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Stock Market Open – Bonds Closed Columbus Day 2009

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:34:56 +0000

Hang Seng (Hong Kong): -0.93% today.

Australia: +1.05% today.

Nikkei 225 (Japan): closed today.

Europe up at mid-day on strong earnings:

FTSE 100 (UK): +1.45% at 12:00 PM.

DAX (Germany): +1.69 at 1:00 PM

CAC 40 (France): +1.46% at 1:00 PM

SPY pre market open: +0.7% at 108.02 at 7:20 AM EST

QQQQ pre market open: +0.6 at 7:20 AM

An up open this morning.

Economic Indicators: None.

Earnings Announcements: Fastenal (FAST) seller of screws and other fasteners, Charles Schwab (SCHW) online broker, announce earnings today.

Flat Open Friday 2 Oct 2009

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:25:28 +0000

Hang Seng (Hong Kong): -2.77% today.

Australia: -1.99% today.

Nikkei 225 (Japan): -2.47% today.

Europe at mid-morning:

FTSE 100 (UK): -0.85% at 12:00 PM.

DAX (Germany): -0.68% at 1:00 PM

CAC 40 (France): -1.18% at 1:00 PM

SPY pre market open: -0.1% at 102.87 at 7:00 AM EST

QQQQ pre market open: -0.0% at 7:00 AM

Economic Indicators: The unemployment rate for September is expected to rise slightly to 9.8% when announced at 8:29 AM EST. The non-farm payrolls is expected to show a drop of 175K in September. Important for consumer spending, the average work week is expected to be flat at 33.1 hours in September, but hourly earnings are expected to show a rise of 0.2%. More money in workers’ pockets.

Factory orders, announced at 9:59 AM, are expected to be flat for August. They are down 25% from a year ago.

Earnings Announcements: None.

Sentiment Drives Market Today Tuesday 8 September 2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:56:34 +0000

Hang Seng (Hong Kong): +2.14 today; +3.70% last two days.

Australia: +0.64 today; +1.46% last two days.

Nikkei 225 (Japan): +0.71 today; +2.03% last two days.

Europe at mid-day:

FTSE 100 (UK): closed today; +0.57% yesterday.

DAX (Germany): +0.42% at 12:10 PM

CAC 40 (France): +0.36% at 12:10 PM

SPY pre market open: +0.8% at 102.9 at 6:50 AM

QQQQ pre market open: +0.7% at 6:50 AM

Economic Indicators: At 2 PM EST the change in consumer credit used in July is expected to show a drop of $4 billion. In the past year, consumer credit used has dropped a little more than 2%.