The DOW, which seemed lately to have forgotten how to go higher, ended on a positive note for the first time in six days. The major indices were all inspired by the futures markets and jumped higher right at the opening bell. The DOW gained 111 by mid morning until the inauguration speech began. In the end, the three major indices were all green: the DOW added 94 points, the S&P 500 went up 7, and the NASDAQ gained 15 points today. Breadth numbers were positive by almost 2 to 1 while the VIX dropped nearly 10% to close at 11.54.
There were no economic reports today but bond yields did rise to 2.50%. The dollar was idle and the other major currencies were unchanged. Gold was back over $1,200 again and crude oil was up to $53.24.
Next week has a big earnings lineup: Monday – BOH, HAL, MCD and YHO; Tuesday – 3M, DD, JNJ and TRV, plus BABA, GLW, DHI, ISRG, KMB, LM, TXN and VZ; Wednesday – BA and UTX plus ABT, T, CTXS, EBAY, FFIV, FCX, MCK, NSC, QCOM, ROK and WAC; Thursday – CAT, INTC and MSFT plus GOOG, BHI, BMY, JBLU, KLAC, JNPR, RCL, SBUX and VMW; Friday – AAL, CL, GD, HON , WHR plus CVX.
For 2017, the earnings projections for the S&P are expected to be up by around 10% according to current estimates.
Donald M. Selkin
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