Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 11th Equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures added 5 points after the September Producer Price Index was released at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.3% versus a gain of 0.7% in August. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 10th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points at 8:30 AM EDT Palantir added $0.39 to $18.00 after the company won a new Army contract valued at $250 million. Juniper Networks dropped $0.87 to $25.95 after JP Morgan reduced its rating from […]

Monday (October 9th) is Canadian Thanksgiving.  We shall return on Tuesday (10th) with the next Tech Talk report. Pre-opening Comments for Friday October 6th Equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures plunged 33 points following release of the September Employment Report at […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures dropped 8 points following release of the U.S. August Trade Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $65.10 billion versus a deficit of $65.00 billion […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Economic focus today is on the September ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI released at 10:00 AM EDT. Consensus calls for a slip to 54.0 from 54.5 in August. Cal-Maine dropped $6.00 to […]