Tuesday, April 13, 2010

4/13/10 Tues. pm Dow Closes 11,019.42 up 13.45 or 0.12%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 11,019.42 up 13.45 or 0.12% from Monday's close of 11,005.97. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 17 gained and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $129.03 +0.67 0.52% 6,805,380 NYSE and percentage-wise was Home Depot HD $34.34 +0.86 2.57% 30,253,844 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing BA $71.19 -0.73 1.02% 5,073,942 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $14.34 -0.23 1.58% 100,451,650 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, 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 17.16 up from Monday's 17.15 (year ago it was 27.46) the P/E estimate is 14.00 unchanged from Monday's 14.00 (year ago it was 21.65) and the current dividend yield is 2.48 unchanged from Monday's 2.48 (it was 3.83 a year ago).

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,458.08 up 1.78 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,456.30. 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 1.78 for Tuesday by the divisor you get the increase in Monday's Dow close of 13.45. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.60 up 0.06 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $48.54. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 45.43 up 0.09 from Monday's median closing price of $454.93. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $52.22 +0.20 0.38% 3,416,661 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $18.67 +0.01 0.05% 112,748,691 NYSE.

If Tuesday 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 $188 ($145,808 - $145,620).

Market Watch 4/13/10 4:25 p.m. by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Tuesday pushed tentatively higher for a fourth day of gains as investors looked past an earnings disappointment from Alcoa Inc. to results ahead in the technology and financial sectors. After a morning swoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 11,020, +13.53, +0.12%) climbed 13.45 points to 11,019.42, 11,033.25, with 15 of its 30 components finishing ahead.

"While Alcoa could put some weight on the basic-material stocks, the more important earnings" are still to come, said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald, who pointed to upcoming reports from Intel Corp. (INTC 23.58, +0.81, +3.56%) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC 18.70, +0.03, +0.16%)
Intel's inventory levels will be among the data points checked, with the results likely to "set the tone for the rest of the technology sector," added Ali. Among the blue-chip gainers, Intel reports results after Tuesday's close, kicking off the earnings season for the technology sector. Railroad company CSX Corp. (CSX 53.89, +0.61, +1.15%) , another industry bellwether, is also scheduled to release results late Tuesday. Bank of America reports its quarterly earnings on Friday. The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,197, +0.82, +0.07%) rose 0.82 points to 1,197.3,with consumer discretionary and technology up the most among the S&P's 10 industry groups. Energy weighed, with the price of crude futures falling for a fifth day to end at $84.05 a barrel. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,466, +8.12, +0.33%) added 8.12 points, or 0.3%, to 2,465.99. Advancers edged just ahead of decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where almost 1.1 billion shares traded hands. Composite volume topped 5.5 billion. Tuesday's economic data offered another illustration of an improving economy, with the Commerce Department reporting the nation's trade deficit widened in February as imports rose. The report offered evidence that consumer spending is on the rise.

Tuesday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market


AT&T T $26.2 -0.18 0.68% 34,240,264 NYSE
Alcoa AA $14.34 -0.23 1.58% 100,451,650 NYSE
American Express AXP $44.99 +0.45 1.01% 10,901,674 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $18.67 +0.01 0.05% 112,748,691 NYSE
Boeing BA $71.19 -0.73 1.02% 5,073,942 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $66.19 -0.54 0.81% 6,997,116 NYSE
Chevron CVX $80.21 -0.22 0.27% 7,960,542 NYSE
Cisco CSCO $26.44 -0.09 0.34% 42,446,954 NASDAQ-GS
Coca-Cola KO $55.02 +0.26 0.47% 7,489,354 NYSE
Disney DIS $35.84 -0.05 0.14% 10,918,073 NYSE
DuPont DD $38.61 -0.29 0.75% 5,931,488 NYSE
ExxonMobil XOM $68.66 -0.05 0.07% 19,142,082 NYSE
GE $18.95 +0.24 1.28% 92,373,895 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $53.78 -0.10 0.19% 8,086,585 NYSE
Home Depot HD $34.34 +0.86 2.57% 30,253,844 NYSE
Intel INTC $22.7699 +0.2309 1.02% 103,729,897 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $129.03 +0.67 0.52% 6,805,380 NYSE
J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $45.87 -0.27 0.59% 27,755,712 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.68 +0.57 0.88% 12,403,974 NYSE
Kraft KFT $30.65 +0.31 1.02% 10,273,281 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $68.92 +0.39 0.57% 5,625,904 NYSE
Merck MRK $36.7 -0.15 0.41% 11,911,370 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $30.45 0.13 0.43% 39,242,024 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $17.18 -0.11 0.64% 65,853,399 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $63 +0.30 0.48% 10,663,018 NYSE
3M MMM $83.94 +0.66 0.79% 4,248,118 NYSE
Travelers TRV $52.22 +0.20 0.38% 3,416,661 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $73.46 -0.30 0.41% 4,405,288 NYSE
Verizon VZ $30.07 +0.13 0.43% 18,971,539 Dual Listed
WalMart WMT $54.72 -0.30 0.55% 12,809,886 NYSE


