Friday, March 19, 2010

3/19/10 Fri. am Traveler's CEO Made $20.6 mil

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A read of Friday's Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today & Atlanta Journal & Constitution yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by symbol and Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:The Dow Jones Industrial Average clanosed Thursday at 10,779.17 up 45.5 or 0.42% from Tuesday's close of 10,685.98. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 22 gained and 8 declined. The biggest gainers dollar-wise were Boeing BA $70.87 +1.49 2.15% 7,432,370 NYSE and 3M MMM $83.67 +1.49 1.81% 4,939,477 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $14.45 +0.65 4.71% 82,835,678 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Procter & Gamble PG $63.73 -0.28 0.44% 8,867,265 and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $14.3 -0.16 1.11% 48,327,316 NYSE.

WSJ pC5 "Boeing, 3M Advances" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says blue chip stocks climbed to a 17 month high as industrials including Boeing and 3M, were boosted by improving manufacturing activity, but Bank of America and other fin'l shares fell on regulatory concerns. Market summary at Fin times p22 by Masa Serdarevic "Volatility declines amid strong batch of corp. results" & NYT pB7 "Dow Keeps Streak Alive On a Mixed Day" by Javier C. Hernandez & USA Today pB1 "Dow theory see bullsih trend" by Adam Shell. & p7B by AP "Economic reports give markets a lift."

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132319125 unchanged, the trailing P/E ratio is 16.73 unchanaged from Thursday's P/E ratio of 16.73 (year ago it was 24.83) the P/E estimate is 13.56 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 13.56 (year ago it was 11.01) and the current dividend yield is 2.54 unchanged from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.54 (it was 4.15 a year ago).

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1426.29 up 6.02 from Tuesday's closing Dow numerator of 1,420.27. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase of 6.02 for Thursday by the divisor you get the increase in Thursday's Dow close of 45.5. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.54 up 0.20 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $47.34. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 42.32 down 0.09 from Wednesday's median closing price of 42.41. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $83.67 +1.49 1.81% 4,939,477 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $17.08 0.19 1.1% 123,561,789 NYSE.

If Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $600 ($142,620 - $142,020).

Market Watch Thursday 3/18/10 5:41 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks gave an uneven performance Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average extending its winning streak into an eighth day, but the S&P 500 slipping as oil prices fell and investors fretted about the chance of correction. Closing at a fresh 17-month high, the Dow industrials (INDU 10,779, +45.20, +0.42%) gained 45.5 points, or 0.4%, to 10,779.17, with 22 of its 30 components trading higher. Its eight-session string of gains is the longest since August.

The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,166, -0.39, -0.03%) shed 0.38 point, or 0.03%, to 1,165.83, with energy weighing the most heavily as oil and natural-gas prices fell. Health-care stocks were among those rising as President Barack Obama and top Democrats touted billions in savings expected from the House health-care bill. Outside the S&P 500, HealthNet Inc. (HNT 25.58, -0.14, -0.55%) shares rallied after the insurer announced a $300 million buyback program. Read more about the House's health-care bill. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,391, +2.19, +0.09%) ended up 2.19 points, or 0.1%, at 2,391.28 points. On the Dow, Boeing Co. (BA 70.75, -0.12, -0.17%) led advancers, with gains of 2.2%, followed by a 1.8% advance in 3M Co. (MMM 83.54, -0.13, -0.16%) shares and a 1.6% gain in the shares of chemical giant DuPont (DD 37.15, +0.08, +0.22%) .

Underpinning enthusiasm for industrial firms, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region improved for a seventh consecutive month. Also, bellwether FedEx Corp. (FDX 92.22, -0.45, -0.49%) said its profit more than doubled in its third quarter, with the global shipper hiking its 2010 forecast. Shares of FedEx were up 3.2%. The tentative stance of investors comes as many market experts play a waiting game of sorts, along with the Federal Reserve, which on Tuesday opted to keep its benchmark rate for overnight borrowing between banks at historic lows. Shares of sneaker giant Nike and video-game publisher GameStop highlight gains in the retail sector after quarterly results beat expectations. The dollar's rise on Thursday proved part of the stock market's undoing, as crude futures fell 73 cents to end at $82.20 a barrel as the commodity became more costly for holders of foreign currencies. Read Futures Movers.

The dollar fell against the Japanese yen but gained against the euro, with the dollar index (DXY 80.33, +0.69, +0.86%) up 0.6% at 80.233.

