Monday, November 15, 2010

11/15/10 Mon. pm Dow Closes 11,201.97 up 9.39 or 0.08%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 11,201.97 up 9.39 or 0.08% from Friday's close of 11,192.58. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 13 gained, American Express was unchanged and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing BA $63.61 +0.52 0.82% 10,955,104 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $40.08 +0.47 1.19% 28,488,162 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $84.86 -0.58 0.68% 9,236,692 NYSE and percentage wise was JPMorgan JPM $40.08 +0.47 1.19% 28,488,162 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Monday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Mon's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. The trailing P/E is 14.31 down from Friday's 14.42 (year ago it was 17.78); the P/E estimate is 13.22 down from Friday's 13.46 (year ago it was 15.82) and the dividend yield is 2.54 up from Friday's 2.52 (last year it was 2.73). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,480.11 up 1.24 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,478.87. 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 for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. 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 $49.34 up 0.04 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $49.30. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $42.62 (AXP/HPQ) up 0.18 from Friday's closing median price of $42.44. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $86.2 -0.04 0.05% 3,126,945 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $12.1 -0.02 0.17% 110,558,021 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 $124 ($148,011 - $147,887.)

MarketWatch Monday 11/15/10 4:24 pm by Kate Gibson Gibson says U.S stocks
lost the bulk of their gains Monday as Treasury prices fell sharply, denting cheer that prevailed most of the day after a jump in retail sales and a large acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. “Treasurys are getting splattered and 10-year yields are at three-month highs; if rates are going up, it’s not a good thing for equities. This is the Fed’s worst nightmare,” said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak.
The Fed's latest attempt to boost the economy is coming under fire from Republican economists and politicians, who threaten to yank the central bank deeper into partisan politics. Treasury prices thudded lower on a report that a Moody’s Investors Service analyst said extending the Bush tax cuts would be bad for the U.S. credit rating. Finishing about 80 points away from its session high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,202, +9.54, +0.09%) ended up 9.39 points at 11,201.97. The blue-chip benchmark closed Friday at its lowest level since Nov. 2. The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,198, -1.46, -0.12%) lost 1.46 points to 1,197.75, with the financial sector performing best among its 10 industry groups and natural-resource companies faring the worst. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,514, -4.39, -0.17%) declined 4.39 points to 2,513.82. For every eight stocks that fell, about seven rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 880 million shares traded. The Commerce Department reported that retail sales climbed 1.2% last month on increased appetite for automobiles.“Investors are feeling mildly comforted that Christmas might not be a total disaster,” said Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners, of the better-than-expected retail-sales data ahead of the holiday shopping season. Another report had manufacturing in the New York region contracting in November for the first time in more than a year. See more on downturn in Empire State factory index. Construction-machinery giant Caterpillar (CAT 81.85, +0.03, +0.04%) said it would acquire mining-equipment maker Bucyrus International Inc. (BUCY 89.85, +0.05, +0.06%). "The Caterpillar deal this morning is important in the sense of does Caterpillar think we’ll continue to see commodities go to the moon here, and they are at least bullish on economic growth,” said Jay Suskind, senior vice president at Duncan-Williams Inc. On Monday, commodities were mixed as the U.S. dollar gained alongside equities. Gold futures finished up $3 at $1,368.50 an ounce, and crude-oil futures slipped below $85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The dollar index /quotes/comstock/11j!i:dxy0 (DXY 78.61, +0.53, +0.68%) was recently at 78.607, up from 78.106 late Friday. “We saw the dollar rally last week on China’s comments that they’re going to raise interest rates. But we need it to get above 80 before we can say the trend has changed; at least then, the downtrend we’ve seen for much of this year will have been broken, strictly from a technical basis,” said Dearborn Partners’ Nolte. Caterpillar wasn’t alone on the acquisition front, with data-storage company EMC Corp. (EMC 21.70, +0.25, +1.17%) saying it would buy Isilon Systems Inc. (ISLN 33.80, +0.03, +0.09%) for $2.25 billion.
