Saturday, October 29, 2011

10/29/11 Sat Merk's & Chevron's Results Soar

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Post No. 1,292 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, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 components' SEC filings in each case as of September 23, 2011.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & the combined Saturday & Sunday issues of each of The Wall St. Journal & Financial Times: & Saturday's New York Times & Atlanta Journal Constitution yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by symbol and Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,231.11 up 22.56 or 0.18% from Thursday's close of 12,208.55. For the week the Dow is up 422.32 points or 3.58% from last Friday's close of 11,808.79. For the year the Dow is up 5.65%. Of the 30 Dow components 21 gained and 9 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett Packard HPQ $27.94 +0.95 3.52% 27,459,454 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise NYSE and percentage-wise was Home Depot HD $36.12 -1.10 2.96% 14,060,123 NYSE.

Fin Times p11 "Fin'ls & materials groups powe S&P" by Ajay Makan says US bank stocks led a Europe inspired relief rally this week, putting the S&P 500 on course for its best month since Oct. '74.

Sat. WSJ pB4 "Stocks cap a big week with gains" by Steven Russolillo says US stocks finished slightly higher Fri, extending the week's huge gains, as investors digested plans from europea leaders to combat the region's debt woes.

Sat NYT pB6 "Shares settle after rally over European debt deal" by Christine Hauser says stocks in the US eased back on Fri from their biggest monthly rally in decades ending relatively flat as the euphoria over Europe's plan to address its sovereign debt crisis easaed.

As of the close of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.20 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.45 (year ago it was 14.16); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.59 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 11.75 (year ago it was 13.15), and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.53 down from Friday's dividend yield of 2.54 (last year it was 2.54). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,616.09 up 2.98 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,613.11. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.87 up 0.10 from Thursday's average closing price of $53.77. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.50 (DD/VZ) up 0.30 from Thursday's median closing price of 43.20. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.48 +0.08 0.13% 3,593,440 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.13 1.8% 272,496,823 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 made $298 ($161,610 - $161,311).

MarketWatch Friday 10/28/11 5:03 pm by Kate Gibson & Myra P. Saefong says US stocks finished mostly higher Friday, after shifting between gains and losses throughout the trading session, as relief over European progress in combating regional debt helped key indexes score weekly gains. “When Europe didn’t implode and even came up with a ‘plan’ to fix its pervasive debt problems, that left the shorts with no room to hide,” said Brian Greenberg, owner of wealth management firm Brian Greenberg & Associates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 22.56 points, or 0.2%, to close up to 12,231.11, with 16 of its 30 components climbing. The blue-chip index was ahead 3.6% for the week and up 11% for the month so far. The index also logged its fifth-straight weekly gain. Scoring a 3.8% weekly rise, up 12% month to date, the S&P 500 Index added 0.5 points, or 0.04%, to 1,285.09, with energy companies up the most and consumer-discretionary stocks the largest laggard among its 10 sectors. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 1.48 points, or 0.1%, to close at 2,737.15, a level that has it up 3.8% on the week and 9.9% ahead for October so far. “Emerging markets such as Russia and China have strongly outperformed, small-cap indices like the Russell 2000 index have advanced more than the S&P 500” and financials had been top performers since last week, said Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC. Those factors are what “differentiates the move up in equities” this week from other attempts. On Friday, stocks were split almost evenly between advancers and decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where 1 billion shares traded by the close.
The stock market is “approaching key technical levels,” according to Greenberg. “The coming week will be the battle to breach these levels so they can become floor and not the ceiling for this current move.” On Friday, Wall Street offered muted reaction to U.S. economic reports. The Commerce Department reported consumers’ spending picked up last month, increasing 0.6% after a 0.2% growth in August. Incomes advanced 0.1% in September after falling 0.1% the prior month, and the nation’s savings rate fell to nearly a four-year low. Also, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s sentiment index was revised up to 60.9 in October after an initial reading of 57.5. While better than expected, the number still compares unfavorably with the 10-month average, noted Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak. “That said, as we head into the holiday season, impulse purchases and gift-buying run on their own emotion separate from overall consumer confidence,” Boockvar added in emailed reaction to the sentiment gauge. The Dow and S&P 500 are in line to tally double-digit gains for October. Putting the recent surge in context, Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG, wrote in emailed commentary that the near-20% decline in the S&P 500 seen over July and August came, in his view, on two false assumptions: “First, that the U.S. was in or imminently entering a recession, and second, [that] the euro area was on the verge of collapse.” Greenhaus argues that if neither was accurate, the S&P 500 belongs closer to 1,300 than to 1,100. Investors would be wise to temper their expectations, especially in the week ahead — the final big one for quarterly earnings and with both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank meeting and holding news conferences, he said. The U.S. employment report for October, scheduled for release on Nov. 4, also will come into play in shaping investors’ market perceptions, the strategist pointed out.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers & Saturday's News:

AT&T T
$29.74 +0.27 0.92% 24,316,510 NYSE:

Alcoa AA
$11.57 +0.23 2.03% 32,543,409 NYSE:

American Express AXP
$52.1 +0.04 0.08% 7,376,952 NYSE:

Bank of America BAC
$7.35 +0.13 1.8% 272,496,823 NYSE:

Boeing BA
$68.17 +0.68 1.01% 6,089,535 NYSE: Barron's p10 Week review" says Hewlett-Packard's Meg Whitman did an about face and torpedoed a plan to spin off the firm's PC unit. Boeing beat quarterly estimates. IBM named its global sales chief Virginia Rometty to succeed CEO Sam Palmisano Jan 1. JPMorgan won't charge customers for debit-card purchases.

