Pre-opening Comments for Thursday June 25th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 63 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 17 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. May Core PCE Index was expected to increase 0.3% versus a 0.2% increase in April. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday June 24th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 29 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Alphabet (GOOG) added $4.20 to $350.28 and Verizon (VZ) slipped $0.23 to $46.50. Alphabet is scheduled to replace Verizon (VZ) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29th FedEx […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday June 23rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 104 points at 8:30 AM EDT. U.S. equity index futures responded to weakness in world equity indices and related ETFs. South Korea iShares (EWY) dropped $23.54 to $195.48. Japan iShares (EWJ) dropped $4.22 to $92.75 Overnight […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday June 22nd U. S. equity indices are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points at 8:35 AM EDT. The Nikkei Average added 1,103.90 to an all-time high at 72,353.96. The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US70.66 following release of Canada’s May Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. […]

Our Next report is to be released on Monday June 22nd.  FRIDAY (19th)  is Juneteenth Day in the United States. American security exchanges are closed for the holiday. Trading activity on Canadian security exchanges is expected to be significantly lower than average.