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Post No. 877 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 and Dow 30 component's SEC filings as of February 14, 2011.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,288.17 up 61.53 points or 0.5% from Tuesday's close of 12,226.64. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 23 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $47.94 +1.12 2.39% 44,067,911 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Walmart WMT $54.55 +0.40 0.73% 15,361,965 NYSE.
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 14.97 down from Tuesday's 15.02 (year ago it was 16.19); the P/E estimate is 12.81 unchanged from Tuesday's 12.81 (year ago it was 12.85), and the dividend yield is 2.37 up from Tuesday's 2.35 (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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,623.63 up 8.13 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,615.50. 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 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.12 up $0.27 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.85. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.47 (HPQ/JPM) up 1.06 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.41. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $85.06 +0.13 0.15% 2,970,187 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14.84 .07 0.47% 131,720,160 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 $813 ($162,363 - $161,550)
MarketWatch Wednesday 2/16/11 4:19 by Jonathan Cheng says investors pushed the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to more than double from its financial-crisis low Wednesday after an encouraging package of corporate earnings and merger news. The S&P 500 mounted a broad-based rally to finish at 1336.32, up 8.31 points, or 0.63%, to more than two times its intraday low of 666.79 on March 6, 2009. The S&P 500 doubled at its quickest pace since 1936, when it took just 501 days to rocket up to 16.15, from 8.06, according to Birinyi Associates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 61.53 points, or 0.50%, to 12288.17, up 89.9% from its March 6, 2009 intraday low. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 21.21, or 0.76%, to 2825.56. The gains came despite a midday pullback after Israel's foreign minister warned that two Iranian warships crossing the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea were "provocations" that Israel couldn't ignore. With stock prices having doubled off the lows, the market capitalization of the S&P 500 is now about $12 trillion, compared with the $6.9 trillion during the selloff in early 2009. The S&P 500's market capitalization, which reflects shifts in membership and share counts, needs to rise only another 11% to set an all-time high, according to Standard & Poor's. "In less than two years, the S&P 500 has doubled, which is great for those people that were prudent enough to stay in, but they've got to be cautious about overconfidence--we know that corrections happen quite regularly," said Erik Davidson, managing director of investments at Wells Fargo Private Bank, who pointed to low readings on the CBOE Market Volatility Index known as the "fear gauge," as well as signs of higher-than-average bullishness among individual investors.
"When you're up 100% and you've got this irrational exuberance, the only thing we have to fear is the lack of fear--that's when you've got to be afraid, as with tech or housing or Japanese stocks before," Davidson said. "People are disappointed that they've missed out on the 100% rally, and people are jumping back in because things have gotten 'back to normal.' That's when you've got to start feeling afraid." Investors also were watching minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee, which showed officials more optimistic about the U.S. economic outlook, raising their growth outlook for 2011. Officials also expected inflation to stay muted and unemployment to remain high, which suggests the central bank will likely follow through with its quantitative-easing effort to support the economy. Wednesday's strength came from the materials and energy sectors, while J.P. Morgan Chase and Hewlett-Packard were the biggest gainers among the Dow components. J.P. Morgan gained $1.12, or 2.4%, to finish at $47.95 a share, while H-P added 1.00, or 2.1%, to close at 48.99. Providing the market with a boost was U.S. home construction, which rose 15% in January to the highest level since September. Producer prices also showed muted gains, which could temper inflation concerns. However, market watchers noted out that the housing gains were boosted by multifamily homes, a volatile slice of the housing market, while producer-price inflation was much higher than expected. On the corporate front, Genzyme gained 80 cents, or 1.1%, to 75.10 after agreeing to the terms of a long-awaited takeover by French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis. Sanofi will pay $20.1 billion along with a series of milestone payments based on the performance of certain drugs. Genzyme separately reported stronger earnings, sales and margins in the fourth quarter. Sanofi gained 3.5% in Paris. Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores surged 9.29, or 21%, to 53.25 after the company said it received an unsolicited takeover bid from Trian Group valued at between $55 and $60 a share. In earnings news, Dell jumped 1.65, or 12%, to 15.56 after the computer maker reported a surge in profits, thanks to strong demand from corporate customers and lower component costs. Deere gained 2.24, or 2.4%, to 95.86 after fiscal first-quarter earnings more than doubled, helped by agricultural-equipment sales in the U.S. and Canada. Abercrombie & Fitch surged 4.05, or 7.6%, to 57.46 after fiscal fourth-quarter profits jumped 95%, topping expectations, as the teen retailer reported higher international and direct-to-consumer revenue. Sales began to recover in 2010 from poor year-earlier results, partly driven by international sales. Comcast gained 97 cents, or 4%, to 25.13 after beating consensus estimates on profits and revenue, while also increasing its annual dividend and speeding up its share buyback plan. The Philadelphia cable company reported a 6.6% increase in fourth-quarter earnings after recently completing its deal to acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal. Borders Group was suspended from trading after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announcing it would close about 30% of it stores nationwide in coming weeks. Borders shares have fallen 75% this year, and last traded at 23 cents. The dollar edged lower, while oil rose to add 0.8% after the Iranian news. Gold edged higher, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged up to 3.625%.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T T $28.3 +0.06 0.21% 22,548,978 NYSE
Alcoa AA $17.59 +0.19 1.09% 19,726,467 NYSE
Amex AXP $46.86 +0.67 1.45% 6,905,314 NYSE
Boeing BA $72.48 +1.08 1.51% 4,406,197 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $14.84 .07 0.47% 131,720,160 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $103.55 +0.55 0.53% 4,812,047 NYSE
Chevron CVX $96.66 +0.32 0.33% 6,695,478 NYSE
CSCO $18.58 -0.09 0.48% 100,729,742 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $63.4 +0.21 0.33% 6,400,715 NYSE
Disney DIS $43.7 +0.61 1.42% 7,803,493 NYSE
DuPont DD $54.67 +0.56 1.03% 7,159,950 NYSE
Exxon XOM $83.69 +0.72 0.87% 16,434,576 NYSE
GE $21.44 -0.02 0.09% 38,536,262 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.99 +1 2.08% 14,880,424 NYSE
Home Depot HD $37.86 +0.17 0.45% 6,720,753 NYSE
Intel INTC $21.75 +0.30 1.4% 54,214,645 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $163.4 +0.56 0.34% 3,155,850 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $47.94 +1.12 2.39% 44,067,911 NYSE
JNJ $60.52 -0.10 0.16% 9,266,106 NYSE
KFT $30.8 +0.13 0.42% 11,912,249 NYSE
MCD $76.02 -0.13 0.17% 3,999,113 NYSE
MRK $32.96 +0.17 0.52% 13,844,475 NYSE
MSFT $27.02 +0.06 0.22% 70,362,286 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $19.28 +0.23 1.21% 36,842,960 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $63.76 -0.16 0.25% 9,800,398 NYSE
MMM $92.33 +0.33 0.36% 3,889,128 NYSE
Travelers TRV $59.46 +0.11 0.19% 3,576,041 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $85.06 +0.13 0.15% 2,970,187 NYSE
Verizon VZ $36.17 -0.29 0.8% 17,755,994 DualListed
Walmart WMT $54.55 +0.40 0.73% 15,361,965 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog.
A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga) (carries Bloomberg) 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 Jones Industrial Average: declined modestly Tuesday after economic reports showed retail sales climbing less than expected in January and the cost of imported goods rising. “Today there’s a bit of a pullback, but we’re coming off a multimonth high,” said Stuart Freeman, chief equity analyst at A.G. Edwards. “We’ve been inching forward pretty consistently, and any little corrections seemed to be closed again by the end of the day,” added Freeman in dismissing the significance of a half-percentage drop in the major stock indexes, given their near-relentless rise in recent days and weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 12,227, -41.55, -0.34%) fell 41.55, or 0.34% to end at 12,226.64. Twenty-one components in the index fell, while 8 rose and one was unchanged. Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM 82.90, -0.07, -0.08%) led the blue-chip retreat, down 2.3%. The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,328, -4.31, -0.32%) fell 4.31 points, or 0.32%, to 1,328.01. Among its 10 industry groups, energy was off the most and utilities fared the best. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,804, -12.83, -0.46%) declined 12.83 points, or 0.46%, at 2,804.35. Decliners led advancers 18 to 11 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume topped 929 million. The market’s steady rise can in part be chalked up to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative-easing program of buying Treasury debt to help foster the recovery, according to Freeman. “Sixty billion of Treasurys being bought a month does have an impact on the stock market,” he said. With all that liquidity “coming into the economy, some of it is showing up in stocks, some of it is showing up in commodities and it takes a little longer to turn up in loans and jobs.” “It seems like any kind of weakness is being bought, with investors sidelined with money coming in, so the downside is limited,” said Phillip Streible, senior market strategist at Lind-Waldock, of the recent trend that has stock declines quickly luring buyers into the market. “The only shot they have of taking down the market is between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. [Central time], when there is less coming in and actively buying. That is just the way people stack their orders,” he added. Regarding Tuesday’s flood of economic reports, Streible said the data were “kind of flat to slightly weaker.”
