Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 25th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 17 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Investors are waiting for a statement on FOMC interest rate expectations to be presented today by Federal Reserve Chairman Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium. Affirm added $0.97 to $14.80 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 24th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT U.S. equity indices were unchanged following release of the July Durable Goods Orders report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop of 4.0% from June versus a gain of […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 23rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points at 8:30 AM EDT The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US73.60 cents following release of Canada’s June Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was unchanged from May. Actual was an increase of 0.1%. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 25 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Zoom gained $2.48 to $69.75 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter earnings. The company also raised guidance. Kenvue, a recent spin off from Pfizer, added $0.15 to $23.05 on […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points in pre-opening trade. Palo Alto gained $25.34 to $235.02 after reporting higher than consensus quarterly results. Hecla Mining dropped $0.14 to $4.44 following a mine shaft collapse at its Lucky Friday mine in Idaho. […]