On the earnings front, Lowe’s Cos. (LOW 21.83, +0.37, +1.72%) reported an increase in third-quarter profit, but the home-improvement retailer cut its full-year earnings forecast. After the close, retailers Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN 33.17, +0.44, +1.33%) and Nordstrom Inc. (JWN 40.60, -1.23, -2.94%) are both scheduled to report their quarterly results. Before Tuesday’s open, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT 53.97, +0.02, +0.04%) will report its third-quarter results, with analysts looking for signs of improvement from the world’s largest retailer. Also on tap Tuesday, Apple Inc. (AAPL 307.16, +0.13, +0.04%) says it will make an announcement about its iTunes Store, now the top music retailer in the U.S. Later in the week, General Motors Co. will make an initial public offering, with the auto maker earlier in the month saying its common shares would sell for $26 to $29 apiece. That range is now likely pegged at $31 to $33 a share, a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T T $28.63 +0.17 0.6% 23,121,699 NYSE
Alcoa AA $13.4 -0.09 0.67% 18,379,598 NYSE
Amex AXP $42.7 unch unch 6,054,804 NYSE
Bank of Am BAC $12.1 -0.02 0.17% 110,558,021 NYSE
Boeing BA $63.61 +0.52 0.82% 10,955,104 NYSE
Chevron CVX $84.86 -0.58 0.68% 9,236,692 NYSE
CSCO $19.95 -0.20 0.99% 137,039,222 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $62.96 +0.04 0.06% 11,458,126 NYSE
Disney DIS $37.25 -0.50 1.32% 11,627,116 NYSE
DuPont DD $46.31 -0.21 0.45% 5,180,302 NYSE
Exxon XOM $70.48 -0.51 0.72% 18,729,430 NYSE
GE $16.2 -0.05 -0.31% 39,056,923 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.54 +0.33 0.78% 14,453,817 NYSE
Home Depot HD $31.39 -0.05 0.16% 9,626,176 NYSE
Intel INTC $21.295 -0.235 1.09% 49,364,344 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $143.64 -0.10 0.07% 3,809,881 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $40.08 +0.47 1.19% 28,488,162 NYSE
JNJ $64.14 +0.47 0.74% 12,645,831 NYSE
KFT $30.79 +0.17 0.56% 7,975,886 NYSE
MCD $79.07 +0.22 0.28% 3,738,509 NYSE
MRK $34.54 -0.17 0.49% 13,048,415 NYSE
MSFT $26.2 -0.07 0.27% 50,911,685 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $16.75 -0.10 0.59% 36,299,778 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $64.29 -0.04 0.06% 10,812,027 NYSE
3M MMM $86.2 -0.04 0.05% 3,126,945 NYSE
TRV $56.78 +0.47 0.83% 4,613,795 NYSE
United Tech UTX $75.31 +0.43 0.57% 4,717,504 NYSE
Verizon VZ $32.77 +0.21 0.64% 14,202,885 Dual Listed
Walmart WMT $53.95 -0.18 0.33% 11,444,949 NYSE





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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog.

A read of Monday's Nov. 15 Barron's, Monday's Investor's Business Daily, Monday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (Ga) 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 Friday at 11,192.58 down from Thursday's close of 11,283.1. For the week the Dow was down 251.50 or 2.20% from last Friday's close of 11,4444.08. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 4 gained and 26 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Disney DIS $37.77 +1.8425 5.13% 37,332,733 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage wise was Boeing BA $63.115 -2.255 3.45% 15,619,187 NYSE.

Inv. Bus. Daily "Stocks tumble on worries about China" by Paul Whitfield says stocks careened lower Fri as the market's uptrend showed more signs of sputtering. the current market outlook is uptrend under pressure.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,478.87 down 11.96 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,490.83. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.30 down 0.39 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $49.69. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $42.44 (AXP/HPQ). The lowest volume was 3M MMM $86.24 -0.26 0.3% 4,064,077 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $12.13 -0.24 1.94% 157,536,927 NYSE.

