The Dow Market Happenings For Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Coca Cola (KO).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -2 points.

Monday the Dow was up +228.67 (+1.40%) at 16,620.66.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -4.62%.

There were 29 Dow stocks up Monday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by United Technologies (UTX) +4.69% and United Health (UNH) +3.05%.

The Dow stock loser Monday was Exxon Mobil (XOM) -0.13%.

Home Depot (HD +0.95%) climbed nearly 1% in premarket trading after it reported Q4 EPS of $1.17, higher than consensus of $1.10.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down six-tenths of a cent at $1.705 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/14/2015 before the market open of $1.32, better than consensus of $1.261.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/14/2015 after the market close of $0.74, beating estimates of $0.63 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/19/2016 before the market open of $1.40, beating estimates of $1.37 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/19/2016 after the market close of $4.84, beating estimates of $4.755 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/20/2015 before the market open of $1.27, missing estimates calling for $3.79 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/21/2016 after the market of $1.23, beating consensus of $1.13 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/21/2016 before the market open of $2.90, beating estimates calling for $2.70 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/21/2016 before the market open of $0.89, beating estimates for $0.877 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 1/22/2016 before the market open of $0.31, missing estimates for $0.495 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/25/2016 before the market open of $1.31, beating estimates calling for $1.228 per share.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $1.66, beating estimates for $1.62 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $3.28, beating estimates for $3.235 per share.

Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $0.27, beating estimates for $0.259 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $1.04, beating estimates for $0.98 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 after the market close of $1.44, beating estimates for $1.418 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/27/2016 before the market open.of $1.60, beating estimates for $1.35 per share

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 1/27/2016 before the market open of$1.53, beating estimates for $1.505 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/28/2015 after the market close of $0.78, beating estimates for $0.693.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 1/28/2015 after the market close of $0.69, beating estimates for $0.675.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/28/2016 before the market open of $0.74, beating estimates for $0.694 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 1/29/2016 before the market open of -$0.31, missing estimates calling for $0.478 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 2/2/2016 before the market open of $0.67, beating estimates for $0.637.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 2/2/2016 before the market open of $0.53, beating estimates calling for $0.516.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/3/2016 before the market open of $0.93, beating estimates for $0.913.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/9/2016 before the market open of $0.38, beating estimates for $0.37 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/9/2016 after the market close of $1.63, beating estimates calling for $1.444 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/10/2016 after the market close of $0.57, beating estimates for $0.496 per share.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reported earnings on 2/18/2016 before the market open of $1.49, beating estimates calling for $1.459 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reported earnings on 2/23/2016 before the market open of $1.17, beating estimates calling for $1.098 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

UnitedHealth (UNH)

UnitedHealth (UNH) is up +3.09% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0900 ET Dec S&P/CaseShiller composite-20 home price index expected +0.9% m/m and +5.8% y/y, Nov +0.94% m/m and +5.83% y/y.

1000 ET Feb consumer confidence (Conference Board) expected -0.9 to 97.2, Jan +1.8 to 98.1.

1000 ET Feb Richmond Fed manufacturing index expected unch at 2, Jan -4 to 2.

1000 ET Jan existing home sales expected -2.4% to 5.33 million, Dec +14.7% to 5.46 million.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $26 billion of 2-year T-notes.

1500 ET USDA Jan Cold Storage.

2030 ET Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer speaks on developments in monetary policy at an event in Houston, TX.

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