Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 21st U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 point in pre-opening trade. Traders are waiting for news at 2:15 PM EDT on monetary policy following the FOMC meeting. Traders also are watching for news from Greece about its proposed austerity program. Canada’s inflation rate [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 8th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning prior to President Obama’s joint Congressional speech on jobs tonight at 7:00 PM EDT. S&P 500 futures are down 8 point in pre-opening trade. The OECD lowered its estimates for GDP growth in the developed world in the second half of [...]

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 Friday April 29th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 2 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to higher than expected first quarter results and additional weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Companies that reported first quarter results since the close yesterday included Merck, ITT [...]

Pre-opening Comments for November 13th U.S. equity index futures are slightly higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 3 points in pre-opening trade. Slight weakness in the U.S. Dollar contributed to strength. Equity index futures did not respond significantly to news on the U.S. Trade Deficit released at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for the [...]