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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -152 points.

Tuesday the Dow was up +39.18 (+0.16%) at 24,640.45.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.32%.

There were 14 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Cisco (CSCO) +1.55% and Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.44%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by DowDupont (DWDP) -1.52% and United Technologies (UTX) -1.26%.

Miss Market, please be my Valentine… and drop one or two thousand points.

The Consumer Price Index, a key indicator of inflation trends, jumped 0.5 percent in January, well above market expectations.

European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down one cent at $2.560 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 12/21/17 after the market close of $0.46, beating estimates of $0.437 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/12/2018 before the market open of $1.07, missing estimates calling for $1.726 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/16/2018 before the market open of $2.59, beating estimates of $2.559 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/17/2018 before the market open of -$5.51 (includes tax loss), missing estimates calling for $5.064 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/18/2017 after the market close of -$1.41, missing estimates calling for $1.564 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/18/2018 after the market close of $5.01, missing estimates calling for $5.191 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $1.19, beating estimates of $1.166 per share.

Procter & Gamble reports earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $1.74, missing estimates calling for $1.757 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $0.86, missing estimates of $0.887 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $2.28, handily beating estimates calling for $1.657 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 1/24/2018 before the market open of -$0.35, missing estimates calling for $0.282 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 1/24/2018 before the market open of $1.60, meeting estimates of $1.597 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/25/2018 before the market open of $2.16, beating estimates calling for $1.827 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/25/2018 after the market close of $1.08, beating estimates calling for $0.891 per share.

3M (MMM) reporte earnings on 1/25/2018 before the market open of $2.10, beating estimates of $2.052 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 1/30/2018 before the market open of $0.62, beating estimates of $0.583 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/30/2018 before the market open of $0.87, missing estimates calling for $1.616 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 1/31/2018 after the close of $0.96, beating estimates of $0.895 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/31/2018 before the market open of $4.80, beating estimates calling for $2.951 per share.

DowDupont (DWDP) reported earnings on 2/1/2018 before the market open of $0.83.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 2/1/2018 after the market close of $3.89, beating estimates of $3.839 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 2/1/2018 after the market close of $1.08, beating estimates of $1.007 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open of $1.64, beating estimates of $1.306 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open of $1.97, beating estimates of $1.092 per share.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open of $0.98, beating estimates of $0.97 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/6/2018 after the market close of $1.89, beating estimates calling for $1.633 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 2/14/2018 after the market close.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 2/16/2018 before the market open.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 2/20/2018 at an unspecified time.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 2/20/2018 at an unspecified time.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil (XOM) is down -8.78% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

12:00 MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate, 4.57%, 4.50%

12:00 MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW), -4.1%, 0.7%

12:00 MBA Purchase Index , 240.4, 255.4

12:00 Mortgage Market Index, 399.4, 416.3

12:00 Mortgage Refinance Index, 1,274.0, 1,299.3

13:30 Core CPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%, 0.2%, 0.2%

13:30 Core CPI (YoY) (Jan), 1.8%, 1.7%, 1.8%

13:30 Core CPI Index (Jan), 255.29, 254.40

13:30 Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan), 0.0%, 0.5%, 0.1%

13:30 CPI (YoY) (Jan), 2.1%, 1.9%, 2.1%

13:30 CPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.5%, 0.3%, 0.2%

13:30 CPI Index, n.s.a. (Jan), 247.87, 247.60, 246.52

13:30 Real Earnings (MoM) (Jan), -0.8%, -0.3%, 0.2%

13:30 Retail Control (MoM) (Jan), 0.0%, 0.4%, -0.2%

13:30 Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan), -0.3%, 0.2%, 0.4%

13:30 Retail Sales Ex Gas/Autos (MoM) (Jan), -0.2%, 0.5%, 0.4%

44 min Business Inventories (MoM) (Dec), 0.3%, 0.4%

15:30 Crude Oil Inventories, 2.825M, 1.895M

15:30 Crude Oil Imports, -0.060M

15:30 Cushing Crude Oil Inventories, -0.711M

15:30 Distillate Fuel Production, 0.516M

15:30 EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks, -1.130M 3.926M

15:30 Gasoline Production, 0.518M

15:30 Heating Oil Stockpiles, 1.274M

15:30 Gasoline Inventories, 1.229M, 3.414M

16:00 Cleveland CPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%