Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 64 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US74.11 cents following release of Canada’s December Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.8% versus a decline of […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 21st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:30 AM EST Economic focus today is on FOMC Meeting Minutes released at 2:00 PM EST. Changes in Dow Jones Averages effective February 26th: Walgreen Boots is replaced by Amazon.com in the Industrial […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar dropped 0.20 to US74.00 cents following release of Canada’s January Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.4% versus a decline of […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures dropped 9 points at 8:35 AM EST S&P 500 Index futures dropped 15 points following release of the January U.S. Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus a decline of 0.1% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 15th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 5 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January retail Sales was a drop of 0.3%. Actual was a drop of […]