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Post No. 778 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 Dec. 7, 2010 and Dow 30 component's SEC filings as of Dec. 11, 2010.

A read of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, 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 Tuesday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 11,476.54 up 47.98 points or 0.42% from Monday's close of 11,428.46. For the year the Dow is up 10.05%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 19 gained, McDonald's was unchanged and 10 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $145.82 +1.54 1.07% 4,758,044 NYSE and percentage-wise was AT&T T $29.34 +0.56 1.95% 26,261,203 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Coke KO $63.9 -0.95 1.46% 13,808,732 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $40.79 -0.72 1.73% 33,189,415 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks touch 2 year highs; bonds suffer" by Mark Gongloff says stocks crept to a 2 year high on Tues on the back of positive economic news & a fresh commitment by the Fed Res to keep pumping cash into the markets.

NYT pB12 "Bond yields rise as the Fed continues its buying program" by Chris Hauser says bond prices fell & stocks were slightly higher on Tues after the Fed Res said it was continuing its bond purchases because the recovery was continuing at a rate that has been insufficient to lower unemployment.

Fin Times p24 "Best Buy figures overshadow strong retail sales data" by Hannah Kuchler says depressed earnings from Best Buy overshadowed a strong retail sales report, sending the retail sector lower, but the wider indices pared their gains late in the day. JPMorgan fell 1.7%.

USA Today p4B "Retail sales figures push stocks ahead" by Bloomberg says the stock market losed higher Tues, rebounding in the final minutes of trading, as data shwoing retail sales beat estimates helped stocks withstand a surge in Treausry yields. Also USA Today p1B "Fed support helps Dow hit bull market high" by Matt krantz says all 3 major indexes have hit double digit gains for the year.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, 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 is 14.63 up from Tuesday's P/E of 14.57 (year ago it was 18.13); the P/E estimate is 13.34 unchanged from Tuesday's 13.34 (year ago it was 16.19) and the dividend yield is 2.50 down from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.51 (last year it was 2.65). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,516.39 up 6.34 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,510.05. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.55 up $0.22 from Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $50.33. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.87 (AXP/HPQ) down 0.15 from Monday's closing median price of $44.02. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $78.85 +0.70 0.9% 3,497,103 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $12.4 -0.14 1.12% 157,498,060 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 $634 ($151,639 - $151,005)

MarketWatch Tuesday 12/14/10 4:26 pm by Nick Godt says US stocks finished higher on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve held onto its current policy to support the economy and retail-sales numbers for November were better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,477, +47.98, +0.42%) rose 47.98 points, or 0.4%, to end at 11,476.54, lifted by a 1.7% gain in shares of Kraft Foods (KFT 31.39, +0.51, +1.65%) , and a 1.4% rise in shares of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT 27.68, +0.06, +0.22%) . The S&P 500 index (SPX 1,242, +1.13, +0.09%) gained 1.13 points, or 0.1%, to 1,241.59, with the telecom and health-care sectors leading the gains. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,628, +2.81, +0.11%) advanced 2.81 points, or 0.1%, to 2,627.72.

Tuesdays's Closing Dow Numbers and Wed news:

AT&T T $29.34 +0.56 1.95% 26,261,203 NYSE: WSJ pB9 "Phone makers shift focus" by Chris Lawton says under pressure from Apple, rivals cut prices to target midrange of market. Taiwan's HTC Corp. is vying for a foothold in the midrange market and sells through AT&T for $130 with a phone service contract.

Alcoa AA $14.2 -0.16 1.11% 16,070,486 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $46.2 -0.17 0.37% 5,409,446 NYSE:No mentions found.

Bank of Am BAC $12.4 -0.14 1.12% 157,498,060 NYSE:No mentions found.

Boeing BA $64.5 +0.71 1.11% 6,044,997 NYSE: Fin times p15 "Airlines face rise in cost of buying jets" by Pilita Clark" says a group of 24 US & European airlines have lobbied their govs about changing the rules for int'l aircraft financing and these efforts have unsettled Boeing and Airbus that has benefitted from Export Credit Agency Loan guarantees.

Caterpillar CAT $92.09 +0.46 0.5% 4,847,741 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $88.38 +0.01 0.01% 7,210,740 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $19.54 -0.04 0.2% 56,503,470 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $63.9 -0.95 1.46% 13,808,732 NYSE: NYT pB1 "Save the Children backs away from soda tax campaign" by William Neuman says this former advocate of efforts to tax soft drinks changed its position after accepting donations from Coke but denies any connection.

DIS $37.24 +0.11 0.3% 6,872,032 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $49.13 +0.57 1.17% 7,711,301 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $72.18 -0.18 0.25% 20,385,830 NYSE: WSJ pB11 "Environmental groups sue Exxon over emissions" by Ben Lefebvre says Exxon was sued in fed ct in Texas on Tues alleging its Baytown complex has emitted more pollutants than law allows.

