The Dow Market Happenings For Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Disney (DIS). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +30 points.

Tuesday, the Dow was down -85.34 (-0.47%) at 17,949.59.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +0.71%.

There were 12 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Visa (V) +0.97% and Cisco (CSCO) +0.74%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Travelers (TRV) -4.01% and Dupont (DD) -2.95%.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 4/22/2015 before the market open of $0.48, beating consensus of $0.43 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 4/22/2015 before the market open of $0.84, missing consensus of $1.055 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 4/22/2015 before the market open of $1.97, beating consensus of $1.805 per share.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.5 cents at $2.479 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

1. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported Q1 EPS of $1.53, below consensus of $1.54 on 4/14/2015 before the market open.

2. JMorgan (JPM) reported Q1 EPS of $1.61, better than consensus of $1.41 on 4/14/2015 before the market open.

3. Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 4/14/2015 after the market close.

4. Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 4/16/2015 before the market open.

5. American Express reports earnings on 4/16/2015 after the market close.

6. Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 4/16/2015 before the market open.

7. United Health (UNH) reports earnings on 4/16/2015 before the market open.

8. General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 4/17/2015 before the market open.

9. IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 4/20/2015 after the market close.

10. Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 4/21/2015before the market open.

11. Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 4/21/2015 before the market open.

12. Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 4/21/2015 before the market open.

13. United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 4/21/2015 before the market open.

14. Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 4/21/2015 before the market open.

15. Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 4/22/2015 before the market open.

16. McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 4/22/2015 before the market open.

17. Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 4/22/2015 before the market open.

18. 3M (MMM) reports earnings on 4/23/2015 before the market open.

19. Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 4/23/2015 before the market open.

20. Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/23/2015 after the market close

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar (CAT) is down -8.31% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -2.3% with purchase sub-index -3.1% and refi sub-index -1.8%.

0900 ET Feb FHFA house price index expected +0.5% m/m, Jan +0.3% m/m.

1000 ET Mar existing home sales expected +3.1% to 5.03 million, Feb +1.2% to 4.88 million.

1030 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1500 ET USDA Mar Cold Storage.

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