Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 4th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 12 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to strength in the U.S. Dollar following efforts by Japan to dampen strength in the Yen. Strength in the U.S. Dollar triggered weakness in the Canadian Dollar. [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday June 15th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 13 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are concerned about growing political and social unrest in Greece and its impact on Europe’s banks. A strike by government workers today have virtually shut down economic activity in Greece. [...]

  Editor’s Note: Next Tech Talk report appears on Monday May 23rd. Canadian markets are closed for the Victoria Day holiday, but U.S. equity markets are open Pre-opening Comments for Friday May 20th 2011 U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 3 points in pre-opening trade. Volume in North [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday April 18th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 18 points in pre-opening trade. The main reason for weakness in early trading was strength in the U.S. Dollar Index. Index futures dropped about 10 points at 9:00 AM EDT after Standard & Boor’s placed its [...]

So what have we got today?   Well I see a little bit of up in the US and a little bit of down in Canada.   What is this Romper Room and the Magic Mirror?   Doesn’t earnings season remind you of this?   “Romper Bomper Stomper Boo, tell me tell me, tell me doo…Magic mirror tell me [...]