Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 23rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of second estimate of fourth quarter real GDP at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged at an annual growth rate of 2.9%. Actual was growth […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points in pre-opening trade. TJX companies added $0.39 to $79.21 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Rio Tinto dropped $0.38 to $75.00 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Walmart slipped $0.18 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 21st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 35 points in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged at US. 74.19 cents following release of Canadian economic news at 8:30 AM EST. January Canadian Consumer Price Index on a year-over-year basis was expected […]

  Next Tech Talk Report Next report will be offered on Tuesday February 21st. Monday is a holiday (Family Day in Canada and Presidents Day in the U.S.) Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 27 points in pre-opening trade. Door Dash advanced […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 36 points in pre-opening trade. Equity index futures moved lower following release of the Producer Price reports and the Philly Fed report released at 8:30 AM EST. January Producer Price Index was expected to increase 0.4% […]