Thanks in part to my special report on Benitec the BTEBY share is now showing a gain. The Down Under management is a bit overwhelmed by the trigger-happy US market but they are quick learners.

More follows from Singapore, China, and Hong Kong, and other places like Mexico, Britain, The Netherlands, S. Africa, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, and Finland.

Today's blog focuses on Brazil, which faces difficult times under a re-elected Dilma Rousseff.

Nokia is up smartly after it reported a really significant rise in Q3 earnings, with revenues up 13% to euros 3.32 bn and net earnings up 32% thanks to network deals.

Exiting Schlumberger, reluctantly.

We spent the Labor Day weekend in Cleveland which is exactly the same distance from Washington, DC, as Moscow is from the nearest Ukrainian border.