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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +1 points.

Monday the Dow was up +77.32 (+0.43%) at 18,223.03.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +4.58%.

There were 21 Dow stocks up Monday.

The Dow stock winners Monday were led by Microsoft (MSFT) +2.25% and Boeing (BA) +1.34%.

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by Merck (MRK) -0.74% and Chevron (CVX) -0.63%.

Visa (V +1.00%) lost nearly 1% in after-hours trading after it said it sees 2017 adjusted EPS growth of mid-teens on a nominal dollar basis, below estimates of 20% growth.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up two-tenths of a cent at $2.225 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) reported earnings on 10/17/2016 before the market open of $1.58, beating estimates calling for $1.401 per share..

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 10/17/2016 after the market close of $3.29, beating estimates of $3.214 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $4.88, crushing estimates calling for $3.855 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $1.68, beating estimates for $1.646 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $0.80, beating estimates calling for $0.727 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $2.17, beating estimates of $2.077 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 10/19/2016 after the market close of $1.24, beating estimates of $0.963 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 10/20/2016 after the market close of $0.76, beating estimates of $0.678 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open of $1.01, beating estimates of $0.992 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open of $2.40, beating estimates of $2.374 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open of $0.32, Beating estimates of $0.305 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open of $1.50, beating estimates of $1.483 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 10/24/2016 before the market open of $0.78, beating estimates calling for $0.729 per share.

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

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $1.03, beating estimates of $0.976 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $1.07, beating estimates of $0.984 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open $2.15, barely beating estimates of $2.144 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $1.76, beating estimates calling for $1.68 per share.

Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $0.34, beating estimates of $0.21 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $0.85, beating estimates calling for $0.748 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/26/2016 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/26/2016 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/28/2016 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 10/28/2016 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 11/1/2016 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 11/10/2016 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 11/15/2016 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 11/16/2016 after the market close.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 11/17/2016 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Coca Cola (KO)

Coca Cola (KO) is down -0.93% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0900 ET Aug FHFA house price index expected +0.4% m/m, Jul +0.5% m/m.

0900 ET Aug S&P CoreLogic composite-20 home price index expected +0.15% m/m and +5.00% y/y, Jul -0.01% m/m and +5.02% y/y.

1000 ET Oct consumer confidence (Conference Board) expected -3.1 to 101.0, Sep +2.3 to 104.1.

1000 ET Oct Richmond Fed manufacturing survey expected +4 to -4, Sep +3 to -8.

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

1300 ET Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart (non-voter) speaks on Lending and Investing in Community Development to the Opportunity Finance Network.