Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia, Japan and South Korea each gained about 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. The indexes range from being flat to being up about 0.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat or slightly positive open for the cash market.
Sector Performance (May 17)
Today’s sector performance…
Before the Open (May 17)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Europe is currently mostly down with moderate losses. Futures here in the States point towards a flat and mixed open for the cash market.
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, QQQQ 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. […]
Sector Performance (May 16)
Today’s sector performance…
Before the Open (May 16)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down – Australia, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan lost more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board – France, Germany and Amsterdam are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towads a gap dow for […]
Sector Performance (May 13)
Today’s sector performance…
Before the Open (May 13)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bullish bias; China, Hong Kong, India and Singapore all did well. Europe is mostly up, but there are no 1% winners. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Sector Performance (May 12)
Today’s sector performance…
Before the Open (May 12)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down; there were severel 1% losers. Europe is currently down across the board; half the markets are suffering greater-than 1% losses. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down which will put the indexes at or below yesterday’s low.