The Commerce Department reported a 0.3% rise in retail sales for last month, the weakest increase since last summer. The government also revised December’s sales data to a 0.5% gain from the previously estimated 0.6% increase. U.S. import prices rose 1.5% in January, as costs climbed for energy, food and industrial supplies. The Commerce Department also reported a 0.8% bump in U.S. business inventories for December. Also, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing-market index, released Tuesday, showed confidence among builders remaining at relative lows. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed continued expansion in February.
The U.S. reports followed data from China, which showed consumer prices gaining 4.9% in January from a year ago. Deutsche Boerse AG (DBOEY 8.09, -0.17, -2.06%) and NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYX 38.12, -1.33, -3.37%) said Tuesday that they would merge, creating a cross-border exchange giant.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:
AT&T T $28.24 -0.22 0.77% 23,631,322 NYSE: WSJ pA15 "The phone wrs aren't over" by Holman Jenkins says Nokia is trying to rescue itself with its smart phone tie up with Microsoft but chances are good that Apple & Google, today's dominant players, will also miss a beat in some point, in Apple's case perhaps through control freakery & in Google's because of creepiness with epsonal data. The competitive neediness of Verizon and other AT&T rivals, creaed the opportunity for Google's Android, which in turn revived Motorola and lifted Samsung and HTC into global handset brands to rival Nokia.
Alcoa AA $17.4 -0.19 1.08% 19,992,512 NYSE: No mentions found.
Amex AXP $46.19 -0.33 0.71% 5,457,271 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of Am BAC $14.77 -0.12 0.81% 108,631,641 NYSE: AJC pA14 "Bank of America adding annual fee to some cards" says BofA is assessing a new $59 annual fee on selected credit card holders.
Boeing BA $71.4 -0.86 1.19% 4,382,335 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Unied Air temporarily grounds its 757 fleet" by Susan Carey says United s doing these to its 96 planes so it can perform checks on earlier modifications it did to air data computers on those planes.
CAT $103 -0.26 0.25% 4,419,811 NYSE: No mentions found. No mentions found.
Chevron CVX $96.34 -0.61 0.63% 7,622,089 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Chevron's Ecudaor fine deemed "unenforceable" by Bloomberg, Fin Times p22 "Bout of profit taking pushes energy groups into sharp retreat" by Michael Stothard, Fin times p12 "Chevron in Ecuador" say NYSE Euronext lost ground after unveiling formal plans to merge with Deutsche Borse, the main German exchange, while the wider markets fell away from 30 month highs on disappointing economic data. Energy stocks saw the sharpest losses as oil prices softened. Exxon was 2.3% lower. Also, an Ecuadorian court ordered Chevron to pay up to $8.6 Bil in damages for environmental damage dating back 40 years but the markets seemed largely unruffled by the news. Chevron was only 0.6% lower.
CSCO $18.67 -0.14 0.74% 90,231,663 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO $63.19 +0.05 0.08% 8,141,929 NYSE: AJC pA13 "Coca-Cola approves Teamsters agreement" by Jeremiah McWilliams says Coke has signed a settlement agreement with the NLRB in connection with conentious Teamsters union election at 3 Atlanta facilities.
DIS $43.09 -0.15 0.35% 12,063,331 NYSE: No mentions found.
duPont DD $54.11 -0.41 0.75% 6,959,887 NYSE: No mentions found.
ExxonMobil XOM $82.97 -1.94 2.28% 25,655,120 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Exxon struggles to find new oil" by Russell Gold says Exxon in its annual fin'l report rleased Tue said for every 100 barrels it has pumped out of the earth over the past decade, it has replaced on 95 so it is struggling to find more oil. It is stocking up on natural gas, mostly through its acquisition of XTO Energy Inc. last year.