GE $17.69 +0.07 0.4% 75,830,133 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "GE sees growth at core units" by Paul Glader says GE's Jeffrey Immelt said GE will return to growth in '11 & help generate solid earnings gains over the next 2 years, reflecting continued improvements in the economy & GE's core businesses in remakes to investors Tues as part of GE's annual outlook.

WSJ pC16 "Overheard" says a deal between GE and A-Power Energy Generation Systems is over apparently because GE wasn't able to satisfy the design requirements for a gearbox.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $41.54 -0.11 0.26% 13,825,208 NYSE: WSJ pD3 "A device that does everything but sing" by Katherine Boehret favorable reviews the HP Photosmart eStation e-All in one device that prints, copies, scans & faxes.

Home Dep HD $34.72 +0.16 0.46% 10,999,534 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.47 -0.03 0.14% 40,845,425 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $145.82 +1.54 1.07% 4,758,044 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $40.79 -0.72 1.73% 33,189,415 NYSE: Fin Times p24 "Best Buy figures overshadow strong retail sales data" by Hannah Kuchler says depressed earnings from Best Buy overshadowed a strong retail sales report, sending the retail sector lower, but the wider indices pared their gains late in the day. JPMorgan fell 1.7%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.77 +0.91 1.47% 12,929,984 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Drug research gets new Asian focus" by Shirley Wang says Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson & other drug makers are creating drugs for diseases that are more prevalent in the fast growing Asian markets. Pfizer is working on an anti-inflamatory compound to treat liver disease, a big killer in Asia.

KFT $31.39 +0.51 1.65% 8,967,434 NYSE: Fin times p19 "New twist in Starbucks spat with Kraft" by Greg Farrell say that Starbucks CEO raised concerns about his firm's distribution partnership with Kraft almost a year ago.

MCD $77.11 unch unch 5,989,421 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $36.55 +0.45 1.25% 16,293,004 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $27.62 +0.375 1.38% 62,850,024 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB9 "Microsoft's tablet envy" by Jeanette Borzo says Microsoft hasn't made much progress in the Windows based tablet area which is a rapidly growing area.

Pfizer PFE $17.11 -0.08 0.47% 51,840,045 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Pfizer's CEO shuffles team" by Jonathan Rockoff says CEO Ian Read installed associates he has worked closely with while keeping key leaders in their posts.

WSJ pC2 "Firms assail whistleblower plan by SEC" by Jean Eaglesham says more than 260 firms warned the SEC, including Pfizer, that plans to pay bounties to whistleblowers will turn fin'l fraud into a gold mine for employees.

WSJ pB1 "Drug research gets new Asian focus" by Shirley Wang says Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson & other drug makers are creating drugs for diseases that are more prevalent in the fast growing Asian markets. Pfizer is working on an anti-inflamatory compound to treat liver disease, a big killer in Asia.

Procter & Gam PG $63.55 +0.36 0.57% 8,169,078 NYSE: fin times p14 "Procter & Gamble" says despite PG being a power of advertising, spending $8.6 bil on advertising int he latest fiscal year, its shares have significantly underperformed the S&P 500 and the consumer sector over the past 2 years. At 17 times historic earnings, the shares are trading well below the typical pre- crisis 20 plus multiple.

MMM $85.84 +0.54 0.63% 2,850,676 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $55.34 +0.05 0.09% 3,584,178 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tec UTX $78.85 +0.70 0.9% 3,497,103 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $34.67 +0.56 1.64% 17,576,974 Dual Listed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $54.45 +0.24 0.44% 10,711,166 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Best Buy's sales suffer as shoppers chase deals" by Miguel Bustillo, WSJ pC16 "Choosing rivals over Best Buy" by John Jannarone, NYT pB12 "Sales decline lowers profit for Best Buy" by AP say Best Buy shares have dropped due to bad economic performance due to increased competition from Walmart and Amazon.com.

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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 Kenneth Frazer 1/1/11 replaces Richard Clark (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Ian Read (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 12/7/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $361 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 233 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 200 [3.5]
4. GE 182.5 [10.5]
5. IBM 179 [1]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
7. Chevron CVX 174 [2]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 171 [3]
9. AT&T T 169 [6]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 154 [4]
11. Coke KO 149 [2.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 134.5 [8]
13. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
14. Bank of America BAC 117 [10]
15. Cisco CSCO 111 [6]
16. Merck MRK 109 [3]
17. Verizon VZ 98 [3]
18. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 96 [2.5]
19. McDonald's MCD 85 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
21. Disney DIS 71 [2]
22. 3M MMM 60.5 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 57.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 55 [1.5]
25. American Express AXP 54 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 53.5 [2]
27. Boeing BA 48.5 [1]
28. DuPont DD 45 [1]
29. Travelers 25.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 14.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K SEC filings as of 12/11/10:

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

AT&T T: 12/7/10 8K re: replacement of existing 5 year $9.4 bil revolving credit facility
12/1/10 8K re: redemption of all 7.8% notes due 3/1/11
11/5 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

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

American Express AXP: 11/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for period ending 10/31/10
11/3/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/2/10 8K re: changes to retirement plan for officers

Bank of Am BAC: 11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/5/10 8K re: status of Countrywide litigation
10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares

Boeing BA: 12/3/10 8K re: election o Ronald A. Williams to Board of Directors and the Audit & Finance Committees
11/16/10 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day revolving credit agreement

Caterpiller CAT: 12/10/10 8K re: election of Jesse J. Greene, Jr. & Miles D. White to Board of Directors and Greene to the Audit Committee & White to Governance Committee
12/7/10 8K re: entering into bridge loan of up to $8.6 bil
11/18/10 8K re: status of acquisition of Bucyrus
11/18/10 8K 3 month dealer statistics
11/15/10 8K re: acquisition of Bucyrus for $8.6 bil to close mid '11
11/12/10 8K/A resignation of Gail D. Foster from Board of Directors
11/4/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

Chevron CVX:11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
10/29 8K re 3Q net income of $3.77 bil down from $3.83 bil for 3Q '09

Cisco CSCO 11/23/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/30/10

Coke KO 12/9/10 8K re: election of Howard G. Buffett to Board of Directors & Public Issue & Diversity Relations Committees
12/1/10 8K/A re: technical amendment of prior 8K
11/23/10 8K re: result of cash tender offer for debt
11/18/10 8K re: completion of note offering
11/16/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen p. Black from Board to become Chancellor of NYC Schools
11/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/4/10 8K re tender offer for CCE debt
10/29/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/1/10

Disney DIS 11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10
11/12/10 8K re: results of 4Qtr earnings

DuPont DD: 12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L, Keefer as EVP
10/21/10 10Q for 3rd quarter ending 9/30/10
10/26/10 8K re 3Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan
11/16/10 10Q re 3Q results ending 9/30/10
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm

GE: 11/3/10 10Q re 9/30/10 results

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/2/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/22/10 8K re: 4Q results
10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Aptheker as Pres/CEO

Home Depot HD: 12/2/10 10Q re: results for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: update of fiscal year '10 guidance

Intel INTC: 11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend
11/2/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/25/10

IBM: 12/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement re: debt
12/6/10 8K re: resignatin of Cathleen Black from Board of Directors
10/26/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/28/10 8K/A re: amendment to replace capital covenants re: debt
10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 11/10/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10

Kraft KFT:12/6/10 8K re: seeking preliminary injunction vs. Starbucks
11/30/10 8K re: arbitration with Starbucks'11/29/10 8K re: cash debt tender offer to holders of $1 bil of notes
11/8/10 8K re: status of agreement with Starbucks'
11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/4/10 8K re: 3Q results

McDonalds MCD: 12/10 8K re: amendment of Cert. of Incorp re: designations of rights of preferred stock
12/9/10 8K re: global sales results
11/9/10 8K re: results of global sales results
11/5/10 8K re: resignation of Denis Hennequin as President of McDonald's Europe to be replaced by Steve Easterbook
11/5/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Merck MRK: 12/10/10 8K re: sale of 2.2% notesw due '16
11/30/10 8K re: election of Kenneth C. Frazier a CEO with Richard T. Clark staing as Chair
11/8/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Microsoft MSFT: 11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 12/9/10 8K re: resignation of Jeffrey B. Kindler as CEO & election of Ian C. Read as Pres/CEO
11/12/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10
11/2/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's purchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 11/18/10 8K re: close of sale of $1 bil of 1.8% notes due '15
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10
10/27/10 8K re: results for quarter ending 9/30/10

3M MMM: 12/7/10 8K re: re: financial outlook for '11
11/5/10 10Q re: quarter ending 9/30/10'
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results of $6.9 bil sales

Travelers TRV: 11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures due '67
11/9/10 8K re: modification of rights of holders of 6.75% notes due '36
11/8/10 re: purchase of 43% of a Brazilian surety
11/8/10 8K & 11/5/10 8K re: amendment of consent solicitation of 6.75% notes
11/1/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for sale of notes
10/27/10 8K re: tender offer to holders of 6.25% due '67

United Technologies UTX: 12/10/10 8K re: election of Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO to Board of Directors
12/10/10 8K re: resignation of Carlos M. Gutierrez from Board
10/25/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/8/10 8K/A re: Board committee assignments of Rodney E. Slater
11/10/10 8K/A re: election of Lowell C. McAdam as Pres/COO & Francis J. Shammo EVP & CFO
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

WalMart WMT: 12/6/10 10Q for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: 3 Qtr EPS 0.95 cents and raising full year EPS guidance from $3.95 to $4.05