followed by Indonesia (up 1.1%) and China (up 0.9%). New Zealand fell 0.5%. Europe is currently posting mostly solid gains. Germany, France, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway and Italy are up more than 1%. Spain, Stockholm and Prague […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (May 1)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Most of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Malaysia dropped 1.3%; the others (Japan, Australia, New Zealand) posted small gains. London posted a small gain; the rest of Europe was closed. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.