If Friday 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 lost $1,196 ($149,083 - 147,887.)

MarketWatch Friday 11/12/10 4:17 pm by Nick Godt Gibson says U.S stocks fell sharply on Friday and for the week, with stocks ending an uninterrupted 5-week rally, as concerns that China may tighten lending conditions hit commodities and their related stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,193, -90.52, -0.80%) slumped 90.52 points, or 0.8%, to 11,192.58, with shares of Boeing Co. (BA 63.16, +0.07, +0.11%) , off 3.5%, weighing on the most. The S&P 500 index (SPX 1,199, -14.33, -1.18%) dropped 14.33 points, or 1.2%, to 1,199.21. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,518, -37.31, -1.46%) fell 37.31 points, or 1.5%, to 2,518.21. For the week, both the Dow and the S&P 500 fell 2.2% and the Nasdaq fell 2.4%

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers and Mon's News:


AT&T T $28.43 -0.40 1.39% 23,823,669 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $13.465 -0.345 2.5% 26,380,619 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $42.7 -0.65 1.5% 6,268,797 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $12.13 -0.24 1.94% 157,536,927 NYSE: Barron's p47 "Banks buck up" by Shirley Lazo says David Konrad, equity research director and vp Kyle O'Brien issued a report saying JPMorgan will be the big bank mover in '11 with a estimated dividend yield of 1.6% while Bank of America's is estimated to have an '11 div. yield of 0.3%.

Boeing BA $63.115 -2.255 3.45% 15,619,187 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $80.98 -0.69 0.8% 9,540,784 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $85.44 -0.65 0.76% 10,370,215 NYSE: Barron's Week Review p20" says Chevron said it plans to buy Atlas Energy in a $4.3 bil deal.

Cisco CSCO $20.15 -0.37 1.8% 228,318,393 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB10 "Apple exec departs for Cisco" by Roger Cheng says Cisco hired ex-Apple exec and iPhone engineer Mark papermaster to hel with Cisco's core network business.

Barron's Week Review p20" says Cisco said it faced a challenging economic environment and forecast lower than expected sales for the current quarter resulted in its shares being hammered.

Barron's p36 "Do Cisco's woes signal a broad tech downturn?" by Eric Savitz says Cisco has created a conumdrum by reporting decent Oct quarter results but also serving up alarming guidance for the Jan quarter & its current fiscal year. Csco may be losing market share in its core router and switch businesses to Juniper Networks,Hewlett-Packard and others. Cisco's warnings may weigh on its stock for months.

Barron's pM3 "Stocks suffer worst week in three months" by Dimitra DeFortis say stocks headed south last week ending a 5 week winning streak due to fears of a slowdown in Cina and a lackluster profit outlook form Cisco. Another tech bellwether, Intel, announced a 15% dividend increase Fri, calling '10 ts best year ever but the news did little to reverse negative market sentiment. The chief investment strategist at Morgan Stanley, David Darst cited Johnson & Jonson selling for 12.7 times earnings as a health care stock that is cheap and yielding between 3 & 5%.

Barron's p48 "Bullish, but not a raging bull" by Lawrence Strauss is an interview with John Lynch, Chief Equity Strategist, Wells Fargo Funds Management Group and says that Lynch prefers growth over value and says the leading growth companies such as Oracle, Cisco and Microsoft have in common a dividend yield. He says he is concerned on the staples side about all the price increases in commodities which will chip away at the margins of many classic staples firms, such as Procter & Gamble and General Mills, both of which have cited increased commodity costs in their recent earnings and outlooks.

Coke KO $62.92 +0.12 0.19% 9,151,757 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $37.77 +1.8425 5.13% 37,332,733 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "A closer look at 3 big paydays" by Joann S. Lublin has a list of the 20 highest paid US CEO's and includes Exxon's Rex Tille son, Disney's Robert A. Iger, IBM's Samuel J. Palmisano, Johnson & Johnson's William C. Weldon and Travelers' Jay S. Fishman who at 20th had total compensation of just below $13 mil.

