The Dow Market Happenings For Monday, August 21, 2017

There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs. Dow stock 52 week lows include General Electric (GE), IBM (IBM) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -15 points.

Friday the Dow was down -76.22 (-0.35%) at 21,674.51.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +9.67%.

There were 10 Dow stocks up Friday .

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) +0.69% and Chevron (CVX) +0.53%.

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Nike (NKE) -4.37% and Cisco (CSCO) -2.16%.

Nike (NKE -4.37%) was downgraded to ‘Hold’ from ‘Buy’ at Jeffries.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $2.334 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/29/17 after the market close of $0.60, beating estimates calling for $0.512 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/14/17 before the market open of $1.82, beating estimates calling for $1.62 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 7/18/17 before the market open of $3.95, beating estimates calling for $3.71 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/18/17 before the market open of $1.83, meeting estimates calling for $1.827 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/18/17 before the market open of $2.46, beating estimates of $2.398 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/18/17 after the market close of $2.97, beating estimates calling for $2.758 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 7/19/17 after the market close of $1.47, meeting estimates of $1.47 per share..

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/20/2017 before the market open of $2.11, missing estimates calling for $2.212 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 7/20/2017 after the market close of $0.98, beating estimates calling for $0.736 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 7/20/2017 after the market close of $0.86, beating estimates of $0.843 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 7/21/2017 before the market open of $0.28, missing estimates calling for $0.532 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open of$1.49, beating estimates calling for $1.262 per share.

Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open of $1.38, beating estimates calling for $1.341 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open of $1.70, beating estimates of $1.66 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open of $2.58, beating estimates calling for $2.504 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open of $1.85, beating estimates of $1.804 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 7/26/2017 before the market open of $0.59, beating estimates calling for $0.576 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 7/26/2017 before the market open of $2.55, beating estimates of $2.383 per share.

Procter & Gamble reported earnings on 7/27/2017 before the market open of $0.85, beating estimates of $0.789 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 7/27/2017 before the market open of $0.96, meeting expectations for $0.961 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 7/27/2017 after the market close of $0.72, beating expectations for $0.692 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 7/28/2017 before the market open of $0.77, missing estimates calling for $0.977 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 7/28/2017 before the market open of $0.78, missing estimates calling for $0.881 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 7/28/2017 before the market open of $1.01, beating estimates calling for $0.879 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 8/1/2017 before the market open of $0.67, beating estimates calling for $0.659 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 8/1/2017 after the market close of $1.67, beating estimates of $1.607 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 8/8/2017 after the market close of $1.58, just beating estimates calling for $1.571 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reported earnings on 8/15/2017 before the market open of $2.25, missing estimates calling for $2.237 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 8/16/2017 after the market close of $0.61, missing estimates calling for $0.624 per share.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reported earnings on 8/17/2017 before the market open of $1.08, barely beating estimates calling for $1.0762 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar (CAT) is up +22.84% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

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