Durable Goods Orders Decreased More Than Expected

Pre-market futures are tepid for a second-straight trading day — even going back to last week, after last Thursday’s big upswing in market activity began leveling off slightly. We continue that leveling off as of this hour today, with the Dow -25 points, the S&P 500 +1 points and the Nasdaq +22. We have some grist for the trading mill ahead of the opening bell, but it’s not likely to cause any meaningful tremors from this vantage point.While not as essential to the Fed’s outlook on interest rates as Persona ...