Fin Times p22 "Bout of profit taking pushes energy groups into sharp retreat" by Michael Stothard says NYSE Euronext lost ground after unveiling formal plans to merge with Deutsche Borse, the main German exchange, while the wider markets fell away from 30 month highs on disappointing economic data. Energy stocks saw the sharpest losses as oil prices softened. Exxon was 2.3% lower. Also, an Ecuadorian court ordered Chevron to pay up to $8.6 Bil in damages for environmental damage dating back 40 years but the markets seemed largely unruffled by the news. Chevron was on 0.6% lower.
USA Today p4B "Retail, Exxon reports pull stocks down" by Bloomberg says stocks retreated Tues pulling the S&P 500 down from a 32 month high, after a report showed retail sales increased less than forecast & ExxonMobil led a decline in energy producers.
GE $21.46 -0.04 0.19% 39,588,437 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $47.99 -0.32 0.66% 12,561,500 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Business sales help Dell, for a change" by Ben Worthen say Dell's quarterly profit nearly tripled on strong sales to businesses and lower component costs. Drive by corporate sales, Dell's shipments outstripped the growth of the overall PC market. In contrast, its rivals Hewlett-Packard and Acer, which rely heavily on sales to consumers, each experienced slight declines in PC sales growth.
Home Depot HD $37.69 +0.11 0.29% 6,528,950 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Home Depot, Lowe's boost seasonal hiring" by Maxwell Murphy, USA Today p1B say Home Depot plans to hire more than 60,000 seasonal workers to help with spring, its busiest season of the year.
Intel INTC $21.45 -0.12 0.56% 50,627,704 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM $162.84 -0.38 0.23% 3,767,503 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM $46.82 +0.28 0.6% 35,739,930 NYSE: Fin Times p17 "JPMorgan apology on military foreclosure" by Francesco Guerrera, USA Today p1B "JPMorgan programs aid military" say Jamie Dimon on Tues apologized for wrongly foreclosing homes owned by US soldiers and said it would overhaul the way it dealt with military personnel in an effort to quash political criticism of its practices.
WSJ pC2 "Low rates will hurt profit, JPMorgan says" David Benoit says the current regs on capial are strong enough per CEO Dimon and that if regulators force banks to hold too much of a capital cushion it could lead to some banks doing stupid things.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $60.62 -0.08 0.13% 8,569,277 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "JNJ recalls 70,000 Invega syringes" says this is due to cracks in the syringes which could lead to infections or reduced efficacy. Invega is an antipsychotic drug.
KFT $30.67 +0.18 0.59% 7,830,350 NYSE: No mentions found.
MCD $76.15 0.09 0.12% 3,820,883 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK $32.79 -0.03 0.09% 16,945,245 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Generic drug makes line up behind proposal for FDA fees" by Alicia Mundy says generic drug leaders are lining up behind a proposal to pay user fees to the gov as a way to speed up approval of drugs & plant inspections. There is a list of drugs set to face generic competition soon and includes Pfizer's Lipitor with $5.3 bil in US '10 sales set to expire in Nov '11 and Merck's Singulair with $3.2 bil in '10 US sales to expire in Aug '12.
Microsoft MSFT $26.96 -0.11 0.41% 44,096,714 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pA15 "The phone wrs aren't over" by Holman Jenkins says Nokia is trying to rescue itself with its smart phone tie up with Microsoft but chances are good that Apple & Google, today's dominant players, will also miss a beat in some point, in Apple's case perhaps through control freakery & in Google's because of creepiness with epsonal data. The competitive neediness of Verizon and other AT&T rivals, creaed the opportunity for Google's Android, which in turn revived Motorola and lifted Samsung and HTC into global handset brands to rival Nokia.
Pfizer PFE $19.05 unch unch 37,263,455 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Generic drug makes line up behind proposal for FDA fees" by Alicia Mundy says generic drug leaders are lining up behind a proposal to pay user fees to the gov as a way to speed up approval of drugs & plant inspections. There is a list of drugs set to face generic competition soon and includes Pfizer's Lipitor with $5.3 bil in US '10 sales set to expire in Nov '11 and Merck's Singulair with $3.2 bil in '10 US sales to expire in Aug '12.
Procter & GamblePG $63.92 -0.62 0.96% 11,779,630 NYSE: No mentions found.
