Pre-opening Comments for Monday December 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 21 points in pre-opening trade. Broadcom slipped $0.80 to $540.00 after Susquehanna lowered its target price from $680 to $650. Lululemon added $0.03 to $386.02 after Stifel Nicolaus raised its target price from $400 to $450. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 2nd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 60 points in pre-opening trade. Index future moved strongly lower following release of the U.S. November Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for Non-farm Payrolls was an increase of 200,000 versus a gain of 261,000 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday December 1st U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 7:30 AM EST. October core PCE Price Index released at 8:30 AM EST is expected to increase 0.3% versus a gain of 0.5% in September. On a year-over-year basis, October core PCE Price Index is […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 30th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are focusing on a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Powell scheduled at 1:30 PM EST Index futures dropped 5 points following release of revised real third quarter GDP at 8:30 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 29th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.15 to US73.92 cents following release of Canada’s September real GDP report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for the third quarter was an annualized gain of 1.5% […]