Pre-opening Comments for Friday January 19th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.05 at U.S.74.22 cents following release of Canada’s November Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged versus a downwardly revised gain of 0.5% in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday January 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures were unchanged following release of the January Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was -7.0 versus -10.5 in December. Actual was -10.6 Charles Schwab dropped $0.86 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday January 17th 2024 U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 24 points at 8:35 AM EST Index futures slipped 2 points following release of December U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.4% versus a gain of 0.3% in November. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday January 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 14 points at 8:35 AM EST. U.S. equity index futures increased 6 points following release of the January Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an improvement to -7.10 from -14.50 in December. […]

Next Tech Talk will be published Tuesday, January 16th. See you then!