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The following are excerpts from Tues. morning's Blog.

A read of Tuesday's Wall St. 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 Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 11005.97 up 8.62 or 0.08% from Friday's close of 10,997.35. For the year the Dow is up 5.54%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 12 gained and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $66.73 +1.46 2.24% 11,819,325 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing BA $71.94 -0.48 0.66% 3,346,122 NYSE and percentage-wise was Disney DIS $35.89 -0.33 0.91% 10,406,662 NYSE.

WSJ pA1 Headline "Dow Breaks Through 11000" by E.S. Browning says lifted by optimism about corp. profits, a recovering economy and the latest debt relief plan for Greece, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 11000, something it hadn't achieved since the financial system began teetering nearly 19 months ago.

WSJ pC5 "Caterpillar Helps Power Dow's 11000 Return" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose, prompting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to close above 11000 for the first time since Sept. '08, with Caterpillar, Alcoa and Chevron in the lead. CAT was the Dow's best performer, up 2.2%, after Baird upgraded its investment rating to outperform from neutral due to higher machinery production rates and an expected increase in global mining capital spending. Alcoa rose 1.3% on hopes of its 1Qtr report. Chevron was up 1.2%.

Fin Times p26 "Dow Hits 11,000 as corp. earnings season approaches" by Masa Serdarevic says the Dow closed above 11,000 for the first time since Sept. '08 as investors shrugged off the news about the Greek rescue package as they looked forward to the start of the new earnings season that Alcoa was set to kick off after the session closed.

USA Today p4B "Dow tops 11,000 for 1st time since '08" by AP says analysts said the Dow's move above 11,000 could provide a psychological boost and draw more investors to the market.

NYT pB1 "Move to Aid Greece Helps Dow Close Above 11,000" by Javier hernandez says the Dow's move was hardly a heady rally. The modest gain was driven largey of a financial rescue in the debt laden Greek gov.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,456.30 up 11.14 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,445.16. 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 11.14 for Monday by the divisor you get the increase in Monday's Dow close of 8.62. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.54 up 0.03 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $48.51. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 45.34 up 0.41 from Friday's median closing price of $44.93. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $83.28 -0.21 0.25% 2,592,200 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $18.65 +0.06 0.32% 125,236,898 NYSE.

If Monday 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 $90 ($145,620 - $145,530).

Market Watch 4/12/10 4:31 p.m. by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Monday stepped modestly higher ahead of the unofficial launch of the first-quarter earnings season, with aluminium giant Alcoa Inc. reporting after the market close. Stocks have shrugged off bad news on their way to new highs. What could upset this pattern?
Finishing above 11,000 for the first time since Sept. 26, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 11,006, +8.92, +0.08%) gained 8.62 points to end at 11,005.97, with Alcoa (AA 14.69, +0.12, +0.82%) rising 1.3% and Caterpillar Inc. (CAT 66.83, +0.10, +0.15%) up 2.2%. The first of the Dow's 30 components to report first-quarter results, Alcoa is expected to swing to a profit under the steam of higher aluminium prices and increased demand. On Wednesday, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. pm (JPM 46.42, +0.28, +0.61%) is slated to release its results in what analysts said should provide a barometer of financial-sector fiscal conditions. Other big names set to report results include blue chips Intel Corp. (INTC 22.54, +0.00, +0.00%) , Bank of America Corp. (BAC 18.66, +0.01, +0.05%) and General Electric Co. (GE 18.69, -0.02, -0.11%) The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,196, +2.11, +0.18%) rose 2.11 points to 1,196.48, with financials rising the most and materials the laggard among the index's 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,458, +3.82, +0.16%) was up 3.82 points at 2,457.87. Activity on the corporate M&A front also bolstered sentiment, with Mirant Corp. (MIR 12.70, +0.02, +0.16%) agreeing to acquire rival power firm Reliant Energy Inc. /(RRI 4.55, +0.02, +0.44%) for $1.61 billion and military contractor DynCorp International (DCP 17.46, +0.05, +0.29%) getting taken out. Concerns about the pricing and terms of the EUR45bn Greek package, and the fact that other debtors have not been addressed, mean ECB monetary policy will remain loose compared with the U.S. European leaders over the weekend agreed to offer loans to Greece, helping to ease worries that rising debt in Greece and other countries in Europe might curb the global economic recovery and weaken the euro. Crude futures finished at $84.34 a barrel, and gold futures ended higher at $1,162.20 an ounce. Advancers outran decliners roughly 4 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange, where 976 million shares changed hands and composite trading volume topped 4.7 billion. On Friday, U.S. stock benchmarks closed out a sixth consecutive week of gains, taking the Dow industrials above 11,000 intraday for the first time since late September 2008.

