Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 9th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Apple added $0.26 to $238.14 prior to launch of new products today, notably the Apple iPhone 17th. Fox added $0.98 to $62.48 after Lachlan Murdock cemented control over the company. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 8th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Futures responded to a drop in yield for long term U.S. Treasury bonds. Yield on ten year Treasuries dropped 0.11 to 4.09%. WTI Crude Oil added $1.25 to $63.12 despite […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 5th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 16 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 12 points following release of the August U.S. Employment Report. Consensus for August Non-farm Payrolls was a 74,000 gain versus an upwardly revised 79,000 gain in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 4 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for next estimate for second quarter U.S. Non-farm Productivity was a 2.9% increase versus […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 3rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Early strength in U.S. equity prices was triggered by news on Alphabet’s Anti-trust case released after the close. Alphabet jumped $13.00 to $224.99 after a court ruled that the company […]