Pre-opening Comments for Monday January 23rd U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 1 point in pre-opening trade. Traders are waiting for news on negotiations on sovereign debt between the Greek government and private holders of Greek debt. Research in Motion opened higher but faded after announcing a senior [...]

  Editor’s Note: Next Tech Talk report is released o0n Thursday. Mr. Vialoux is in Montreal until late Tuesday.   Pre-opening Comments for Monday October 17th U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were up 5 points in overnight trade on hopes [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 5th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning following release of the U.S. July employment report. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points in pre-opening trade. Consensus for July Non-farm payrolls was 75,000 versus 18,000 in June. Actual was 117,000. In addition, June data was increased to 44,000. Consensus [...]

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 [...]