Barron's pM2 "Charting the market" charts Disney saying splitting off one time items, Disney posted better than expected 4Q results for '10 at 43 cents a share. Toy Story 3 helped.

DuPont DD $46.5375 -0.6525 1.38% 5,261,708 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $70.92 -0.91 1.27% 22,283,437 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Dividend increases spur new interest" by Jonathan Cheng says the spotlight is again on dividends after Intel raised its payout last week and the Fed Reserve said it might soon allow banks to increase their payments. The S&P Dividend Aristocrats are 46 stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years and include Exxon, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble & Walmart.

WSJ pB5 "A closer look at 3 big paydays" by Joann S. Lublin has a list of the 20 highest paid US CEO's and includes Exxon's Rex Tille son, Disney's Robert A. Iger, IBM's Samuel J. Palmisano, Johnson & Johnson's William C. Weldon and Travelers' Jay S. Fishman who at 20th had total compensation of just below $13 mil.

Barron's pM2 "Charting the market" charts Exxon says worries about Chinese monetary tightening & its effect on commodity demand dropped oil prices, undercutting the world's biggest energy outfit.

GE $16.235 0.115 -0.7% 42,811,622 NYSE: WSJ pB11 "Comcast NBC deal review quickens" by Amy Schatz says few expect the FCC or Justice Dept to block Comcast's $13.75 bil deal to buy 51% of NBC Universal from GE because the two firms aren't direct competitors.

WSJ pC1 "Goldman hits a setback on payback" by Liz Rappaport says Goldman Sach has hit a delay in its efforts to win US gov to pay back a $5 bil investment from Berkshire Hathaway because the Fed wants to finalize guidelines. In '08 & '08 Berkshire invested more than $21 bil in Goldman, GE, Swiss Re, Dow Chemical & Wrigley in the form of preferred equity, bonds or other capital securities.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.19 -0.91 2.11% 16,943,039 NYSE: Barron's p22 "A great drama, a fantastic stock" by Mark Veverka says the current courtroom battle better Oracle and a former unit of SAP will see Oracle calling as a witness Leo Aptheker, once the sales boss at SAP and now the CEO of Hewlett-Packard. The courtroom theatrics are good for Oracle.

Barron's p36 "Do Cisco's woes signal a broad gtech downturn?" by Eric Savitz says Cisco has created a conumdrum by reporting decent Oct quarter results but also serving up alarming guidance for the Jan quarter & its current fiscal year. Csco may be losing market share in its core router and switch businesses to Juniper Networks,Hewlett-Packard and others. Cisco's warnings may weigh on its stock for months.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA9 "How to put merges in synch" by Gary M. Stern says Robert Bruner in his book" deals from Hell: MA Lessons that Rise Above the Ahses" debunds the reports that say on 20% of mergers succeed. He says 60 to 70% of mergers return their costs to investors. He says Hewlett-Packard's '03 acquisition of Compaq a strategic, fin'l and organizational win because of the rapid post merger integration and sound product line fit. But many news reports about HP focus on CEOscandals, not a merger's strong points.

Home Depot HD $31.41 -0.29 0.91% 9,660,497 NYSE: Investor's Bus. Daily pB7 "Look for two key traits in base handles" by Vincent Mao charts Home Depot and says Home Depot's "handle" from a technical perspective may mean it is on the verge of a successful breakout. It says Home Depot was a huge winner in the 80's & 90's and broke out past a 27.10 buy point in the week ended Oct. 7.

Intel INTC $21.53 +0.32 1.51% 99,037,671 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC1 "ividend increases spur new interest" by Jonathan Cheng says the spotlight is again on dividends after Intel raised its payout last week and the Fed Reserve said it might soon allow banks to increase their payments. The S&P Dividend Aristocrats are 46 stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years and include Exxon, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble & Walmart.

