Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 31st   U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.08 to US76.16 cents following release of Canada’s second quarter real GDP. Consensus was growth at a 4.5% versus a gain of 3.1% in the first […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 30th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points in pre-opening trade. Best Buy added $1.99 to $75.69 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter earnings. Twitter slipped $0.37 to $39.67 after Elon Musk issued a letter to terminate his takeover offer. Big […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 29th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 32 points in pre-opening trade. Dollar Tree dropped $1.36 to $137.34 after Deutsche Bank lowered its target price from $185 to $163. Toll Brothers fell $0.62 to $45.65 after Raymond James reduced its target price from […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 26th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of core July PCE Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus on a year-over-year basis was unchanged at 4.8%. Actual was 4.6%. Investors are […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 25th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 20 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of next estimate for second quarter real GDP at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a reduction of 0.7% versus the first estimate of a […]