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Post No. 606 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of 8/17/10 and an update of the Dow 30 component's SEC filings as of 8/17/10.

A read of Thursday's issues of Wall St. Journal, New York Times, USA Today & Boston Globe 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 10,060.06 up 19.61 or 0.02% from Tuesday's close of 10,040.45. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 7 gained, United Technologies was unchanged and 22 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonalds MCD $73.19 +0.47 0.65% 6,706,040 McDonalds MCD $73.19 +0.47 0.65% 6,706,040 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was United Technologies UTX $65.26 -0.40 0.61% 6,609,165 United Technologies UTX $65.26 -0.40 0.61% 6,609,165 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks' skid is stopped; Dow up 19.61" by Jonathan Cheng says stocks staged a meager advance, bringing an end to a 4 day slide. Oil futures were up reversing their own dip to gain 1.2%, ending a 5 day losing streak.

WSJ pC5 "Apple boosts Nasdaq by Kristina Peterson says home building firms led stocks higher as the market looked past disappointing economic data in the hopes that the housing market has finally bottomed. The Dow was led by home improvement retailer Home Depot which gained 55 cents and was charted under Good News.

NYT pB11 "Sahres rebound as builder posts a profit" by Christine Hauser says stocks posted small gains witht he major indexes advancing for the first time in 5 sessions despite new reports of weakness in the housing and manufacturing industries.

As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493, the trailing P/E ratio is 13.57 up from Wednesday's 13.55 (year ago it was 15.40) the P/E estimate is 12.36 unchanged from Wednesday's 12.36 (year ago it was 14.71) and the current dividend yield is 2.79 up from Wednesday's 2.79 (it was 3.01 a year ago). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,329.23 up 2.59 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,326.64. 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 2.59 for Wednesday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in Tuesday's Dow of 19.61. 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 $44.31 up 0.09 from Tuesay's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $44.22. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $37.89 down $0.66 from Monday's median price of $38.55. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $49.26 -0.48 0.97% 3,783,090 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $12.64 -0.23 1.79% 154,948,754 NYSE.

If Wednesday 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 $259($132,923 - $132,664.

MarketWatch 8/24/10 Wednesday4:43 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished higher on Wednesday, after a late reversal helped the Dow Jones Industrial Average end a four-session losing streak, with investors buying the battered stocks of home builders and other consumer issues in the wake of further disappointing housing numbers. Down 100 points earlier in the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA 10,060, +19.61, +0.20%) briefly dipped below the 10,000 level for a second day, but it reversed in the final stretch of trading, ending up 19.61 points, or 0.2%, at 10,060.06. Twenty-one of the Dow's 30 components were on the rise, with home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. HD 28.27, -0.06, -0.21%) faring the best, rising 2%. he gains follow four straight sessions of losses for the blue-chip average. Also down in the past four sessions, the S&P 500 Index SPX 1,055, +3.46, +0.33%) finished up 3.46 points, or 0.3%, to 1,055.33, with consumer-discretionary shares up 1%, leading gains among its 10 industry groups. Notable movers included luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL 17.14, +0.01, +0.06%) ; its shares were up 5.8% after it swung to a third-quarter profit. Read more about Toll's results. The results helped lift other housing stocks, with both D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI 10.34, -0.09, -0.88%) and KB Home KBH 10.56, +0.06, +0.57%) up 4.6%. illionaire's buy listWarren Buffet, George Soros and Carl Icahn are buying stocks and that's a bullish sign, according to James Altucher, Wealth Adviser contributor, who says there's plenty to learn from their picks. After a two-day losing streak, the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP 2,142, +17.78, +0.84%) also reversed course, to finish up 17.78 points, or 0.8%, at 2,141.54.For every 11 stocks falling, 18 were rising on the New York Stock Exchange, where 1.1 billion shares traded. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures added $7.90 to $1,241.30 an ounce, while crude futures gained 89 cents to end at $72.52 a barrel. Major stock indexes pared their steep slide after data showed that new-home sales fell 12.4% in July to an annual rate of 276,000, a record low. Before Wall Street's open, the government reported that orders for durable goods climbed a meager 0.3% in July, an increase far less than anticipated. Read more about the durable-goods orders.

