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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +74 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +182.33 (+0.75%) at 24,542.54.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.71%.

There were 23 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by DowDuPont (DWDP) +2.80% and General Electric (GE) +2.45%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) -3.13% and Disney (DIS) -1.79%.

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims – In the week ending May 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 211,000, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised level of 211,000. The 4-week moving average was 216,000, a decrease of 5,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 221,500. This is the lowest level for this average since December 20, 1969 when it
was 214,500. Claims taking procedures in Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands have still not returned to normal. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent for the week ending April 28, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending April 28 was 1,790,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up 4,000 from 1,756,000 to 1,760,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,812,500, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 29, 1973 when it was 1,784,250. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,250 from 1,833,250 to 1,834,500.

European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.8 cents at $2.844 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 3/22/2018 after the market close of $-0.57, missing estimates calling for $0.555 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 4/13/2018 before the market open of $2.37, missing estimates calling for $2.92 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 4/17/2018 before the market open of $6.95, beating estimates of $5.75 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 4/17/2018 before the market open of $2.06, beating estimates of $2.029 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 4/17/2018 before the market open of $3.04, beating estimates of $2.968 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 4/17/2018 after the market close of $2.45, beating estimates of 2.415 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 4/18/2018 after the market close of $1.86, beating estimates of $1.747 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 4/20/2018 before the market open of $0.16, beating estimates calling for $0.12 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 4/20/2018 before the market open of $1.00 on expectations of $1.002 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $2.82, beating estimates of $2.169 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $0.47, beating estimates of $0.464 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $2.50, beating estimates of $2.525 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $1.77, beating estimates of $1.544 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $1.17, beating estimates of $1.107 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 4/25/2018 before the market open of $3.64, beating estimates calling for $2.637 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 4/25/2018 after the market close of $1.11, beating estimates of $1.058 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 4/26/2018 after the market close of $0.87, beating estimates of $0.765 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 4/26/2018 after the market close of $0.95, beating estimates of $0.892 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 4/27/2018 before the market open of $1.90, beating estimates of $1.423 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 4/27/2018 before the market open of $1.09, missing estimates calling for $1.179 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 4/30/2018 before the market open of $1.72, with estimates calling for $1.706 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 5/1/2018 before the market open of $1.05, beating estimates calling for $1.004 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 5/1/2018 before the market open of $0.77, beating estimates calling for $0.757 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 5/1/2018 after the market close of $2.73, barely beating estimates calling for $2.729 per share.

Dow DuPont (DWDP) reported earnings on 5/3/2018 before the market open of $1.12 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 5/8/2018 after the market close of $1.84, beating estimates calling for $1.73 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 5/15/2018 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 5/16/2018 after the market close.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 5/17/2018 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

DowDuPont (DWDP)

DowDuPont (DWDP) is down -7.29% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

12:30 Continuing Jobless Claims, 1,778K, 1,756K

12:30 Core CPI (YoY) (Apr), 2.2%, 2.1%

12:30 Core CPI (MoM) (Apr), 0.2%, 0.2%

12:30 Core CPI Index (Apr), 256.20

12:30 CPI (MoM) (Apr), 0.3%, -0.1%

12:30 CPI (YoY) (Apr), 2.5%, 2.4%

12:30 CPI Index, n.s.a. (Apr), 250.68, 249.55

12:30 Initial Jobless Claims, 219K, 211K

12:30 Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg., 221.50K

12:30 Real Earnings (MoM) (Apr), -0.1%, 0.4%

13:45 Bloomberg Consumer Confidence, 56.5

14:30 Natural Gas Storage, 91B, 62B

15:00 Cleveland CPI (MoM) (Apr), 0.3%

16:00 WASDE Report

17:00 30-Year Bond Auction, 3.044%

18:00 Federal Budget Balance (Apr), 201.2B, -209.0B