Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan led the way. Europe is currently mostly up. Norway rallied 1.4%; Austria also did well. Most gains are small. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and South Korea rallied nicely. Europe is up across the board. Belgium, France, Germany, Stockholm, Switzerland, London, Italy, Spain, Greece and the Czech Republic are posting solid gains. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan dropped 2.3%; Australia, China and Hong Kong dropped noticeably. Japan rallied 1.2%. Europe is currently trading mixed. Greece is up 3.5%; Stockholm and the Czech Republic are up nicely. Most other indexes are little changed. Futures here in the States point towards a down open […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 4.2%; Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Germany is posting the biggest loss; Austria, Belgium, Norway and Stockholm are also down noticeably. Futures here in the States point towards an […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. Several Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. The one’s that opened closed down. Japan, India, and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently trading mixed and with an bullish bias. Austria and Italy are down, Greece is up 2.9%. Otherwise movement is minimal. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Many of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed again. Japan closed down 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and London are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a big gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Several Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. The ones that opened closed down or flat. Japan dropped 2.5%; Australia, China and India also fell. Europe is currently mixed. Austria and Stockholm are down; Norway and Greece are up. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea did well. Taiwan lagged. Europe is currently mostly down. Norway, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards a big gap down open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Only Australia dropped more than 1%, and no index rallied that much. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy is leading the way followed by Austria, Spain and Switzerland. Greece is down 1.6%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets suffered big across-the-board losses. Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Japan lost more than 2%; China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Spain is down 3.3%, Belgium and London are down more than 1%. […]