MMM $92 +0.10 0.11% 2,971,359 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV $59.35 +0.51 0.87% 3,424,209 NYSE:
United Technologies UTX $84.93 -0.28 0.33% 2,817,432 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ $36.46 +0.56 1.56% 20,022,132 Dual Listed: WSJ pA15 "The phone wrs aren't over" by Holman Jenkins says Nokia is trying to rescue itself with its smart phone tie up with Microsoft but chances are good that Apple & Google, today's dominant players, will also miss a beat in some point, in Apple's case perhaps through control freakery & in Google's because of creepiness with epsonal data. The competitive neediness of Verizon and other AT&T rivals, creaed the opportunity for Google's Android, which in turn revived Motorola and lifted Samsung and HTC into global handset brands to rival Nokia.
Walmart WMT $54.95 +0.15 0.27% 11,325,398 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (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 2/14/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $428 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 258.5 [4]
3. GE 229 [10.5]
4. Microsoft MSFT 233 [8.5]
5. IBM 203 [1]
6. WalMart WMT 195 [3.5]
7. Chevron CVX 195 [2]
8. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182 [4]
9. AT&T T 169 [6]
10. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 166.5 [3]
11. Pfizer PFE 152.5 [8]
12. Bank of America BAC 150 [10]
13. Coke KO 146.5 [2.5]
14. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
15. Verizon VZ 106.5 [3]
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 105 [2]
17. Cisco CSCO 104 [5.5]
18. Merck MRK 101 [3]
19. Disney DIS 82 [2]
20. McDonald's MCD 80.5 [1]
21. United Technologies UTX 78.5 [1]
22. 3M MMM 65.5 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 65.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 61.5 [1.5]
25. American Express AXP 56 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 53 [1]
28. DuPont DD 50 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 18 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy SEC filings as of 2/14/11:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 1/27/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/13/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
12/21/11 8K re: borrowing up to $8 bil
12/20/11 8K re: purchase of spectrum licenses from Walcomm
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
Alcoa AA: 2/11/11 8K re: resignation of Carlos Ghosen, CEO of Nissan, from Board of Directors
2/3/11 8K re: FD disclosaure re: flat rolled growth opport'ties in Europe
1/25/11 & 1/21/11 8Ks re: contributions to pension plan
1/13/11 8K re: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/11/11 8K re: 4Q results
12/8 8K Olivier Jarrault named Pres. Alcoa Engineered Products
11/30/11 8K re: pesonnel changes in management
American Express AXP: 1/18/11 8K re: comp to CEO Chanault
1/24/11 & 1/19/11 8K re 4Q results
1/18/11 8K re: write-off statistics for quarter ending 12/31/10
12/16/11 8K re acquisition of Loyalty Partner
Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/11 8K re: compensation of officers
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/3/11 8K re: Agreement with Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to repurchase $3 bil of loan to settle Countrywide dispute
Boeing BA: 2/9/11 10K & 1/26/11 8K re: 12/31/10 results & FY 2011 guidance
1/11/11 8K re: resignation of William M. Daley from Board to be Chief of Staff to Pres. Obama
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: 1/27/11 8K re 12/10 deale statistics
1/27/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY ended 2010
1/21/11 8K re: stocholders approval of acquisition of Bu8cyrus Int'l Inc.
