Pre-opening Comments for Thursday November 20th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 94 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 10 points following release of the U.S. October Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for Non-farm payrolls was a 50,000 increase. Actual was a 119,000 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 19th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 19 points at 8:30 AM EST. Economic focus today is on FOMC meeting minutes released at 2:00 PM EST. Meeting minutes will summarize intention and timing by the Federal Reserve to lower the Fed Fund Rate. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 31 points at 8:30 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar added 0.22 to US71.35 cents after the budget proposed by the Canadian government was approved last night in a 170/168 vote. Home Depot dropped $14.23 to $343.80 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down points at 8:35 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.04 to US71.24 cents following release of Canada’s October Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was a 2.4% increase. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 77 points at 8:30 AM EST. Stub hub (STUB) dropped $3.71 to $15.11 after reporting a large one time write off Applied Materials (AMAT) dropped $10.08 to $213.15 despite reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter […]