DJIA Market Happenings For May 13, 2015

There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -7 points.

Tuesday, the Dow was down -36.94 (-0.20%) at 18,068.23.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +1.38%.

There were 9 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.10% and Disney (DIS) +0.59%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Intel (INTC) -1.35% and Merck (MRK) -0.93%.

Microsoft (MSFT) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at Deutsche Bank.

American Express (AXP) rose nearly 2% in after-hours trading after it authorized a 150 million share repurchase and raised its dividend.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mixed.

The national average price of gasoline is up one cent at $2.668 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) reported earnings on 4/21/2015 before the market open of $1.02, beating consensus of $0.954 per share.

13. United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 4/21/2015 before the market open of $1.51, beating consensus of $1.438 per share.

14. Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 4/23/2015 before the market open of $1.86, beating consensus of $1.348 per share.

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

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

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

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

21. Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 4/27/2015 after the market close.

22. Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 4/28/2015 before the market open.

23. Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 4/28/2015 before the market open.

24. Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 4/30/2015 before the market open.

25. Visa (V) reports earnings on 4/30/2015 after the market open.

26. Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 5/1/2015 before the market open.

27. Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 5/5/2015 after the market open of $1.23, beating consensus of $1.113 per share.

28. Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 5/13/2015 after the market open.

29. Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 5/19/2015 before the market open.

30. Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 5/19/2015 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Merck (MRK)

Merck (MRK) is up +4.67% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -4.6% with purchase sub-index +0.8% and refi sub-index -8.3%.

0830 ET Apr retail sales expected +0.2%, +0.5% ex autos, +0.6% ex-autos and gas; Mar +0.9%, +0.4% ex autos, +0.5% ex-autos and gas.

0830 ET Apr import price index expected +0.3% m/m and -9.7% y/y, Mar -0.3% m/m and -10.5% y/y.

1000 ET Mar business inventories expected +0.2%, Feb +0.3%.

1030 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $24 billion 10-year T-notes.

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