T $26.06 +0.16 0.62% 16,973,595 NYSE: No mentions found.

AA $14.3 -0.16 1.11% 48,327,316 NYSE: No mentions found.

AXP $41 -0.01 0.02% 5,506,209 NYSE: No mentions found.

BAC $17.08 -0.19 1.1% 123,561,789 NYSE:WSJ pC5 "Boeing, 3M Advances" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says blue chip stocks climbed to a 17 month high as industrials including Boeing and 3M, were boosted by improving manufacturing activity, but Bank of America and other fin'l shares fell on regulatory concerns. Market summary at Fin times p22 by Masa Serdarevic "Volatility declines amid strong batch of corp. results" & NYT pB7 "Dow Keeps Streak Alive On a Mixed Day" by Javier C. Hernandez & USA Today pB1 "Dow theory see bullsih trend" by Adam Shell. & p7B by AP "Economic reports give markets a lift."

BA $70.87 +1.49 2.15% 7,432,370 NYSE:WSJ pC5 "Boeing, 3M Advances" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says blue chip stocks climbed to a 17 month high as industrials including Boeing and 3M, were boosted by improving manufacturing activity, but Bank of America and other fin'l shares fell on regulatory concerns. Market summary at Fin times p22 by Masa Serdarevic "Volatility declines amid strong batch of corp. results" & NYT pB7 "Dow Keeps Streak Alive On a Mixed Day" by Javier C. Hernandez & USA Today pB1 "Dow theory see bullsih trend" by Adam Shell. & p7B by AP "Economic reports give markets a lift."

CVX $74.76 +0.09 0.12% 9,908,005 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $26.34 +0.08 0.3% 27,028,753 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

KO $53.95 +0.11 0.2% 11,748,040 NYSE: No mentions found.

DIS $33.78 +0.03 0.09% 8,043,682 NYSE: NYT B4 "(Dsiney's) aBC Lures Christiane Amanpour From CNN to Be the Host of Tis Week" & AJC pB3 says ABC news poached one of CNN's biggest star to host the network's Sun. morning public affairs program.

DD $37.07+ 0.58 1.59% 14,423,050 NYSE: No mentions found.

XOM $67.39 +0.03 0.04% 25,919,822 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $18.19 +0.15 0.83% 88,383,544 NYSE: No mentions found.

HPQ $52.73 +0.50 0.96% 14,118,260 NYSE: No mentions found.

HD $32.4 -0.12 0.37% 17,749,590 NYSE: No mentions found.

INTC $22.2 -0.0425 0.19% 54,404,129 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $128.38 +0.62 0.49% 4,946,856 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPM $43.64 -0.15 0.34% 25,790,938 NYSE: WSJ P C3 "Banks Toss Hicks a Brushback" by Matthew Futterman says a group of banks including JPMorgan rejected Texas Rangers owner to keep as much as $90 mill from the sale of the Ranger.

Fin Times p2 "JPMorgan also used accounting gimmick" by Jennifer Hughes says JPM recorded some repurchase trades as sales which was the same technique that got Lehman in trouble.

JNJ $65.06 +0.41 0.63% 11,715,382 NYSE: No mentions found.

KFT $29.83 +0.13 0.44% 10,767,006 NYSE: No mentions found.

MCD $66.68+ 0.30 0.45% 6,206,565 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $38.45 +0.37 0.97% 12,470,864 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $29.61- 0.02 0.07% 43,800,129 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

PFE $17.23 +0.02 0.12% 50,856,424 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Teva to Acquire Generics Firm" by Jonathan d. Rockoff, Eyk Henning says Teva won the bidding for Germany's Ratiopharm for $5 bil to beat back Pfizer's efforts to expand into the fast growing generic drug business that Teva dominates.

PG $63.73 -0.28 0.44% 8,867,265 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $83.67 +1.49 1.81% 4,939,477 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Boeing, 3M Advances" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says blue chip stocks climbed to a 17 month high as industrials including Boeing and 3M, were boosted by improving manufacturing activity, but Bank of America and other fin'l shares fell on regulatory concerns. Market summary at Fin times p22 by Masa Serdarevic "Volatility declines amid strong batch of corp. results" & NYT pB7 "Dow Keeps Streak Alive On a Mixed Day" by Javier C. Hernandez & USA Today pB1 "Dow theory see bullsih trend" by Adam Shell. & p7B by AP "Economic reports give markets a lift."

