Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 20thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the February Philly Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 13.2 from 44.3 in January. Actual was 18.1.Cheese Cake Factory added $0.51 to $54.80 after reporting higher...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 23 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar added 0.04 to US70.42 cents following release of Canada's January Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged versus a 0.4% drop in December. Actual was a 0.1% gain. On a year-over-year basis, January CPI increased 1.9% from 1.8% in December.Intel gained $1...Read More
Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 19thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:35 AM ESTS&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of U.S. January Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 1.370 million units from 1.499 million units in December. Actual was 1.37 million units.Devon Energy added $0.32 to $35.20...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures recovered 2 points following release of January U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus called for s 0.2% drop versus a gain of 0.4% in December. Actual was a 0.9% drop. Excluding auto sales, consensus was a 0.3% drop versus a 0.4% gain in December. Actual was a 0.4% dro...Read More
Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 13thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures added 11 points following release of the January Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.3% gain versus a 0.2% gain in December. Actual was a 0.4% gain. Excluding food and energy, consensus was a 0.3% gain versus no...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 24 points at 8:30 AM EST.Focus today is on Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's testimony to a congressional committee updating U.S. monetary policy.Coca Cola advanced $2.20 to $66.80 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues and earnings. Dupont added $2.77 to $79.03 after reporting higher than conse...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 64 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures dropped 64 points following release of the January U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.4% gain in December. Actual was a 0.5% increase. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was a 2.9% increase versus a 2.9% increase in December...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 33 points at 8:30 AM EST.Steel ETF $SLX advanced $2.11 to $63.45 in anticipation of a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. expected to be announced today.Gold prices moved higher following the tariff announcement on steel and aluminum Gold bullion futures gained $42.40 to an all-time high at $2,930.00 p...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of the U.S. January Employment Report. Consensus for January Non-farm Payrolls was 175,000, down from upwardly revised 307,000 in December. Actual was 143,000. Consensus for the January Unemployment Rate was 4.1%, unchanged from December....Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:30 AM EST.The Bank of England lowered its lending rate to major banks from 4.75% to 4.50%.Qualcomm dropped $8.31 to $167.69 after announcing lower than expected intellectual property licencing revenues in fiscal first quarter. Ford dropped $0.54 to $9.47 after offering weaker than consensus first quarter...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 23 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the December U.S. Trade Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase in the deficit to $97.10 billion versus a deficit of $78.20 billion in November. Actual was a $98.4 billion deficit.Advanced Micro Devices dropped $4.63 to $114.91 a...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:30 AM ESTPalantir advanced $18.67 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter results.Clorox dropped $2.80 to $156.98 after lowering its revenue outlook.Aecom added $2.10 to $105.95 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter earnings. The company also offered positive guidance. Me...Read More
U.S. equity index futures are sharply lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 92 points at 8:30 AM EST. Index futures around the world moved lower following President Trump's announcement on tariffs that will hit U.S. imports starting tomorrow.The Canadian Dollar plunged 0.63 to US68.14 cents following the tariff news. It fell in overnight news to a 22 year low at US68.50 cents before re...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures added 24 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures slipped 4 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for the December Core PCE Price Index was a 0.2% increase versus a 0.1% gain in November. Actual was a 0.2% gain. December U.S. Personal Income was expected to increase 0.4% versus a 0.3% gain in Nov...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the fourth quarter U.S. GDP report. Consensus was growth at a 2.7% annual rate versus growth at a 3.1% rate in the third quarter. Actual was growth at a 2.3% rate.Meta advanced $7.51 to $684 after reporting higher than consensus fourth qua...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 14 points at 8:30 AM EST.Bank of Canada's Decision on interest rates is released at 9:45 AM EST on Wednesday. Consensus calls for a 0.25% drop to 3.00%. Press Conference is offered at 10:30 AM ESTFOMC decision on interest rates is released at 2:00 PM EST on Wednesday. Consensus calls for no change in the Fed Fund Rate...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures dropped 6 points following release of December Durable Goods Orders at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus called for a 0.1% increase versus a 1.2% decline in November. Actual was a 2.2% drop. Excluding Transportation Orders, consensus called for a 0.3% increase versus a 0.2% decline in N...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were sharply lower this morning. S&P 500 futures dropped 120 points at 8:30 AM EST.Leading the weakness were Artificial Intelligence stocks on concern that China's DeepSeek has developed a lower cost technology. Nvidia plunged $17.06 to $125.75. Microsoft dropped $26.55 to $417.51AT&T added $0.41 to $23.13 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earni...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 8 points at 8:30 AM EST.Boeing dropped $4.50 to $174.00 after the company pre-reported a large fourth quarter write downTexas Instruments dropped $7.61 to $193.00 after issuing a first quarter earnings forecast below consensus.Intuitive Surgical dropped $13.63 to $595.03 despite reporting strong fourth quarter results...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 8 points at 8:35 AM EST.The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US69.42 cents following release of Canada's November Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.2% gain versus unchanged in October. Actual was unchanged. Alcoa added $0.87 to $38.88 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter results.Kin...Read More