Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 27th   U.S. equity index futures are sharply higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 32 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to news that Europe has reached an agreement on restructuring Greece’s debt and supporting European banks that hold Greece’s debt. Index futures were unchanged following [...]

Tech Talk and EquityClock.com’s weekly seasonality report (Available in today’s Financial Post at http://business.financialpost.com/2011/09/27/season-of-weak-steel-transportation-set-to-end/ ) Headline reads, “Season of weak steel, transportation set to end”. Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 27th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 19 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to news [...]

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 Tuesday May 31st U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 12 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to hopes that a settlement on Greek sovereign debt can be reached by the end of June. European equity markets are up about 2% in overnight trading. [...]

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 [...]