Wednesday's Dow Closing Numbers:

AT&T T $26.89 +0.17 0.64% 38,098,926 NYSE: WSJ pD1 "Cell towers for the home" by Walter S. Mossberg tested Verizon, Sprint and AT&T mini home cell towers and said AT&T's $150 MicroCell worked well especially in places where there was little or no coverage.

Alcoa AA $10.11 +0.05 0.5% 18,936,060 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $39.8 +0.23 0.58% 6,410,238 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of Am BAC $12.66 -0.02 0.16% 159,938,463 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $60.76 +0.17 0.28% 5,144,344 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Lockheed, Ratheon Ally for Anti-Missle Deal" by Christopher Hinton says the two are trying to take away a $6 bil contract that Boeing has had since its inception with Northrop Grumman.

Caterpillar CAT $64.7 -0.34 0.52% 8,681,784 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $74.07 +0.29 0.39% 9,717,226 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $21.21 +0.08 0.38% 54,310,986 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $55.39 -0.27 0.49% 7,931,516 NYSE: No mentions found.

DIS $32.11 -0.03 0.09% 14,147,763 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $39.71 +0.12 0.3% 7,043,708 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $58.91 -0.03 0.05% 20,967,929 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $14.57 unch unch 76,793,219 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Laggard GE makes nuclear push" by Paul Glader says GE and Hitachi are making a fresh push to win nuclear power contracts with plans to open 5 joint sales offices this year after falling behind in the race to build new reactors. GE helped pioneer the nuclear power industry in the 60's.

Hewlett-Procter HPQ $38.24 -0.15 0.39% 26,249,254 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $28.33 +0.55 1.98% 14,358,451 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Apple boosts Nasdaq by Kristina Peterson says home building firms led stocks higher as the market looked past disappointing economic data in the hopes that the housing market has finally bottomed. The Dow was led by home improvement retailer Home Depot which gained 55 cents and was charted under Good News.

Intel INTC $18.48 +0.075 0.41% 63,350,524 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $125.27 +0.37 0.3% 5,239,479 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $36.23 +0.02 0.06% 36,063,011 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & John JNJ $57.98 -0.03 0.05% 11,678,416 NYSE: No mentions found.

KFT $29.59 0.30 1.02% 10,494,759 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonalds MCD $73.19 +0.47 0.65% 6,706,040 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $34.54 +0.10 0.29% 10,609,840 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $24.1 +0.06 0.25% 47,404,767 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $15.99 +0.17 1.07% 49,386,805 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $59.67 +0.01 0.02% 10,400,742 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $80.75 -0.30 0.37% 3,578,735 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $49.52 -0.26 0.53% 3,638,962 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $65.26 -0.40 0.61% 6,609,165 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $29.66 +0.19 0.64% 23,561,692 Dual Listed: WSJ pD1 "Cell towers for the home" by Walter S. Mossberg tested Verizon, Sprint and AT&T mini home cell towers and said AT&T's $150 MicroCell worked well especially in places where there was little or no coverage.

Walmart WMT $51.55 +0.25 0.49% 14,850,212 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Walmart asks Sup. Ct. to hear discrim. suit" by Steven Greenhouse, Boston Globe p8 "Walmart asks high court to halt suit" by Bloomberg says Walmart ahs asked the US Supreme Ct to block female employees from suing on behalf of 1.5 mil women that owuld be the biggest sex bias suit in the US.

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Cyhicago, Ill)
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)
Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)
Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Cathie Lesjak (Interim) (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (Oak Brook, Ill)
Merck MRK Richard Clark (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Jeffrey Kindler (NY, NY)
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)
3M MMM George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 8/17/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $307.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 217 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 190 [3.5]
4. Procter & Gamble PG 170.5 [3]
5. GE 166 [10.5]
6. IBM 161.5 [1]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 161.5 [3]
8. AT&T 158.5 [6]
9. Chevron CVX 155 [2]
10. JPMorgan Chase 149.5 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 130 [8]
12. Coke KO 128 [2.5]
13. Bank of America BAC 133 [10]
14. Cisco CSCO 125.5 [6]
15. Intel INTC 109.5 [5.5]
16. Merck MRK 107.5 [3]
17. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 95 [2.5]
18. Verizon VZ 89.5 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 77 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 65 [1]
21. Disney DIS 64 [2]
22. 3M MMM 59 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 50 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 51 [2]
25. Boeing BA 47.5 [1]
26. Home Depot 47 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 44 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 37 [1]
29. Travelers 23.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 8/17/10 other than ownership filings, registration of shares for employee benefit plans, free writing prospectuses and third party shareholder proposals:

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

AT&T T: 8/6/10 10Q re: 2Q results 6/30/10
8/4/10 8K re: offer to exchange New Cingular Wireless Notes
7/30/10 8K re: sale of 2.5% Global Notes due '15
7/22/10 8K re: 2Q earnings
6/25/10 8K: re: amendments to employee compensation plans.
5/24/10 8K: re: sale of its Sterling Commerce subsidiary to IBM for $1.4 billion in cash.

Alcoa AA: 8/10/10 8K re: tender for notes due '12
8/3/10 8K re: sale of notes
7/27/10 8K re: offering of 6.15% notes due '20
7/23/10 8K re: election of Tony Theme CFO Engineered Products & Graeme Bottger, Controller

American Express AXP: 8/16/10 2 8Ks re: delinquency and write-off statistics
8/5/10 10Q 2Q results 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K 2Q results

7/21/10 8K re: Personnel changes & Board of Dir. elections

7/15/10 8K Delinquency & write-off statistics through 6/30/10

Bank of Am BAC: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: by-law amendments
7/27/10 8K re: issuance of Euro Medium Term Notes
7/22/10 8K re: impairment resulting from fin'l reform legislation passed by Congress

Boeing BA: 7/28/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/28/10 8K re 2Q results
6/10/10 8K re: election of Edward M. Liddy to Board of Dirs. & Audit & Fin. Committees. By-laws were amended to increase number of directors from 12 to 13.
4/28/10 8-K re: results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 26, 2010

Caterpiller CAT: 7/30/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K (two of them) dealing with 4Q results for period ending 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K: re: dealer statistics
6/18/10 8K re: dealer statistics.
6/17/10 8K re: plans to produce a full range of mining shovels and increase dump truck production.
/11/10 8K re: as previously announced, Board elected Douglas R. Oberhelman as CEO effective 8/1/10.
6/11/10 8K re: results of 6/9 annual meeting of shareholders.
6/1/10 8K re: purchase of Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. for $820 million in cash from Berkshire Partners LLC and Greenbriar Equity Group LLC.
5/28/10 8K re: retirement of David B. Burritt, VP & CFO as of 6/1/10.

Chevron CVX: 8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results
7/12/10 8K re: updated on 2Q results
6/2/10 8K re: results of 5/26/10 vote at annual meeting for election of Directors & other matters.

Cisco CSCO 8/11/10 8K re: 4Q results fiscal year 7/31/10
6/29/108K 6/29/10 10b5-1 re: stock trading plans adopted by insiders

Coke KO 8/2/10 10Q 2Q 7/2/10
7/30/10 8K re: refiling of hart-Scott-Rodino filing re: acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Disney DIS 8/10/10 10Q 3Q 6/27/10
8/10/10 8K re: 3Q results

DuPont DD: 7/27/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/27/10 8K re: 2Q results
4/29/10 8K re: voting results from annual meeting held on 4/28/10.

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/4/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/29/10 8K re: 2Q results
6/25/10 8K re: completion of its acquisition of XTO Energy Inc.
6/1/10 8K re: voting results from 5/26/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

GE: 8/2/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/16/10 8K re: 2Q reports
6/16/10 8K re; election of James S. Tisch to Board of Directors. He is Pres. & CEO of Loew's.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 8/6/10 8K re: resignation of Mark V. Hurd as chairman, CEO, Pres
8/2/10 8K re: settleemnt with US Dept. of Justice re: Rille Complaint
6/8/10 8K re: 10Q
6/1/10 10Q
6/1/10 8K re: plans to invest $1 billion in its enterprise services business to enhance client experience and better position the business for growth.

