Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 27 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the December Durable Goods Orders report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to -2.3 from a 5.3 gain in November […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 29 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures slipped 4 points following release of the February Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase to 10.0 from 7.7 in January. Actual […]

Editor’s Note Next Tech Talk report is scheduled to be released on Tuesday February 17th Technical Notes TSX Financial Services iShares (XFN.TO) moved above Cdn$80.14 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Enbridge (ENB.TO) a TSX 60 stock moved above Cdn$69.41 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP) a […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 11th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 31 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures gained 20 points following release of the U.S. January Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January Non-farm Payrolls was a 60,000 increase versus a 50,000 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 10th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 1 point following release of U.S. December Retail Sales. Consensus was a 0.4% increase versus a 0.6% increase in November. Actual was unchanged. Excluding auto sales, […]