Pre-opening Comments for Thursday November 7th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Federal Open Market Committee announces an outlook on the U.S. economy at 2:00 PM EST. Consensus calls for announcement of a 0.25% drop in the Fed Fund Rate. A Press […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 6th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. At 8:30 AM EST, S&P 500 futures advanced 132.75 points to an all-time high at 5,945.00. Trump Media advanced $12.28 to $46.22 after Donald Trump won the election for President. Super Micro dropped another $4.04 to 23.66 after the company failed […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 5th 2024 U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the September U.S. Trade Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was $84.0 deficit versus $70.40 billion deficit in August. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Nvidia added $2.93 to $138.30 on news that the stock will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the opening of trade on November 8th. Nvidia will replace Intel. Intel […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 1st   U.S equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 5 points following release of the October Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Non-farm Payrolls was 100,000 versus 254,000 in September. Actual was […]