AT&T T $26.4 -0.04 0.15% 20,343,892 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $14.58 +0.19 1.32% 53,257,987 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Alcoa Sees Slight Gains in Economy" by Doug Cameron, NYT pB2 "Alcoa Narrows Loss as Demand and Prices Rise" by AP, USA Today p1B "Alcoa reports smaller loss, sees upturn," AJC p A8 "Alcoa reports net loss as street rev dips" say Aloca, the largest US aluminum producer reported a anrrower first quarter net loss and rev that trailed analysts' estimates as higher prices failed to compensate for declining sales of sheet for cans. The net loss of $201 mil, or 20 cents a share, narrowed from a net loss of $497 mil or 61 cents a year earlier. NY based Alcoa saw sales rise 18% to $4.89 bil.

WSJ pC5 "Caterpillar Helps Power Dow's 11000 Return" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose, prompting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to close above 11000 for the first time since Sept. '08, with Caterpillar, Alcoa and Chevron in the lead. CAT was the Dow's best performer, up 2.2%, after Baird upgraded its investment rating to outperform from neutral due to higher machinery production rates and an expected increase in global mining capital spending. Alcoa rose 1.3% on hopes of its 1Qtr report. Chevron was up 1.2%. Alcoa is charted under Good News saying it got the ball rolling on 1Qtr earnings season after the closing bell.

American Express AXP $44.54 +0.66 1.5% 7,473,447 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $18.65 +0.06 0.32% 125,236,898 NYSE: WSJ PCV6 "Bearish Bets Rise at Nasdaq, Fall at NYSE" by Alejandro Martinez says short sellers were reducing positions in financials including Bank of America and Citi and moving into telecom firms such as Verizon Communications and Quest.

WSJ pC8 "Cablevision Systems Corp. Joins Rush to Junk" by Michael Aneiro says it sold $1.25 bil of senior 8 and 10 year notes Mon to refinance existing debt is a dial with joint bookrunners JPMorgan Chase, BofA Merrill Lynch among others.

Boeing BA $71.94 -0.48 0.66% 3,346,122 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $66.73 +1.46 2.24% 11,819,325 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Caterpillar Helps Power Dow's 11000 Return" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose, prompting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to close above 11000 for the first time since Sept. '08, with Caterpillar, Alcoa and Chevron in the lead. CAT was the Dow's best performer, up 2.2%, after Baird upgraded its investment rating to outperform from neutral due to higher machinery production rates and an expected increase in global mining capital spending. Alcoa rose 1.3% on hopes of its 1Qtr report. Chevron was up 1.2%.

Chevron CVX $80.43 +0.93 1.17% 9,956,435 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Caterpillar Helps Power Dow's 11000 Return" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose, prompting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to close above 11000 for the first time since Sept. '08, with Caterpillar, Alcoa and Chevron in the lead. CAT was the Dow's best performer, up 2.2%, after Baird upgraded its investment rating to outperform from neutral due to higher machinery production rates and an expected increase in global mining capital spending. Alcoa rose 1.3% on hopes of its 1Qtr report. Chevron was up 1.2%.

Cisco CSCO $26.53 -0.07 0.26% 27,697,421 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $54.76 +0.17 0.31% 8,290,941 NYSE: AJc pA8 "Coke team set to handle merger with bottler" says KO announced the team that will be resonisble for the minutiae of the merger of bottler coca cola Enterprise. It is Brian Kelley. The $12.4 bil deal will close in 4QTR of this year.