Home Depot HD: 8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 8/1/10
6/3/10 10Q
5/25/10 8K re: voting results from 5/20/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

Intel INTC: 8/4/10 8K re: antitrust settlement with US Dept. of Justice
7/30/10 10Q 2Q 6/26/10
7/22/10 8K re: agreement with FTC to delay antitrust case while settlement talks continue.
7/16/10 8K re: Intel's interest in SMART Technologies Inc. which did an IPO.
7/14/10 8K re: CFO commenting on 2Q results.
7/13/10 8K re: 2Q results.
6/22/10 8K re: agreed upon suspension of FTC admin. proceedings while settlement discussions are held.
5/21/10 8K re: voting results from 5/19/10 annual meeting of stockholders.
5/12/10 8K re: info provided at an Investor meeting by Paul S. Otellini, Pres. & CEO.
5/7/10 8K re: Micron Technology, Inc. completed its acquisition of Numonyx Holdings BV & issued shares of common stock to Numonyx shareholders.

IBM: 8/4/10 8K re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
7/27/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/20/10 8K re: 2Q earnings presentation.
7/19/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10.

JPMorganChase JPM: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K re: completion of public offering of debt issues.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/11/10 10Q 2Q 7/4/10
7/20/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 7/4/10
7/19/10 8K re: Bd of Dirs. election
7/12/10 K re: agreement to buy Micrus Endovascular.

Kraft KFT: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/5/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 8/10/10 8K re: July and end of year sale statistics
8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10
6/9/10 8K re: year to date sales figures
/24/10 8K re: voting results of 5/20/10 annual shareholders' meeting

Merck MRK: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results
7/8/10 8K re: global restructuring program in conjunction with the integration of the Schering-Plough acquisition; reduction of work force by 15% & closing of plants and research sites.
5/28/10 8K re: Kenneth C. Frazier to succeed Richard T. Clark as Pres. Of the Company as of 5/1/10 and Dr. Sam Their's retirement from the Board & voting results from 5/25/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

Microsoft MSFT: 7/30/10 10K year ended 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K re: 4Q results ending 6/30/10.
6/18/10 8K re: sale of $1.25 bil of Zero Coupon Convertible Sr. Notes due '13 (and related 6/9 8K).
5/28/10 8K re: retirement of Robbie Bach, pres. Of Entertainment & Devices Div.

Pfizer PFE: 8/12/10 10Q 2Q 7/4/10
8/3/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/26/10 8K re: retirement of Dr. Martin Mackay, Sr. VP & Pres, Pharma Therapeutics R&D of Pfizer Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 8/13/10 10K year ended 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: exec comp plans
8/3/10 8K re: 4Q and year end results
7/13/10 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend.
5/19/10 8K re: closing of 100 bil Euro 0.955 Note Offering due 2015.

3M MMM: 8/4/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K re: 2Q results
6/28/10 8K re: projected sales range for 2Q '10.

Travelers TRV: 7/22/10 8K & 10Q
6/15/10 8K re: $1 bil 3 year revolving credit agreement.
5/7/10 8K re: voting results of 5/4/10 annual meeting of shareholders
4/23/10 10Q

United Technologies UTX: 7/26/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/14/10 8K re: exercise of its rights to redeem $500 mil of outstanding 7.125% Notes due 11/15/10.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/29/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/27/10 8K re: 2Q results
7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10
7/1/10 8K re: completion of acquisition of Frontier Communications Corp. and spin off of shares to VZ shareholders.
6/11/10 8K re: agreement with certain unions.
5/27/10 8K re: record date of 6/7/10 re: proposed spin off of shares of New Communications Holdings.
5/12/10 8K re: voting results from 5/6/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

WalMart WMT: 8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 7/31/10
7/7/10 8K re: underwriting to the public of several series of notes.
7/2/10 8K re: departure of John E. Fleming EVP & Chief Merchandising Officer effective 8/1/10.
6/29/10 8K re: appointment of Eduwardo Castro-Wright as CEO fo global.com & William S. Simon as CEO of Walmart U.S.
6/9/10 8K re: results of 6/4 annual meeting of shareholders.
6/14/10 10Q.