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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -122 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +15.54 (+0.09%) at 18,144.20.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +4.04%.

There were 16 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Nike (NKE) +1.20% and Travelers (TRV) +1.18%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Cisco (CSO) -2.26% and Chevron (CVX) -0.86%.

Jobless claims were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 246,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell 3,500 to 249,250. Both figures were at their lowest levels since November 1973. The number of people receiving aid fell 16,000 to just over 2 million. That is the fewest since June 2000.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $2.253 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 9/27/2016 after the market close of $0.73, beating consensus of $0.556 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 10/17/2016 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/14/2016 after the market close.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/19/2016 after the market close.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/20/2016 after the market close.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/24/2016 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 after the market close.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Wal-Mart (WMT)

Wal-Mart (WMT) is up +10.05% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +4,000 to 253,000, previous -5,000 to 249,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -8,000 to 2.050 million, previous -6,000 to 2.058 million.

0830 ET Sep import price index expected +0.2% m/m and -1.0% y/y, Aug -0.2% m/m and -2.2% y/y.

1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 30-year TIPS to be auctioned Oct 20 (previous $5 billion).

1100 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1215 ET Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (non-voter) speaks on the economic outlook and will address the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $12 billion 30-year T-bonds,

2100 ET Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari (non-voter) speaks at a town hall forum in Missoula, MT on ending too big to fail, the role of the Federal Reserve and other topics.