Disney DIS $35.89 -0.33 0.91% 10,406,662 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $38.94 -0.25 0.64% 6,149,514 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $68.71 -0.05 0.07% 18,148,658 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $18.72 +0.20 1.08% 69,832,435 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Conan O'Brien Flips Channels, lands at TBS" by Sam Schechner, Lauren Schuker says O'Brien will return on TBS on cable tv after his split with GE's NBC. aljos reported at NYT pB1.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $53.88 +0.01 0.02% 8,389,416 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $33.47 +0.22 0.66% 10,618,640 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $22.539 -0.011 0.05% 49,019,941 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $128.36 -0.40 0.31% 3,962,895 NYSE: No mentions found.

J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $46.14 +0.16 0.35% 24,116,293 NYSE: WSJ pC8 "Cablevision Systems Corp. Joins Rush to Junk" by Michael Aneiro says it sold $1.25 bil of senior 8 and 10 year notes Mon to refinance existing debt is a dial with joint bookrunners JPMorgan Chase, BofA Merrill Lynch among others.

WSJ pB4 "Some Lenders, Bondholders Attack Tribune's Cahpter 11 Plan" by Peg Brickley says creditor agreements lenders including JPMorgan Chase that are owed $3.6 bil attached the firms proposed settlement of debt stemming from the '07 leveraged buyout.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.13 -0.01 0.02% 7,532,138 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $30.34 +0.10 0.33% 5,273,226 NYSE: WSJ pC10 "UK's Tougher Takeovers" by Matthew Curtin says between '00 and '08 the UK received 0% more foreign firect investment than France. Now a simple majority of shareholders must approve a merger but the ruling Labour Party wants to change that to a 2/3 vote of shareholders must approve the change of ownership of a firm as a result of Kraft's takeover of Cadbury.

WSJ pC3 "MasterCard President Is Named CEO" by Aparajita Saha-Burna, Matt Jarzemsky says Ajay Banga will become CEO on July 1. He is also on the board of Kraft Foods, Inc.

McDonald's MCD $68.53 -0.15 0.22% 4,024,385 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $36.85 -0.12 0.32% 8,906,553 NYSE: NYT pB3 "Drug Makers Reveal Payments to Doctors, but Data Isn't Easy to Parse" by Duff Wilson says Pfizer recently became the latest big drug maker to start disclosing payments to doctors who act as consultants or speaker but the disclosures on the firms' Web sites are not easy to understand. GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly and Merck are among drug makers that now operate such databases, as a response to critics who says the payments can influence how doctors prescribe drugs.

Microsoft MSFT $30.32 -0.02 0.07% 36,018,197 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC5 "Microsoft Gets Earning Bets" by Tennille Tracy says traders took positions in Microsoft, salted to report quarterly results on 4/22" with a moderately bullish tone, as investors bought 57,000 calls and 35,000 puts.

WSJ pB6 "Microsoft's New Phones Target Youth" by Nick Wingfield, USA Today p2B "Microsoft whips out 2 new smartphones" by AP, NYT pB5 "Microsoft Introduces 2 Phones Aimed at Social networking Set" by Ashlee Vance, AJC pA8 "Microsoft to market touch screen phones" say MSFT will soon release 2 cellphones meant for social networking savvy teens. It is an attempt to revitalize its mobile software biz as competition mounts. A square shaped handset called Kin 1 and a rectangular one called Kin 2 will be sold exclusively in the US by Verizon Wireless.

Pfizer PFE $17.29 +0.04 0.23% 48,167,726 NYSE: NYT pB3 "Drug Makers Reveal Payments to Doctors, but Data Isn't Easy to Parse" by Duff Wilson says Pfizer recently became the latest big drug maker to start disclosing payments to doctors who act as consultants or speaker but the disclosures on the firms' Web sites are not easy to understand. GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly and Merck are among drug makers that now operate such databases, as a response to critics who says the payments can influence how doctors prescribe drugs.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.7 -0.03 0.05% 8,563,655 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $83.28 -0.21 0.25% 2,592,200 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $52.02 -0.38 0.73% 3,177,479 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $73.76 -0.23 0.31% 3,767,866 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $29.94 -0.14 0.47% 18,337,765 Dual Listed: WSJ pB6 "Microsoft's New Phones Target Youth" by Nick Wingfield, AJC pA8 "Microsoft to market touch screen phones" say MSFT will soon release 2 cellphones meant for social networking savvy teens. It is an attempt to revitalize its mobile software biz as competition mounts. A square shaped handset called Kin 1 and a rectangular one called Kin 2 will be sold exclusively in the US by Verizon Wireless.