Barron's pM3 "Stocks suffer worst week in three months" by Dimitra DeFortis say stocks headed south last week ending a 5 week winning streak due to fears of a slowdown in Cina and a lackluster profit outlook form Cisco. Another tech bellwether, Intel, announced a 15% dividend increase Fri, calling '10 ts best year ever but the news did little to reverse negative market sentiment. The chief investment strategist at Morgan Stanley, David Darst cited Johnson & Jonson selling for 12.7 times earnings as a health care stock that is cheap and yielding between 3 & 5%.

IBM $143.75 -1.68 1.16% 4,244,086 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "A closer look at 3 big paydays" by Joann S. Lublin has a list of the 20 highest paid US CEO's and includes Exxon's Rex Tille son, Disney's Robert A. Iger, IBM's Samuel J. Palmisano, Johnson & Johnson's William C. Weldon and Travelers' Jay S. Fishman who at 20th had total compensation of just below $13 mil.

JPMorgan JPM $39.565 -0.455 1.14% 27,088,594 NYSE: Barron's p47 "Banks buck up" by Shirley Lazo says David Konrad, equity research director and vp Kyle O'Brien issued a report saying JPMorgan will be the big bank mover in '11 with a estimated dividend yield of 1.6% while Bank of America's is estimated to have an '11 div. yield of 0.3%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.63 -0.29 0.45% 11,814,904 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Drug study gives J&J cold comfort" by Ron Winslow says a study found that a heart failure drug, Natrecor, doesn't increase risk of death but also provides little benefit.

WSJ pB5 "A closer look at 3 big paydays" by Joann S. Lublin has a list of the 20 highest paid US CEO's and includes Exxon's Rex Tille son, Disney's Robert A. Iger, IBM's Samuel J. Palmisano, Johnson & Johnson's William C. Weldon and Travelers' Jay S. Fishman who at 20th had total compensation of just below $13 mil.

Barron's pM3 "Stocks suffer worst week in three months" by Dimitra DeFortis say stocks headed south last week ending a 5 week winning streak due to fears of a slowdown in Cina and a lackluster profit outlook form Cisco. Another tech bellwether, Intel, announced a 15% dividend increase Fri, calling '10 ts best year ever but the news did little to reverse negative market sentiment. The chief investment strategist at Morgan Stanley, David Darst cited Johnson & Johnson selling for 12.7 times earnings as a health care stock that is cheap and yielding between 3 & 5%.

Kraft KFT $30.63 +0.17 0.56% 7,065,248 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $78.76 -0.94 1.18% 4,308,066 NYSE: USA Today "McDonald's sticks to game plan for success" by Maria Bartiromo is an interview with McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner who says he's not worried about a fat tax.

WSJ pC1 "Dividend increases spur new interest" by Jonathan Cheng says the spotlight is again on dividends after Intel raised its payout last week and the Fed Reserve said it might soon allow banks to increase their payments. The S&P Dividend Aristocrats are 46 stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years and include Exxon, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble & Walmart.

Merck MRK $34.67 -0.54 1.53% 22,036,306 NYSE: Barron's p25 "Pipeline promise" by Vito Racaneli says drug maker Novartis will see patents on blockbuster products expire soon. But is share price overlooks a strong replacement list and the potential of a pricey acquisition. The stock market is giving Novartis a middle of the pack valuation, even though is prospects outshine those of most of its peers. a chart lists Pfizer sell at a '11 p/e estimate of 7.4 with a dividend yield of 4.2% and Merck selling at a 9.2 '11 P/E estimate with a div. yield of 4.3 while Novartis is at a '11E P?E of 10.3 and a dividend yield of 3.9%.

Microsoft MSFT $26.27 -0.41 1.54% 64,118,779 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p37 "Gadget of the week" by David Schutt picks the Kinect add on to Microsoft's Xbox 360 videogame player calling it an amazing technological feat.

Barron's p48 "Bullish, but not a raging bull" by Lawrence Strauss is an interview with John Lynch, Chief Equity Strategist, Wells Fargo Funds Management Group and says that Lynch prefers growth over value and says the leading growth companies such as Oracle, Cisco and Microsoft have in common a dividend yield. He says he is concerned on the staples side about all the price increases in commodities which will chip away at the margins of many classic staples firms, such as Procter & Gamble and General Mills, both of which have cited increased commodity costs in their recent earnings and outlooks.

Inv. Bus Daily pA8 "Innovating through an adverse environment" by Pete Barlas says Yahoo is the Web's leading portal and its combining its search business with rival Microsoft to better challenge Google for a larger share of the search market.

Pfizer PFE $16.83 -0.15 0.88% 36,581,904 NYSE: Fin Times p25 "Big pharma's Brazial prescription" by Andrew Jack says Pfizer i ranked 10th in market share in the growing market of Brazil.

Procter & Gamble PG $64.33 -0.03 0.05% 9,041,900 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "ividend increases spur new interest" by Jonathan Cheng says the spotlight is again on dividends after Intel raised its payout last week and the Fed Reserve said it might soon allow banks to increase their payments. The S&P Dividend Aristocrats are 46 stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years and include Exxon, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble & Walmart.

Barron's p48 "Bullish, but not a raging bull" by Lawrence Strauss is an interview with John Lynch, Chief Equity Strategist, Wells Fargo Funds Management Group and says that Lynch prefers growth over value and says the leading growth companies such as Oracle, Cisco and Microsoft have in common a dividend yield. He says he is concerned on the staples side about all the price increases in commodities which will chip away at the margins of many classic staples firms, such as Procter & Gamble and General Mills, both of which have cited increased commodity costs in their recent earnings and outlooks.

3M MMM $86.24 -0.26 0.3% 4,064,077 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $56.31 -0.10 0.18% 4,407,463 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "A closer look at 3 big paydays" by Joann S. Lublin has a list of the 20 highest paid US CEO's and includes Exxon's Rex Tille son, Disney's Robert A. Iger, IBM's Samuel J. Palmisano, Johnson & Johnson's William C. Weldon and Travelers' Jay S. Fishman who at 20th had total compensation of just below $13 mil.

United Technologies UTX $74.88 -0.51 0.68% 4,697,040 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $32.56 -0.07 0.21% 11,841,102 Dual Listed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $54.13 -0.21 0.39% 10,516,890 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" & Fin Times "p28 "Walmart sales growth under scrutiny", NYT pB3 "Looking ahead" say on Tues. Walmart reports earnings with an estimate of 90 cents per share versus actual of 84 cents a year ago.

WSJ pB1 "Walmart bargain shops for Japanese stores to buy" Mariko Sanchanta says Walmart is seeking acquisitions in Japam as it tries to increase the 400 stores it has in Asia plus 300 in China to further reduce its cost base.

WSJ pC1 "Retailers plan for a Cratchit family holiday" by Kelly Evans says last week's announcement by Walmar that it will offer free shipping for half the items in its on lne store during the holiday choice is due to their belief that year on year sales will continue to fall and the move will bolster 4Q sales.

WSJ pC1 "ividend increases spur new interest" by Jonathan Cheng says the spotlight is again on dividends after Intel raised its payout last week and the Fed Reserve said it might soon allow banks to increase their payments. The S&P Dividend Aristocrats are 46 stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years and include Exxon, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble & Walmart.

Barron's Week Preview p21" says Walmart posts results on Tues 11/16 and updates its holiday outlook.

