Daily Trading Plans

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading in mixed/flat fashion. Asian markets traded 0.8% higher.  US futures are trading flat ahead of the bell. .  Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): FOMC Meeting starts, ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (7:45am), Personal Income and Outlays (8:30am), Employment Cost Index (8:30am), Redbook (8:55am), S&P Case-Shiller HPI

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading 0.8% higher.  Asian markets traded between 1.1% higher on average.  US futures are trading and in mixed fashion with slight weakness.  Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey (10:30am) Technical Outlook (SPX): Monster rally on Friday from better than expected GDP

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading 0.4% higher.  Asian markets traded between 1.7% higher on average.  US futures are moderately higher heading into the open. .  Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): GDP (8:30am), Consumer Sentiment (9:55am) Technical Outlook (SPX): Huge day in the markets yesterday for the bulls, erasing

Pre-market update (updated 8:00am eastern): European markets are trading over 2.3% higher.  Asian markets traded between 0.1% and 1.2% higher.  US futures are up over 1% going into the open.  Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): Durable Goods Orders (8:30am), Jobless Claims (8:30am), Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (9:45am), Pending Home Sales Index (10am), EIA

Pre-market update (updated 8:00am eastern): European markets are trading +0.8% higher.  Asian markets traded over -1.0% lower.  US futures are mixed due to weak AAPL earnings, but S&P trading higher. Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): MBA Purchase Applications (7am), New Home Sales (10am), EIA Petroleum Report (10:30am) Technical Outlook (SPX):

Pre-market update (updated 8:00am eastern): European markets are trading -0.2% lower. Asian markets traded -0.5% lower.  US futures are trading slightly lower ahead of the open.  Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (7:45am), Bernanke Speaks (8:45am), Redbook (8:55am), PMI Manufacturing Index Flash (8:58am), FHFA House Price Index (10am), Richmond Fed

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading -1.4% lower..  Asian markets traded in excess of -1.0% lower.  US futures are moderately lower ahead of the open.    Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): None Technical Outlook (SPX): SPX finally manged to break and close above 1374, thereby putting in a

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading 0.7% higher.  Asian markets traded 1.2% higher.  US futures are moderately higher ahead of the open.   Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): Jobless Claims (8:30am), Existing Home Sales (10am), Philadelphia Fed Survey (10am), Leading Indicators (10am), EIA Natural Gas Report (10:30am) Technical Outlook

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading 0.2% higher.  Asian markets traded -0.6% lower.  US futures are slightly lower ahead of the open.   Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): MBA Purchase Applications (7am), Housing Starts (8:30am), Ben Bernanke Speaks (10am), EIA Petroleum Status Reports (10:30am), Beige Book (2pm) Technical Outlook (

Pre-market update (updated 8:30am eastern): European markets are trading in a wide range from -0.3% up to +0.7%.  Asian markets traded in a wide range from -0.4% up to 1.8%. US Markets are moderately higher ahead of the open.   Economic reports due out (all times are eastern): ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (7:45am), Consumer Price Index