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The Market

Premarket, the Dow was indicated to open down -31 points.

Tuesday, the Dow closed down -44.12 (-0.27%) at 16,414.44.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.98%.

IBM (IBM) shares are down in premarket trading after the company issued a weak first-quarter outlook, despite beating earnings and sales estimates in the fourth quarter. IBM reported Q4 EPS of $6.13, higher than consensus $5.99, and said it sees 2014 EPS at least $18.00, better than consensus of $17.97. However, IBM said revenue declined to $27.7 billion in the 3-months through December amid plunging demand for servers, the seventh consecutive quarter revenue has declined.

United Technologies (UTX) reported Q4 EPS of $1.58, higher than consensus of $1.53.

European stocks are lower and Asian stocks ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up four-tenths of a cent to $3.283 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/14/14 of $1.40/share before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/16/14 of $4.60/share before the market open beating consensus of $4.18/share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings of $1.25/share on 1/16/14 after the market close.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 1/15/14 after the market close.

United Health (UNH) reported earnings of $1.41/share on 1/16/14 before the market open.

General Electric will report earnings on 1/17/14 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings of $1.24/share on 1/21/14 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings of $2.68/share on 1/21/14 before the market open beating consensu.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings of $0.66/share on 1/21/14 before the market open beating consensus.

International Business Machines (IBM) will report earnings on 1/21/14 after the market close.

United Technologies reported earnings of $1.58, higher than consensus of $1.53, on 1/22/14 before the market open.

McDonalds (MCD) will report earnings on 1/223/14 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) will report earnings on 1/23/14 after the market close.

Procter & Gamble (PG) will report earnings on 1/24/14 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) will report earnings on 1/27/14 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 1/28/14 before the open.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 1/28/14 before the open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 1/28/14 before the open.

AT&T (T) reports earnings on 1/28/14 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 1/29/14 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 1/30/14 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 1/30/14 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 1/31/14 before the market open.

Earnings reports from Tuesday include:

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported fourth quarter EPS of $1.24 on revenue of $18.40 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.19 on revenue of $17.56 billion.

The Travelers Company (TRV) reported fourth quarter EPS of $2.68 on revenue of $6.74 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $2.22 on revenue of $5.70 billion.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NVZ) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.66 on revenue of $31.10 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.45 on revenue of $30.04 billion.

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.65 on revenue of $9.08 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.28 on revenue of $8.60 billion.

Halliburton Company (HAL) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.90 on revenue of $7.64 billion compared to last year’s EPS of $0.63on revenue of $7.29 billion.

Other stocks expected to report earnings today include:

United Technologies Corporation (UTX) is expected to report fourth quarter EPS of $1.52 on revenue of $17.09 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.04 on revenue of $16.44 billion.

eBay Inc. (EBAY) is expected to report fourth quarter EPS of $0.63 on revenue of $3.90 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.55 on revenue of $3.40 billion.

Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) is expected to report fourth quarter EPS of $0.65 on revenue of $1.17 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.13 on revenue of $945.24 million.

Western Digital Corporation (WDC) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $2.07 on revenue of $3.84 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $2.09 on revenue of $3.82 billion.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

American Express Co. (AXP)

American Express Co. (AXP) is down -0.15% year-to-date.

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