Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 7th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the July U.S. Trade Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $70.5 billion versus a deficit of $79.60 billion in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 6th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 23 points in pre-opening trade. Bed Bath & Beyond dropped $1.21 to $7.42 on news that the company’s Chief Financial Officer died by suicide. Discover Financial slipped $0.28 to $99.25 after JP Morgan downgraded the stock […]

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Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 2nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points in pre-opening trade. U.S. equity index futures moved higher following release of the August Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for August non-farm Payrolls was a drop to 318,000 from revised 526,000 in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 1st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 22 points in pre-opening trade. Costco added $1.70 to $523.80 after its August sales rose 11% Walt Disney advanced $1.80 to 113.88 on news that the company is exploring an approach to membership similar to Amazon’s […]