DJIA Market Happenings For Monday, November 3, 2014

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Goldman Sachs (GS), Disney (DIS), Nike (NKE), Home Depot (HD) Procter & Gamble, Travelers (TRV), 3M (MMM), UnitedHealth (UNH) and Visa (V). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +10 points.

Friday, the Dow closed up +195.10 (+1.13%) at 17,390.52.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +4.91%. Nasdaq is up +10.9%, S&P 500 +9.2% and Russell 2000 +0.8%.

Last week the Dow was up +3.5%, Nasdaq +3.3%, S&P 500 +2.7% and Russell 2000 +4.9%.

There were 27 Dow stock winners Friday.

Dow stock winners Friday included Intel (INTC) +4.39% and Exxon Mobil (XOM) +2.39%.

Dow stock losers Friday included Wal-Mart (WMT) -0.24% and Nike (NKE) -0.03%.

Home Depot (HD) was unchanged Friday.

Home Depot (HD) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at Raymond James.

European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended mixed

The national average price of gasoline over the weekend is down 2.3 cents at $2.980 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will report earnings on 10/14/14 before the market open.

JPMorgan (JPM) will report earnings on 10/14/14 before the market open.

Intel (INTC) will report earnings on 10/14/14 after the market close.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/15/14 after the market close.

Goldman Sachs (GS) will report earnings on 10/16/14 before the market open.

United Health (UNH) will report earnings on 10/16/14 before the market open.

International Business Machines (IBM) will report earnings on 10/16/14 after the market close.

General Electric (GE) will report earnings on 10/17/14 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) will report earnings on 10/21/14 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) will report earnings on 10/21/14 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) will report earnings on 10/21/14 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) will report earnings on 10/21/14 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) will report earnings on 10/21/14 before the market open.

Boeing will report earnings on 10/22/14 before the market open.

AT&T (T) will report earnings on 10/22/14 after the market close.

3M (MMM) will report earnings on 10/23/14 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) will report earnings on 10/23/14 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) will report earnings on 10/23/14 after the market close.

Procter & Gamble (PG) will report earnings on 10/24/14 before the market open.

Merck (MRK will report earnings on 10/27/14 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) will report earnings on 10/28/14 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) will report earnings on 10/28/14 before the market open.

Visa (V) will report earnings on 10/29/14 after the market close.

Exxon Mobil will report earnings on 10/31/14 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) will report earnings on 10/31/14 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) will report earnings on 11/6/14 after the market close.

Cisco (CSCO) will report earnings on 11/12/14 after the market close.

Notable earnings reports from Friday include:

Chevron Corporation (CVX) reported third quarter EPS of $2.95 on revenue of $51.80 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $2.57 on revenue of $58.50 billion.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) reported third quarter EPS of $1.89, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.79 on revenue of $112.37 billion.
AbbVie Inc (ABBV) reported third quarter EPS of $0.89 on revenue of $5.02 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.82 on revenue of $4.66 billion.

Anheuser Busch Inbev SA (BUD) reported third quarter EPS of $1.29 on revenue of $24.93 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $2.57 on revenue of $58.50 billion.

Stocks reporting earnings today include:

American International Group Inc (AIG) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $1.09 on revenue of $8.57 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.96 on revenue of $8.43 billion.

Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $1.51 on revenue of $1.32 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.41 on revenue of $1.21 billion.

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $0.68, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.72.

SYSCO Corporation (SYY) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.51 on revenue of $12.36 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.49 on revenue of $11.71 billion.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DD)

E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DD) is up +6.43% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0930 ET Chicago Fed President Charles Evans delivers opening remarks at the Chicago Fed conference on Infrastructure and Economic Growth: Measuring the Impact of Funding Models.

0945 ET Final-Oct Markit manufacturing PMI expected unrevised at 56.2, prelim-Oct -1.3 to 56.2.

1000 ET Oct ISM manufacturing index expected -0.4 to 56.2, Sep -2.4 to 56.6. Oct ISM new orders, Sep -6.7 to 60.0. Oct ISM employment, Sep -3.5 to 54.6. Oct ISM prices paid expected -1.5 to 58.0, Sep +1.5 to 59.5.

1000 ET Sep construction spending expected +0.7%, Aug -0.8%.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

1600 ET USDA weekly crop progress.

n/a Oct total vehicle sales expected 16.40 million, Sep 16.34 million. Oct domestic vehicle sales expected 13.10 million, Sep 12.89 million.

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