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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 Leo Apotheker (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 10/24/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $338 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 219.5 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 196.5 [3.5]
4. Procter & Gamble PG 180 [3]
5. IBM 176 [1]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176 [3]
7. GE 171.5 [10.5]
8. Chevron CVX 170 [2]
9. AT&T T 167 [6]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 149 [4]
11. Coke KO 142 [2.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 140 [8]
13. Cisco CSCO 134 [6]
14. Bank of America BAC 115 [10]
15. Merck MRK 114 [3]
16. Intel INTC 110.5 [5.5]
17. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 97 [2.5]
18. Verizon VZ 95 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 83.5 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]
21. Disney DIS 67 [2]
22. 3M MMM 64.5 [.5]
23. Kraft KFT 55.5 [2]
24. Home Depot 52.5 [1.5]
25. Boeing BA 52 [1]
26. Caterpillar CAT 49 [.5]
27. American Express AXP 47 [1]
28. DuPont DD 42.5 [1]
29. Travelers 26 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 13 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 10/24/10 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: 10/21/10 & 10/10/10 2 8K's re: 3Q earnings of $2.08 per share
10/1/10 8K re: settlement with IRS to pay $300 mil re: '08 tax returns
9/3/10 8K re: increasing Board from 12 to 13 & election of Matthew K. Rose as director
9/2/10 8K re: issuance of 5.35% Notes due '40
8/19/10 8K re: agreement with Comm. Workers of America for a new 3 year contract for the 4,000 CWA workers in AT&T's East region
8/18/10 8K re: exchange offer of 5.35% Notes due '40 for outstanding 8.85% Sr. Notes of New Cingular Wireless due '31

Alcoa AA: 10/22/10 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings conference
10/8/10 8K re: 3Q results
8/24/10 8K re: tender offer for its 6% Notes due '12 & 5.3% Notes due '13
8/23/10 10Q/A amends prior 10Q
8/10/10 8K re: tender for notes due '12
8/3/10 8K re: sale of notes

American Express AXP: 10/21/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics
10/4/10 8K re: antitrust lawsuit filed by US Dept. of Justice accusing Amex of forcing merchants not to use competitors' services
9/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats
9/15/10 8K re: changes to certain credit cards
8/16/10 2 8Ks re: delinquency and write-off statistics

Bank of Am BAC: 10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares
10/19/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/8/10 8K re: extension of BofA's review of foreclosures in all 50 states
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: by-law amendments

Boeing BA: 10/10/10 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/10/10 8K re: 3Q results of $1.12 per share
8/27/10 8K re: delay of delivery of first 787 to mid 1Q '11 due to Rolls Royce Engine supply problems

Caterpiller CAT: 10/21/10 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/21/10 8K re: 3Q results
9/30/10 8K re: change of prices
9/21/10 8K re: credit facility
9/17/10 8K re: dealer stats

Chevron CVX: 10/12/10 *K re: 3Q fin'l update
9/30/10 8K re: bylaws amendments
8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results

Cisco CSCO 9/28/10 Def. Proxy materials
9/22/10 8K re: stock trading plans for directors
9/21/10 10K for year ended 7/31/10
9/16/10 8K re: award of employee stock options
9/10/10 Prelim Proxy Stmt re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/18/10 at Santa Clara, Cal.
8/11/10 8K re: 4Q results fiscal year 7/31/10

Coke KO 10/19/10 8K re: 3Q fin'l results
10/5/10 8K re: completion of buyout of Coca-Cola Enterprises
9/27/10 8K re: settlement in Georgia of one of 3 shareholder class action suits challenging takeover of CCE
8/27 & 8/24 8Ks re: refiling of Hart-Scott-Rodino filing & similar filing with Candadian Corp. Bureau to give regulators more time to review acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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: 10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm
10/3/10 8K re: 3Q earnings'9/28/10 8K re: NBC Universal offer to sell notes in a private placement
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Aptheker as Pres/CEO
9/28/10 8K re: outlook for fiscal year '11
9/20/10 8K re: resolving litigation against ex-CEO mark Hurd
9/13/10 8K re: sale of Global Notes
9/9/10 10Q
9/7/10 8K re; agreement to buy 3Par, Inc.
8/30/10 8K re: Board authorizing add'l $10 bil for share repurchases
8/23/10 8K re: proposal to buy 3Par for $24 per share cash
8/19/10 8K re: reporting 3Q results
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

Home Depot HD: 9/10/10 re: sale of 3.95% Sr. Note due '20 & 5.4% Sr. Notes due '40
9/2/10 10Q
8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 8/1/10

Intel INTC: 10/13/10 & 10/12/10 2 8Ks re: results for 3Q ended 9/25/10
8/30/10 8K re: acquisition of Infineion's Wireless Business for $1.4 bil to close 1Q '11
8/27/10 8K re: lower expectations for 3Q result
8/19/10 8K re; transcript of conference call announcing acquisition of McAfee, Inc.
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.