WSJ PCV6 "Bearish Bets Rise at Nasdaq, Fall at NYSE" by Alejandro Martinez says short sellers were reducing positions in financials including Bank of America and Citi and moving into telecom firms such as Verizon Communications and Quest.

WalMart WMT $55.02 -0.05 0.09% 11,683,718 NYSE: Fin Times p21 "An elegant solution to bow out fro Asda" by Elizabeth Rigby, Andrea Felsted, Jonathan Birchall, WSJ pB5 "Asda CEO to Take Part Time Post" by Paul Sonne, Lilly Vitorovich say WalMart's Pres. of its UK supermarket chain, Asda Group, Andy Bond, will step down as pres and ceo of Asda. Asda, a low price retailer, is the second largest UK grocery chain behind Tesco PLC.

NYT pB1 "Cultivating a Market in India" by Vikas Bajaj says 2 years after WalMart came to India, it is trying to change business models by using its hyper efficient practices to improve productivity and speed the flow of goods.
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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 4/1/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $317 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 257 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 212 [4]
4. GE 200 [10.5]
5. Procter & Gamble PG 184 [3]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 180 [3]
7. BAC 179 [10]
8. JPMorgan Chase 178 [4]
9. IBM 167 [1]
10. AT&T 153 [6]
11. Chevron CVX 152 [2]
12. Cisco CSCO 149 [6]
13. Pfizer PFE 138 [8]
14. Coke KO 127 [2]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 125 [2]
16. Intel INTC 123 [5.5]
17. Merck MRK 116 [3]
18. Verizon VZ 88 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 72 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 69 [1]
21. Disney DIS 67 [2]
22. 3M MMM 59 [.5]
23. Home Depot 55 [2]
24. Boeing BA 55 [1]
25. American Express AXP 49 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 45 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 39 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 34 [1]
29. Travelers 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 15 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 4/1/10 market open 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: 3/26/10 8K re: its intent to take a non-cash charge of approximately $1 billion in the first quarter of 2010 to reflect the impact of the health care reform legislation.

Alcoa AA: 3/2/10 Add'l def. proxy materials

American Express AXP: 3/18/10 Add'l def. proxy materials

Bank of Am BAC: 3/17/10 Add'l def. proxy materials

Boeing BA: 3/31/10 8K re: charge off re: income tax charge of approximately $150 million as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as modified by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act.

Caterpiller CAT: 3/24/10 8K re: charge off as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) signed into law on March 23, 2010

Chevron CVX: 3/31/10 Add'l def. proxy soliciting material

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

Coke KO: 3/22/10 8K re: transactions related to CCE transaction.

Disney DIS: 3/16/10 8K re: amendment to stock option plan & by-laws

DuPont DD: 3/19/10 Def. add'l proxy materials

ExxonMobil XOM: 3/29/10 8K re: its 2009 Financial and Operating Review

GE: 3/25/10 8K re: credit agreement with lenders led by JPMorgan Chase re: the transaction wherein GE and Comcast will form a joint venture which will consist of the NBCU businesses and Comcast’s cable networks.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/10 8K re: amendment of its Stock Incentive Plan

Home Depot HD: 4/7/10 Proxy Statement

3/25/10 10K Annual Report

Intel INTC: 3/22/10 8K re: John Thornton will not stand for reelection at the Company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting to be held on May 19, 2010

IBM: 3/25/10 Add'l def. proxy soliciting materials

JPMorganChase JPM: 3/31/10 Def. add'l proxy materials

Kraft KFT: 3/30/10 Definitive Add'l Proxy material

McDonalds MCD: 3/9/10 8K re: Press release "McDonald’s Global Comparable Sales Increased 4.8% in February"

Merck MRK: 3/11/10 8K re: amendment to the Call Option Agreement among Merck, Merck Sharp & Dohme and sanofi-aventis re: the option granted by Merck to sanofi-aventis to acquire 50% of Merck’s animal health business.

Microsoft MSFT: 1/28/10 10Q.

Pfizer PFE: 3/16/10 Add'l Proxy Materials

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

3M MMM: 3/26//10 8K re: one-time charge it expects to take in the first quarter of 2010 as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by the President on March 23, 2010.

Travelers TRV: 3/17/10 Add'l Proxy Materials

United Technologies UTX: 3/24/10 Add'l proxy solicitation materials

2/26/10 Def. Proxy Statement

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 3/30/10 Proxy Statement

WalMart WMT: 3/30/10 10K Annual Report