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The Market
Premarket, the Dow was indicated to open down -147 points.
Tuesday, the Dow closed up +90.68 (+0.57%) at 15,928.56.
Year-to-date the Dow is down -3.91%.
JP Morgan (JPM) reported a 6.1% passive stake in GenMark (GNMK) .
AT&T (T) reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 53 cents, better than consensus of 50 cents.
Boeing (BA) reported Q4 core earnings of $1.88, better than consensus of $1.57. Revenue rose to $23.8 billion from $22.3 billion in the quarter.
The Federal Reserve will announce its latest policy moves at 2 p.m. ET and is widely expected to announce a further pull-back in its bond-buying program, which has helped to stimulate growth.
European stocks are higher and Asian stocks ended igher.
The national average price of gasoline is down two-tenths of a cent to $3.277 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 reported earnings of $0.53/share on 1/17/14 before the market open meeting consensus.
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) reported earnings of $1.40/share on 1/23/14 before the market open, beating consensus by a penny.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings of $0.78/share on 1/23/14 after the market close, beating consensus of $0.68/share.
Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/24/14 before the market open of $1.21/share, beating consensus of $1.20.
Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings of $1.54/share on 1/27/14 before the market open, beating consensus of $1.28/share..
Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 1/28/14 before the open of $0.59/share beating consensus of $0.55/share.
General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 1/28/14 before the open.
Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 1/28/14 before the open of $0.56/share beating consensus of $0.52/share.
AT&T (T) reported adjusted earnings on 1/28/14 after the market close of $0.53/share, beating consensus of $0.50/share.
Boeing (BA) reported core earnings on 1/29/14 before the market open of $1.88/share, beating consensus of $1.57/share.
3M (MMM) reports earnings on 1/30/14 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.
Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 2/5/14 before the market open.
Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 2/5/14 after the market close.
Earnings reports from Tuesday include:
AT&T (T) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.53 on revenue of $33.20 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $32.60 billion.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DD) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.59 on revenue of $7.84 billion compared to last year’s EPS of $0.11 on revenue of $7.32 billion.
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.66 on revenue of $16.90 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.52 on revenue of $15.94 billion.
Danaher Corporation (DHR) reported fourth quarter EPS of $1.11 on revenue of $5.27 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.87 on revenue of $4.98 billion.
Ford Motor Company (F ) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $35.60 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $34.50 billion.
Other stocks expected to report earnings today include:
Boeing Company (BA) is expected to report EPS of $1.58, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.28.
1-800 FLOWERS.COM Inc. (FLWS) is expected to report quarter EPS of $0.26, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.31.
Facebook, Inc. (B) is expected to report fourth quarter EPS of $0.21, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.09.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) is expected to report EPS of $0.85, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.54.
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is expected to report EPS of $1.69, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.88.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
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Financial Calendar
0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous +4.7% with purchase sub-index -3.6% and refi sub-index +9.9%.
1030 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
1130 ET Treasury auctions $15 billion 2-year floating rate notes.
1400 ET FOMC policy announcement; funds rate target expected unchanged from current range of zero to 0.25%; QE3 tapering of $10 billion expected to $65 billion from $75 billion. MBS purchases expected to be cut by $5 billion to $30 billion and Treasury purchases expected to be cut to $35 billion.
n/a House Republicans begin 3-day policy retreat at Hyatt Regency Chesapeake in Cambridge, Maryland.