Outlook 04/12: U.S. stock futures look balanced showing little enthusiasm as the first-quarter earnings reporting season begins this week. Meanwhile Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to keep easy monetary policy in place, despite what he sees as a rapidly recovering economy from the depths of the pandemic. "I think it's highly unlikely that we would raise rates anything like this year," Powell told "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday. Powell will also speak Wednesday at an Economic Club of Washington event.
/ESM21: YVAH 4104 YPOC 4092 YVAL 4087 GAP 4112.75
/ES Plan: Last session market closed balanced, and overnight looks bimodal (LIS 4111), still moving above Friday's value, so these are the initial balance options for today:
