Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday March 19th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Focus today is on a decision announced by the FOMC on U.S. interest rates at 2:00 PM EDT. Consensus (100%) calls for no change in the Fed Fund Rate at […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday March 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the U.S. February Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for an increase to 1.380 million units from 1.366 million […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday March 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 4 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures recovered 13 points following release of February U.S. Retail Sales and March Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for February U.S. Retail Sales was a […]

Tech Talk for Friday March 14th 2025 Pre-opening Comments for Friday March 14th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 58 points at 8:30 AM EDT. The U.S. Senate has a deadline of midnight tonight to pass a resolution to extend the debt ceiling. Failure to pass the resolution […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday March 13th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the February U.S. Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.4% increase in January. Actual […]