Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday April 25th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 17 pointsat 8:30 AM EDT.. First Republic Bank dropped $1.12 to $14.82 despite reporting higher than consensus first quarter earnings. The Bank also announced a 41% drop in deposits as well as plans to reduce its […]

Pre-opening Comment for Monday April 24th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down points at 8:30 AM EDT. Coca Cola added $0.84 to $64.89 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter revenues and earnings. First Solar dropped $5.19 to $211.70 after Citigroup downgraded the stock from Neutral to Sell. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday April 21st U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US73.92 cents following release of Canada’s February Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a decrease of 0.6% versus a gain of 1.4% in January. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday April 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 33 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures dropped another 3 points following release of the April Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a recovery to -19.9 from -23.2 in March. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday April 19th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 24 points at 8:30 AM EDT. United Airlines gained $0.51 to $43.55 after reporting a lower than consensus first quarter loss. The company also offered positive second quarter guidance. Netflix slipped $0.55 to $333.15 after reporting […]