Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Walmart (WMT) 128.85 (-3.76%). There were no Dow stocks hitting 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +51 points.

Tuesday the Dow closed up +32.26 (+0.07%) at 49,533.19.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +3.06%.

Tuesday, (15) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Apple (AAPL) 263.88 (+3.17%), Nike (NKE) 64.82 (+2.68%) and American Express (AXP) 344.53 (+2.08%).

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Walmart (WMT) 128.85 (-3.76%), Salesforce (CRM) 184.29 (-2.86%) and 3M (MMM) 167.62 (-2.44%).

The VIX closed Tuesday at 20.29 (-4.29%) and the 10 YR at 4.060 (+0.02%). The VIX is currently at 19.74 (-2.71%). The 10YR is at 4.072 (+0.62%).

Nvidia (NVDA) shares gained 2% in premarket on the heels of Meta announcing Tuesday that it’s going to use millions of Nvidia’s chips in its data center buildout.

Amazon (AMZN) rose around 1% after regulatory filings showed Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square grew its stake in the e-commerce giant by 65% during the fourth quarter. That makes Amazon the fund’s third-largest holding. The move comes after the stock snapped a nine-day losing streak. Amazon said it expects to spend $200 billion in capital expenditures this year, a nearly 60% increase from last year and more than $50 billion above Wall Street’s forecast.

Today we get the minutes from the Fed’s January meeting. On Friday we get the personal consumption expenditure price index reading. The PCE, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, will give further insight into the state of the economy.

Economic data on housing activity and orders for long-lasting goods on Wednesday came in better than expected. Housing starts totaled just over 1.4 million for December, better than the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 1.31 million, the Census Bureau reported. Building permits came in at 1.45 million, topping the forecast for 1.4 million. In a separate report, the bureau said durable goods orders fell 1.4%, also for December. That was better than the outlook for a 2% decline. When excluding transportation, orders rose 0.9%.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up six-tenths of a cent at $2.923 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/13/2026 before the market open with $4.63, missing estimates for $5.009 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/15/2026 before the market open with $14.01, beating estimates for $11.776 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 1/20/2026 before the market open with $1.83, beating estimates for $1.807 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/21/2026 before the market open with $2.46, beating estimates for $2.434 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/21/2026 before the market open with $11.13, beating estimates for $8.419 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/22/2026 before the market open with $1.88, beating estimates for $1.874 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/27/2026 before the market open with $9.92, beating estimates for -$0.399 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/27/2026 before the market open with $2.11, beating estimates for $2.093 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/28/2026 after the market close with $4.52, beating estimates for $4.33 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/28/2026 after the market close with $4.14, beating estimates for $3.875 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 before the market open with $5.16, beating estimates for $4.674 per share.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 before the market open with $2.23, beating estimates for $2.122 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 before the market open with $2.59, beating estimates for $2.527 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 after the market close with $2.84, beating estimates for $2.654 per share.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 1/29/2026 after the market close with $3.17, beating estimates for $3.137 per share.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 1/30/2026 before the market open with $3.53, missing estimates for $3.554 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 1/30/2026 before the market open with $1.52, beating estimates for $1.444 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 1/30/2026 before the market open with $1.09, beating estimates for $1.061 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/2/2026 before the market open with $1.63, beating estimates for $1.569 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/3/2026 before the market open with $2.04, beating estimates for $2.028 per share.

Amgen (AMGN) reported earnings on 2/3/2026 after the market close with $5.29, beating estimates for $4.758 per share.

Amazon (AMZN) reported earnings on 2/5/2026 after the market close with $1.95, missing estimates for $1.978 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/10/2026 before the market open with $0.58, beating estimates for $0.565 per share.

McDonalds (MCD) reported earnings on 2/11/2026 before the market open with $3.12, beating estimates for $3.047 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/11/2026 after the market close with $1.04, beating estimates for $0.82 per share.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 2/19/2026 before the market open.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 2/24/2026 before the market open.

Nvidia (NVDA) reports earnings on 2/25/2026 after the market close.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 2/25/2026 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

McDonald’s (MCD)

McDonald’s (MCD) 327.62 (+0.01%) is up +7.20% in 2026.

Financial Calendar

07:00 AM ET MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate, 6.21%
07:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW), -0.3%
07:00 AM ET MBA Purchase Index, 161.5
07:00 AM ET Mortgage Market Index, 329.9
07:00 AM ET Mortgage Refinance Index, 1,284.6
07:00 AM ET Milk Auctions, 3,830.0
08:30 AM ET Building Permits (Dec), 1.400M, 1.411M
08:30 AM ET Building Permits (MoM) (Dec), -0.2%, -0.3%
08:30 AM ET Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Dec), 0.3%, 0.4%
08:30 AM ET Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Dec), -1.7%, 5.3%
08:30 AM ET Durables Excluding Defense (MoM) (Dec), 6.5%
08:30 AM ET Durables Excluding Transport (MoM) (Dec), 0.3%, 0.4%
08:30 AM ET Goods Orders Non Defense Ex Air (MoM) (Dec), 0.5%, 0.4%
08:30 AM ET Housing Starts (Dec), 1.310M, 1.246M
08:30 AM ET Housing Starts (MoM) (Dec), -4.6%
08:55 AM ET Redbook (YoY), 6.5%
09:15 AM ET Capacity Utilization Rate (Jan), 76.5%, 76.3%
09:15 AM ET Industrial Production (MoM) (Jan), 0.4%, 0.4%
09:15 AM ET Industrial Production (YoY) (Jan), 1.99%
09:15 AM ET Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Jan), 0.4%, 0.2%
11:00 AM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q4), 3.7%, 3.7%
13:00 PM ET 20-Year Bond Auction, 4.846%
13:00 PM ET FOMC Member Bowman Speaks
14:00 PM ET FOMC Meeting Minutes
16:00 PM ET US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (Dec), 85.60B
16:00 PM ET Overall Net Capital Flow (Dec), 212.00B
16:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Dec), 220.2B
16:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (Dec), 128.60B, 220.20B
16:30 PM ET API Weekly Crude Oil Stock, 13.400M