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The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -36 points.
Thursday, the Dow was down -254.15 (-1.44%) at 17,448.07.
Year-to-date the Dow is down -2.10%.
There were 2 Dow stocks up Thursday
Dow stock winners Thursday were led by United Technologies (UTX) +0.98% and Cisco (CSCO) +0.04%.
Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) -4.52% and Exxon Mobil (XOM) -2..71%.
Cisco Systems (CSCO +0.04%) is down by more than 4% this morning after, late Thursday, it lowered guidance on Q2 adjusted EPS to 53 cents-55 cents, below consensus of 56 cents, and said it sees Q2 revenue flat to up 2% y/y, weaker than estimates of up 5%.
European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended lower.
The national average price of gasoline is down one cent at $2.190 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will reported earnings on 10/13/2015 before the market open of $1.63, beating $1.44 consensus.
JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/13/2015 after the market close of $1.32, missing $1.383 consensus.
Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 10/13/2015 after the market close of $0.64, beating $0.589 consensus.
Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/15/2015 before the market open of $2.90, missing $3.076 consensus.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/15/2015 before the market open of $1.65, beating $1.636 consensus.
General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 10/16/2015 before the market open of $0.32, beating $0.262 consensus.
IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 10/19/2015 after the market close of $3.34, above consensus of $3.30.
Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open of $2.93, higher than consensus of $2.26..
United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open.
Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open.
Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/21/2015 before the market open.
Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/21/2015 before the market open.
American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/21/2015 after the market close.
Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 before the market open.
McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 before the market open.
3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 before the market open.
Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 after the market close.
Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/23/2015 before the market open.
Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 10/27/2015 before the market open.
Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/27/2015 before the market open.
Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/30/2015 before the market open.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 10/30/15 before the market open.
Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 10/27/2015 before the market open.
Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 11/5/2015 after the market close.
Visa (V) reports earnings on 11/2/2015 before the market open.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
Pfizer (PFE) is up +7.19% year-to-date and the overall Dow stock leader.
Financial Calendar
0830 ET Oct retail sales expected +0.3% and +0.4% ex autos, Sep +0.1% and -0.3% ex autos.
0830 ET Oct PPI final demand expected +0.2% and -1.2% y/y, Sep -0.5% m/m and -1.1% y/y. Oct PPI ex food & energy expected +0.1% m/m and +0.5% y/y, Sep -0.3% m/m and +0.8% y/y.
0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.
1000 ET Sep business inventories expected unch, Aug unch.
1000 ET Preliminary-Nov University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment expected +1.5 to 91.5, Oct +2.8 to 90.0.
1230 ET Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester discusses the U.S. economic outlook and monetary policy at the City Club of Cleveland.