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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) 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