Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 30th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 42 points in pre-opening trade. Traders are becoming increasingly concerned about the new COVID 19 variant. Traders will listen closely to testimony given this morning by Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and Secretary Treasurer Yellen to the […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 29th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 35 points in pre-opening trade. WTI crude oil recovered $3.55 to U.S. $71.70 per barrel. Merck dropped $3.11 to $79.16 after Citigroup downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral Pfizer added $0.49 to $54.49 after JP […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 26th U.S. equity index futures moved sharply lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 79 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures reflect general weakness by equity indices around the world in overnight trade with most indices down 2-4% Indices are responding to news that a new variant of COVID […]

Next Tech Talk Report Next report is scheduled to be released on Friday. U.S. equity markets are closed tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday and volumes on Canadian equity exchanges are expected to be substantially below average. Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 24th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 23rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points in pre-opening trade. Dollar Tree dropped $2.61 to $129.95 after reporting lower than consensus third quarter earnings. Best Buy dropped $15.63 to $122.37 despite reporting higher than consensus third quarter revenues and earnings. Profit […]