The Dow Jones today was little changed in pre-market trading as markets eyed the latest round of earnings reports and prepared for the testimony of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee today followed by a meeting with the House Financial Services panel on Wednesday.
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Here are the numbers from Monday for the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq:
| Index | Previous Close | Point Change | Percentage Change |
| Dow Jones | 25,064.36 | 44.95 | 0.18% |
| S&P 500 | 2,798.43 | -2.88 | -0.10% |
| Nasdaq | 7,805.72 | -20.26 | -0.26% |
Now here's a closer look at today's Money Morning insight, the most important market events, and stocks to watch.
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The Top Stock Market Stories for Tuesday
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is leading a busy day of earnings reports on Tuesday. Shares are off 0.4% after the firm despite reporting a 40% year-over-year jump in profits and stronger-than-expected revenue. The firm reported earnings per share (EPS) of $5.98 on top of $9.40 billion in revenue. The Wall Street giant was expected to report EPS of $4.67 on top of $8.71 billion in revenue. The investment bank's first six months of 2018 were its strongest in nine years. The stock slipped after the company announced that president David Solomon will be replacing CEO Lloyd Blankfein when he steps down from his role. Blankfein has been CEO for 12 years.
It's fair to say that Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) went to the dogs on Monday. The company has extended its Prime Day promotion through 3 a.m. on Wednesday. The announcement came after the firm suffered significant outages during the start of the event on Monday afternoon. Rather than get access to deals, many customers were met with pictures of dogs, the firm's standard error page.- Finally, pay close attention to events on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will question leaders of Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), and Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) about how they store and filter user content. Last year, the Senate and House of Representatives slammed the companies for their roles in and responses to Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Three Stocks to Watch Today: CSX, NFLX, KKR
- CSX Corp. (Nasdaq: CSX) will help lead today's earnings calendar. Wall Street expects that the company will report EPS of $0.86 on top of $2.98 billion in revenue.
- Shares of Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) slipped after the firm's user-growth estimates and quarterly revenue came in below Wall Street expectations. Analysts largely overlooked the streaming giant's strong profit estimate. The firm reported EPS of $0.85, topping estimates of $0.79.
- Private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) has announced it will purchase digital audiobook producer RBMedia. The details of the deal were not announced, but it is worth noting that the company is moving into a growing industry and competing directly against Amazon on this business. Audiobook industry revenue is projected to hit $900 million, a figure that represents a 20% jump year over year.
- Look for additional earnings reports from Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH), Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW), ADTRAN Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTN), Interactive Brokers Group Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR), Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA), Fidelity National Financial Inc. (NYSE: FNF), and Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR).
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Garrett Baldwin is a globally recognized research economist, financial writer, consultant, and political risk analyst with decades of trading experience and degrees in economics, cybersecurity, and business from Johns Hopkins, Purdue, Indiana University, and Northwestern.