TRV $53.38 +0.39 0.74% 4,112,949 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "Pay for CEO of Travelers Jumped 42% by Aparajita Saha Bubna says CEO Jay Fishman received total comp valued at $20./6 mil in '09.

UTX $72.5 +0.31 0.43% 3,174,583 NYSE: No mentions found.

VZ $30.3 +0.15 0.5% 11,126,261 Dual Listed: No mentions found.

WMT $55.94 +0.02 0.04% 9,471,817 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "WalMart Fifres UP Marketing for Dragon" by Miguel Bustillo, Lauren A.E. schuker says WMT is entering into an extensive merchandising partnership with DreamWorks which suggests precedent for future movie licensing arrangements.
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr.
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman
Chevron CVX John Watson
Cisco CSCO John Chambers
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent
Disney DIS Robert Iger
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Mark Hurd
Home Depot HD Frank Blake
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner
Merck MRK Robert Clark
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer
Pfizer PFE Jeffrey Kindler
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald
3M MMM George W. Buckley
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest billion as of 3/1/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $314 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 258 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 205 [4]
4. Chevron CVX 178 [2.5]
5. Procter & Gamble PG 184 [3]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 175 [3]
7. GE 170 [10.5]
8. IBM 167 [1]
9 JPMorgan Chase 164 [4]
10. AT&T 148 [6]
11. BAC 145 [8.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 143 [8]
13. Cisco CSCO 142 [6]
14. Coke KO 123 [2]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 121 [2]
16. Intel INTC 115 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 106 [1.5]
18. Verizon VZ 82 [3]
19. Merck MRK 79 [2]
20. United Technologies UTX 65 [1]
21. Disney DIS 61 [2]
22. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
23. Home Depot 53 [2]
24. Boeing BA 48 [1]
25. American Express AXP 45 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 42 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 36 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 31 [1]
29. Travelers 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 14 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 3/1/10 market close other than ownership filings, registration of shares for employee benefit plans, free writing prospectuses and, except for certain cases, I do not include third party shareholder proposals:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

T AT&T: 2/25/10 10K Annual Report

Alcoa AA: 2/23/10 8K re: Personnel Changes

2/19/10 Prelim. Proxy on Form 14A

2/18/10 10K Annual Report

American Express AXP: 2/26/10 10K Annual Report

Bank of Am BAC: 2/26/10 10K Annual Report

2/26/10 Prelim, Proxy Statement on Form 14A

Boeing BA: 2/26/10 8K re: departure and compensation of certain officers

2/8/10 10K Annual Report

Caterpiller CAT: 2/19/10 10K Annual Report

Chevron CVX: 2/25/10 10K Annual Report

Cisco CSCO: 2/17/10 10Q Quarterly Report

Coke KO: 2/26/10 10K Annual Report

Disney DIS: 2/25/10 8K re: 3 year credit agreement

2/9/10 10Q Quarterly Report

DuPont DD: 2/17/10 10K Annual Report

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/26/10 10K Annual Report

GE: 2/19/10 10K Annual Report

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/17/10 8K re: results of operations for quarter ended 1/31/10

2/5/10 10K/A Amended Annual Report

Home Depot HD: 2/23/10 8K re: quarterly results

Intel INTC: 2/22/10 10K Annual Report

IBM: 2/23/10 10K Annual Report

JPMorganChase JPM: 2/26/10 8K re: Investor Day FD Disclosures

2/24/10 10K Annual Report

Kraft KFT: 2/25/10 10K Annual Report

McDonalds MCD: 2/26/10 10K Annual Report

Merck MRK: 3/1/10 10K Annual Report

Microsoft MSFT: 1/28/10 10Q.

1/28/10 8K re: record revenue of $19.02 bil for 2Q ended 12/31/09, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income & diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.51 bil, $6.66 bil & $0.74 per share, which represented increases of 43%, 60% and 57%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.

12/4/09 8K re: the resignation of Christopher P. Liddell, the former chief financial officer and his settlement agreement.

Pfizer PFE: 2/261/0 10K Annual Report

Procter & Gamble PG: 2/18/10 8K re: FD disclosures re: guidance given at an analyst conference

3M MMM: 2/16/10 10K Annual Report

Travelers TRV: 2/18/10 10K Annual Report

United Technologies UTX: 2/26/10 Def. Proxy Statement on Form 14A

2/11/10 10K Annual Report

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/26/10 10K Annual Report

WalMartWMT: 2/18/28/10 8K re: 4th quarter and annual results of operations; guidance