Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Cisco (CSCO) 71.79 (+2.70%) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 173.33 (+1.05%). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +65 points.

Friday the Dow closed up +206.97 (+0.47%) at 44,175.61.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +3.84%.

Friday, (20) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (2) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Apple (AAPL) 229.35 (+4.24%), Cisco (CSCO) 71.79 (+2.70%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 250.89 (+2.54%).

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by IBM (IBM) 242.27 (-2.50%), McDonald’s (MCD) 305.45 (-0.80%) and Disney (DIS) 112.43 (-0.40%).

The VIX closed Friday at 15.15 (-8.57%) and the 10 YR at 4.284 (+0.99%). The VIX is currently at 15.86 (+4.69%). The 10YR is at 4.273 (-0.14%).

This week we get the consumer price index, which is set to be released Tuesday, and the producer price index, due out Thursday. This will be critical in shaping the outlook for the direction of interest rates, especially for the Federal Reserve’s September meeting.

Nvidia (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government a share of revenues from certain chips sold in China, the Financial Times reported, in an unprecedented arrangement with the White House. In exchange for 15% of revenues from the chips, the two chipmakers will receive export licenses to sell Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 chips in China, according to the FT. The arrangement comes after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Trump last week, according to the Financial Times.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $3.138 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/15/2025 before the market open with $5.24, beating estimates of $4.455 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 7/16/2025 before the market open with $10.91, beating estimates of $9.821 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/16/2025 before the market open with $2.77, beating estimates of $2.65 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/17/2025 before the market open with $6.51, beating estimates of $3.51 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 7/18/2025 before the market open with $2.16, beating estimates of $2.011 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 7/18/2025 before the market open with $4.08, beating estimates of $3.837 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 7/21/2025 before the market open with $1.22, beating estimates of $1.183 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 7/22/2025 before the market open with $0.87, beating estimates of $3.837 per share.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reported earnings on 7/22/2025 before the market open with $3.38, missing estimates of $3.75 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/23/2025 after the market close with $2.80, beating estimates of $2.637 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 7/24/2025 before the market open with $2.75, beating estimates of $2.629 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with -$0.847, missing estimates of -$1.24 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with $2.13, beating estimates of $2.035 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with $1.48, beating estimates of $1.423 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with $4.08, missing estimates of $5.468 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 after the market close with $2.98, beating estimates of $2.839 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 7/30/2025 after the market close with $3.35, beating estimates of $3.65 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 7/31/2025 after the market close with $1.57, beating estimates of $1.419 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 8/1/2025 before the market open with $1.77, beating estimates of $1.544 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 8/5/2025 before the market open with $4.72, missing estimates of $4.925 per share.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 8/5/2025 after the market close with $6.02, beating estimates of $5.207 per share.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 8/6/2025 before the market open with $1.61, beating estimates of $1.442 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 7/6/2025 before the market open with $3.19, beating estimates of $3.128 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 8/13/2025 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 8/19/2025 before the market open.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 8/21/2025 before the market open.

Nvidia (NVDA) reports earnings on 8/27/2025 after the market close.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 8/27/2025 after the market close.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Goldman Sachs (GS)

Goldman Sachs (GS) 721.27 (+0.21%) is up +25.96% in 2025.

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