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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +105 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -327.23 (-1.27%) at 25,379.45.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.67%.

There were 6 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Verizon (VZ) +1.28%, Merck (MRK) +0.54% and Exxon Mobil (XOM) +0.43%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by IBM (IBM) -2.61%, Home Depot (HD) -2.55% and Apple (AAPL) +2.34%.

American Express (AXP -1.44%) gained 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of $1.88, stronger than consensus of $1.77, and then forecast full-year adjusted EPS of $7.30 to $7.40, above consensus of $7.29.

McDonald’s (MCD +0.02%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at Gordon Haskett with a price target of $185.

Microsoft (MSFT -2.00%) was rated a new ‘Outperform’ at Wedbush with a price target of $140.

Walt Disney (DIS -0.81%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Equal-Weight’ at Barclays with a price target of $130.

European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down six-tenths of a cent at $2.866 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 9/25/2018 after the market close of $0.67, just beating estimates calling for $0.657 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 10/11/18 before the market open of $1.48, barely beating estimates of $1.471 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/12/18 before the market open of $2.36, beating estimates calling for $2.26 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open of $6.28, beating estimates of $5.695 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 10/16/18 after the market close of $3.42, missing estimates of $3.434 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open of $2.05, missing estimates calling for $2.061 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open of $3.41, beating estimates of $3.356 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/19/18 before the market open of $2.54, beating estimates calling for $2.19 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 10/18/18 after the market close of $1.88,beating estimates of $1.808 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/24/2018 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/24/2018 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/24/2018 after the market close.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/25/2018 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/25/2018 after the market close.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/30/2018 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 10/30/2018 before the market open.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 11/1/2018 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 11/2/2018 after the market close.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 11/2/2018 after the market close.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 11/8/2018 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 11/13/2018 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 11/14/2018 after the market close.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 11/15/2018 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Walmart (WMT)

Walmart (WMT) is down -2.61% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

13:00 FOMC Member Kaplan Speaks

14:00 Existing Home Sales (MoM) (Sep), -0.7%, 0.0%

14:00 Existing Home Sales (Sep), 5.30M, 5.34M

16:00 FOMC Member Bostic Speaks

17:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 869

19:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 8.2K

19:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 528.1K

19:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, -38.2K

19:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 255.8K

19:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, -22.3K