1/20/11 8K re: Justice Dept. request for Hart-Scott-Rodino iinfo re: Bucyrus purchase
12/16/10 8K re: Nov. dealer statistics
12/14/10 8K re: changes to By-laws re: holding of Board meetings
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
Chevron CVX: 2/1 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO John Watson
1/28/11 & 1/11/11 8K re 4Q results
Cisco CSCO 2/9/11 8K 2Q results
1/31/11 8K re: agreement re: issuance of $3 bil of commercial paper
12/17/10 8K re: pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
Coke KO 2/9/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY 2010
12/15/10 8K re: expiration of tender offer for notes
12/15 & 12/9/10 8Ks re: election of Howard G. Buffett to Board of Directors & Public Issue & Diversity Relations Committees
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
Disney DIS 2/8/11 10Q & 2/8/11 8K re: 1Q results
1/28/11 Proxy statement for annual sahreholder meeting to be held 3/23/11 at Salt Lake City, Utah
12/14/10 8K re: issuance of $5 bil of Notes
11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10
DuPont DD: 2/8/11 10K re FY 12/31/10
1/27/11 8K re: compensation for CEO Ellen Kullman
1/25/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 12/31/10
1/12/11 8K re: acquisition of Danish firm, Danisco
12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L. Keefer as EVP
ExxonMobil XOM: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q and FY 2010 results
11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan
GE: 2/14/11 8K re: amendments to bylaws re: calling of special meetings of shareholders
1/31/11 8K re: closing of Comcast deal giving it control of NBC Universal
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q and FY '10 results
12/16/10 8K re: departure of Director Sir William M. Castell
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/1/11 Proxy statement re: 3/23/11 shareholders meeting
1/20/11 8K re: election of 5 new members to Board of Directors
12/15/11 10K re: FY 10/31/10
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 Apotheker as Pres/CEO
Home Depot HD: 1/12/11 8K re: promotion of Aaron Carmack as Pres. of Home Depot Canada
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: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q results & 2011 guidance
1/26/11 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
1/24/11 8K re: dividend and shre repurchase program (increase)
1/14/11 & 1/13/11 8Ks re: results of quarter ended 12/25/11 & 2011 guidance
1/10/11 8K re: patent agreement with NVIDIA Corp.
11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend
IBM: 1/28/11 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO Sam Palmisano
1/27/11 8K re: bylaw amendment re: holding of stockholder meetings
1/19/11 & 1/18/11 8K re: 4Q results and 12/31/10 FY
1/4/11 8K re: amendment of By-laws to decrease directors to 12
12/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement re: debt
12/6/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen Black from Board of Directors
JPMorganChase JPM: 1/14/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/29/10 8K re: results of tender offer for 5.8% securities
12/22/11 8K re: purchase of 25 Bank St in Canary Wharf as London Investment banking headquarters
12/13/10 8K re: termination of Replacement capital Covenants
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
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results ending 1/2/11
Kraft KFT: 2/10/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/31/11 8K re: status of lawsuit with Starbucks
1/24/11 8K re: amendment to articles of incorproation to eliminate Class B common Stock and amendment to bylaws re: shareholder meetings
12/28/10 8K re: expiration & results of tender offer for notes
12/22/10 8K re: adoption of long term exec comp. program
212/13/10 28Ks re: status of tender offerfor notes
12/6/10 8K re: seeking preliminary injunction vs. Starbucks
McDonalds MCD: 2/8/11 8K re: Jan 2011 global sales
2.7/11 8K re: election to the Board of Donald Thompson, Pres. & CEO
1/24/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
12/20/10 8K re: departure and settlement re: Denis Hennequin as Pres. of MCD Europe
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
Merck MRK: 2/3/11 8K re: 4Q results
12/10/10 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '16
11/30/10 8K re: election of Kenneth C. Frazier a CEO with Richard T. Clark staying as Chair
Microsoft MSFT: 2/8/11 8K re: underwriting agreement for $750 mil of 2.5% Notes due 2016
1/27/11 10 & 1/27/11 8K for quarter ended 12/31/10
11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Pfizer PFE: 2/1/11 8K re: 4Q results & reduction of research & development facilities
12/17/10 8K re: proposed settlement of shareholder derivative lawsuit in US Dist. Ct. SDNY
12/16/10 8K re: election of George A. Lorch as non-Exec Chair
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: 2/11/11 8K re: election of Meg Whitman to Baord of Directors
2/1/11 8K re: retirement of Blboal Health Vice-Chair Robert A. Steele
1/28/11 10Q & 1/27/11 8K re: 2Q results
1/11/11 8K re: quarterly dividend of $0.4818 per share
12/14/10 8K re: election of Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 53, Chancellor of U of Cal. SF to Board
11/18/10 8K re: close of sale of $1 bil of 1.8% notes due '15
3M MMM: 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
12/7/10 8K 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: 1/28/11 8K re: departure of Blythe McGarvie from Board
1/25/11 8K results of 4Q
11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures
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
United Technologies UTX: 2/10/11 10K for FY 12/31/10
1/26/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
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
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/3/11 8K re: increase to stock repurchase program
1/27/11 Proxy statement & 8K re: proposed purchase of Terremark to boost cloud capacity
1/27/11 8K re: 2011 guidance
1/25/11 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/21/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
12/29/10 8K re: updated fin'l info re: divestiture of properties as a result of acquisition of Alltel Corp. in Jan '09
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
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