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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +142 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +27.16 (+0.08%) at 33,336.67.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -8.26%.

Thursday, (15) of the Dow 30 stocks were up, none were at a 52-week lows and none were at 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Disney (DIS) 117.69 (+4.68%), Chevron (CVX) 159.62 (+2.44%) and Travelers (TRV) 168.81 (+2.30%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 167.14 (-2.07%), Amgen (AMGN) 248.35 (-1.48%) and Salesforce (CRM) 186.73 (-1.00%).

The 10 YR yield is currently at 2.850% and the VIX is at 19.86 (-1.59%).

The House on Friday is set to pass the climate, health-care and corporate tax legislation now known as the Inflation Reduction Act largely along party lines. The law is intended to give a boost to the electric vehicle industry, among other items on the climate side, while bolstering Medicare and Obamacare. The bill is far smaller than initial proposals. Yet it represents a win for the majority Democrats, who have been struggling for months to pass several of President Joe Biden’s agenda items while negotiating with centrist members of their own party, Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. Passage in the House will send the bill to Biden for his signature.

The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over. Tens of thousands of people are infected each day in the United States. But the disease is posing less of a severe health threat, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, as it eased its guidelines for contending with the virus. The agency said there are high levels of immunity in the population, as well as an array of vaccines and other treatments for it. Among the changes in the CDC’s recommendations: No more testing in schools for people who have no symptoms, and unvaccinated people will no longer need to quarantine if they have been exposed to the virus.

The historic showdown between the U.S. Department of Justice and former President Donald Trump has entered a tense new phase. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday the DOJ had filed a motion to unseal the search warrant FBI agents executed earlier this week at Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida. Agents reportedly removed several boxes and documents from the resort. U.S. officials were reported to be looking for sensitive documents with national security implications. The former president, who has referred to various investigations swirling around him as “witch hunts,” said late Thursday that he would not oppose the release of the warrant. Trump’s lawyers also have a copy of the warrant, as well as a list of items taken in the search, but they have not released either document. The manifest, if it is released, would likely be heavily redacted if classified materials were on the list.

U.S. futures are higher, European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down 1.22 cents at $3.978 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/27/22 after the market close with $0.90, beating estimates of $0.812 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 6/30/22 before the market open with $0.96, beating estimates of $0.953 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/14/22 before the market open with $2.76, missing estimates of $2.854 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/15/22 before the market open with $5.57, beating estimates of $5.243 per shaare.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 7/18/22 before the market open with $7.33, beating estimates of $6.992 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/18/22 after the market close with $2.31, beating estimates of $2.288 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/19/22 before the market open with $2.59, beating estimates of $2.57 per share.

Dow (DOW) reported earnings on 7/21/22 before the market open with $2.31, beating estimates of $2.14 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/21/22 before the market open with $2.57, beating estimates of $1.998 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 7/22/22 before the market open with $2.57, beating estimates of $2.371 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 7/22/22 before the market open with $1.31, missing estimates of $1.338 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 7/26/22 before the market open with $2.48, beating estimates of $2.407 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 7/26/22 before the market open with $0.70, beating estimates of $0.673 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 7/26/22 before the market open with $2.55, beating estimates of $2.456 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 7/26/22 after the market close with $2.23, missing estimates of $2.284 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 7/26/22 after the market close with $1.98, beating estimates of $1.739 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 7/27/22 before the market open with -$0.37, missing estimates of $-$0.078 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 7/28/22 before the market open with $2.10, beating estimates of $2.027 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 7/28/22 before the market open with $1.87, beating estimates of $1.674 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 7/28/22 after the market close with $1.20, beating estimates of $1.138 per share.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 7/28/22 after the market close with $0.29, missing estimates of $0.689 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 7/29/22 before the market open with $55.95, beating estimates of $5.017 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 7/29/22 before the market open with $1.21, missing estimates of $1.232 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 8/2/22 before the market open with $3.18, beating estimates of $2.996 per share.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 8/4/22 after the market close with $4.65, beating estimates of $4.405 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 8/10/22 after the market close with $1.09, beating estimates of $0.937 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 8/16/22 before the market open.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 8/16/22 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 8/17/22 after the market close.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 8/24/22 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Salesforce (CRM)

Salesforce (CRM) 186.73 (-1.00%) is down -26.52% in 2022.

Financial Calendar

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