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 [...]

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 Friday August 26th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 9 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are waiting for two significant events, a speech at 10:00 AM EDT on U.S. monetary policy by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Hurricane Irene advancing along the U.S. [...]

  Pre-opening Comments for Friday June 17th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 11 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to news of a shuffle in Greek’s government that is lending hope for a resolution of the debt crisis. The shuffle includes a change in the [...]

  (Editor’s Note: Mr. Vialoux is scheduled to appear on BNN Television this evening at 7:00 PM EDT) Pre-opening Comments for Friday March 18th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 15 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures gained following an agreement by G7 finance ministers to intervene in [...]