IBM:10/19/10 & 10/18/10 2 8Ks re: results for 3Q ended 9/30/10
8/31/10 8K re: FD disclosure re:change in reporting operating income
8/4/10 8K re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results
10/13/10 8K re: 3Q results of $1.01 per share
9/15/10 8K re: presentation to a US fin'l services investor conference
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/19/10 8K re: results for 3Q ended 10/3/10
10/6/10 SC TO-C re: tender offer to buy Crucell N.V.
10/1/10 8K re; completion of acquisition of Micrus Endovascular Corp.
9/16/10 re: retirement of Colleen Goggins, Worldwide Chair of Consumer Group
8/18/10 8K: re: offer of 2.95% Notes due '20 & 4.5% Notes due '40
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: 10/6/10 & 9/20/10 2 8Ks re: buyback of 5.125% Cadbury Notes due '13
9/15/10 8K re: new global growth strategy
8/19/10 10Q/A amended prior 10Q
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/5/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 10/21/10 8K re: 3Q earnings rise 12%
9/24/10 8K re: dividend increase of 11% to 0.61 per share
9/10/10 8K re: global sales in Aug. up 4.9%
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

Merck MRK:10/14/10 8K re: status of Remicade & Simponi arbitration
9/7/10 8K re: arbitration re: Merck's rights to distribute Remicade & Simponi based on agreements from Merck's acquisition of Schering-Plough
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.

Microsoft MSFT: 10/22; 10/12; 10/14; 10/1 & 9/30/10 Proxy Statement materials re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held on 11/16/10 at 8am at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue WA
9/27/10 8K re: sale of notes
9/13/10 8K re: resignation of Stephen Elop as Pres. of Microsoft Bus. Div. to become CEO of Nokia
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:10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's pruchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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: 10/14/10 8K re: voting results from 10/12/10 Annual Shareholders Meeting
10/12/10 8K re: dividend of 0.4818 cents per share
10/12/10 8K re: CEO's address at Annual Shareholders Meeting
8/27/10 Proxy Stmt re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held Tues. 10/12/10 at 9:00 am in Cincinnati, Ohio
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.

3M MMM:10/8/10 SC TO-T/A re: tender offer statement re: Cogent offer
8/30/10 8K re: acquisition of Cogent Inc. for $10.50 per share or $943 mil.
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:10/21/10 8K & 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30/10
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

United Technologies UTX:10/20/10 8K re: 3Q results
9/24/10 8K re: departure of certain officers
8/31/10 8K re: redemption of 6.35% Notes due '11
8/19/10 8K re: departure of EVP Ari Bousbib to become CEO of IMS Health
7/26/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/22/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/18/10 8K re: in'l info re: divestitures relating to 1/09 acquisition of Alltel Corp.
9/20/10 8K re: appointment of Verizon Wireless Pres/CEO Lowell C. McAdams as Pres/COO of Verizon Communications effective 10/1/10
9/13/10 8K re: retirement of John F. Killian as CFO
9/10/10 8K re: reclassification of results due to spin off of assets as a result of Alltel acquisition
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:10/22/10 8K re: issuance of Notes due 2013
9/29/10 8K re: election of Charles Holley as CFO
9/1/10 10Q
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 Edwardo Castro-Wright as CEO for global.com & William S. Simon as CEO of Walmart U.S.
6/9/10 8K re: results of 6/4 annual meeting of shareholders.