Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 16th U.S. index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 5 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are waiting for news from a meeting in Poland of European finance ministers who are discussing the European sovereign debt crisis. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is an advisor at the conference. [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday July 12th U.S. equity index futures are lower again this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 7 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are concerned about the possibility of a growing European sovereign debt crisis. European Union ministers are meeting in Brussels this morning to discuss sovereign debt concerns. European equity markets [...]

  (Editor’s Note: Mr. Vialoux is scheduled to appear on Market Call Tonight on BNN tonight at 7:00 PM EDT) Pre-opening Comments for Thursday June 30th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 2 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are benefitting from last minute “window dressing” by institutional [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday May 10th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Gold gained $5.30 per ounce, silver increased $0.83 per ounce, copper improved $0.02 per lb. and gasoline rose $0.06 per gallon. [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday April 28th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 2 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for first quarter annualized real GDP was growth at a 1.7% rate versus growth at 3.1% in [...]