Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures were unchanged following release of the U.S. January Durable Goods Orders report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop of 5.0% versus a downwardly revised -0.3% in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday February 26th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EST. Domino’s Pizza added $26.35 to $460.00 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Berkshire Hathaway gained $10.88 to $428.10 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Amazon.com added $0.62 to […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:30 AM EST. Intuit dropped $8.92 to $649.00 after offering guidance below consensus. Booking Holdings dropped $163.36 to $3738.63 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Block gained $7.36 to $75.32 after […]

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 […]