9:15am (EST) The futures are pointing towards a slightly lower open as a number of companies reported earnings this morning.  Futures were higher but they gave up those gains after Aetna (AET, $26.44) and Honeywell (HON, $33.99) posted lower earnings.  Aetna is down $2.42 to $24 while Honeywell is down 90 cents in pre-market trading. Verizon (VZ, $31.50) also reported earnings and said its quarterly profits fell 20% as cost-cutting in its wireline business failed to keep pace with falling revenues.  However, its adjusted earnings still beat Wall Street expectations. As you can see, we got a mixed bag of earnings to start the week; some good, some bad.  Dow futures are off by 7 after being up more than 50 earlier this morning. The S&P 500 futures have slipped 1 while the Nasdaq 100 futures are up a point. Rick@MomentumOptionsTrading.com]]>