Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 3rd U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures added 7 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures pulled back slightly following release of the Challenger Gray & Christmas monthly report on U.S. layoffs. July layoffs rose 59% from June to reach a 16 month high. Index futures [...]

TechTalk and EquityClock.com’s weekly seasonality column (Available in today’s Financial Post at http://business.financialpost.com/2011/06/21/a-bumper-year-for-fertilizer-investors/ Title reads, “A bumper year for fertilizer investors”. Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday June 21st 2011 U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 5 points prior to release of important news during the next two days. Greece’s [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday June 20th 2011 U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 5 points in pre-opening trade. Traders are responding to news that European finance ministers have deferred a decision to bail out Greece’s sovereign debt. Greece’s parliament is scheduled to vote on a finance package tomorrow. [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday May 4th 2011 U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are unchanged in pre-opening trade. Commodity prices were slightly lower. Gold slipped $0.10 per ounce, silver fell another $0.92 per ounce, crude oil eased $0.11 per barrel and copper dropped $0.05 per lb. European equity markets were [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday March 21st U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures gained 15 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to news that AT&T is buying T-Mobile U.S. from Deutsche Telecom for $39 billion in a cash and stock deal. Deutsche Telecom and other telecom stocks led the [...]