Caterpillar CAT
$96.85 +0.52 0.54% 8,691,743 NYSE:

Chevron CVX
$109.64 +0.67 0.61% 10,338,283 NYSE: Fin Times p11 "Chevron hit by fallling production" by Sheila McNulty, AJC pA11 "Chevron profits more than double in quarter" say Chevrons quarterly profit more than doubled as a jump in oil prices made p for declining production. It had net income of $7.83 bil or 43.92 per share vs $3.77 bil or $1.87 pe share a year earlier. Rev rose 26% to $61.3bi.

Barron's pM9 "Speaking of dividends by Shirley Lazo says Chevron sweetened its quarterly common dividend for the 2nd time in '11 & for the 24th straight year with 81 cents a share. Exxon increased its quarterly dividend in April & yields 2.3%. Chevron has been paying dividends without interruption since 1912.

Cisco CSCO
$18.56 +0.12 0.65% 47,722,628 NASDAQ-GS:

Coke KO
$68.93 +0.36 0.53% 8,643,014 NYSE: AJC pA11 "Coke bottle's profit jumps 37%" by AP says Coca Cola Enterprise's 3Q spiked 37% on stronger rev.

Disney DIS
$36.21 -0.07 0.19% 8,475,942 NYSE:

DuPont DD
$49.36 +0.63 1.29% 9,517,385 NYSE:

Exxon XOM
$81.48 -0.40 0.49% 21,730,774 NYSE: Barron's pM9 "Speaking of dividends by Shirley Lazo says Chevron sweetened its quarterly common dividend for the 2nd time in '11 & for the 24th straight year with 81 cents a share. Exxon increased its quarterly dividend in April & yields 2.3%. Chevron has been paying dividends without interruption since 1912.

GE
$17.25 -0.12 0.69% 57,646,575 NYSE:

Hewlett Packard HPQ$27.94 +0.95 3.52% 27,459,454 NYSE: Barron's p40 "Meg makes up her mind" by mark Veverka, Barron's p10 Week review", WSJ pB3 "Moving forward at HP" by Ben Worthen say Hewlett-Packard's Meg Whitman did an about face and torpedoed a plan to spin off the firm's PC unit. Review also says Boeing beat quarterly estimates. IBM named its global sales chief Virginia Rometty to succeed CEO Sam Palmisano Jan 1. JPMorgan won't charge customers for debit-card purchases.

Barron's p48 "The smart money speaks" says the tech sector has been in a secular bear market for 10 years. There are many single digit P/E stocks in the large cap area such as a P/E of 5. Microsoft has a 10 p/e but excluding its cash the P/E is 8 and it should do well in the future.

Barron's p31 "Cover Story Cuatious, but bullish" by Jacqueline Doherty polled money pros who listed their favorite Dow stocks as Hewlett-Packard, Intel, JPMorgan & Microsoft & notes that Walmart's recent report of sales growth for the first time in 9 quarters means the worst of the deleveraging is behind us & there won't be a double dip recession.

Home Depot HD
$36.12 -1.10 2.96% 14,060,123 NYSE:

Intel INTC
$24.98 -0.15 0.6% 44,853,683 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p31 "Cover Story Cuatious, but bullish" by Jacqueline Doherty polled money pros who listed their favorite Dow stocks as Hewlett-Packard, Intel, JPMorgan & Microsoft & notes that Walmart's recent report of sales growth for the first time in 9 quarters means the worst of the deleveraging is behind us & there won't be a double dip recession.

IBM
$187.45 +1.57 0.84% 5,008,620 NYSE: Fin Times p7 "More than a big smile on the new face of Big Blue" by Richard Wates says Virginia Rometty, the new low key, female CEO of IBLM can expect to face public infatuation.

Barron's p10 Week review" says Hewlett-Packard's Meg Whitman did an about face and torpedoed a plan to spin off the firm's PC unit. Boeing beat quarterly estimates. IBM named its global sales chief Virginia Rometty to succeed CEO Sam Palmisano Jan 1. JPMorgan won't charge customers for debit-card purchases.

JPMorgan JPM
$36.69 -0.33 0.89% 38,874,088 NYSE: Barron's p10 Week review" says Hewlett-Packard's Meg Whitman did an about face and torpedoed a plan to spin off the firm's PC unit. Boeing beat quarterly estimates. IBM named its global sales chief Virginia Rometty to succeed CEO Sam Palmisano Jan 1. JPMorgan won't charge customers for debit-card purchases.

Barron's p31 "Cover Story Cuatious, but bullish" by Jacqueline Doherty polled money pros who listed their favorite Dow stocks as Hewlett-Packard, Intel, JPMorgan & Microsoft & notes that Walmart's recent report of sales growth for the first time in 9 quarters means the worst of the deleveraging is behind us & there won't be a double dip recession.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.6 +0.10 0.15% 10,271,978 NYSE:

Kraft KFT
$35.4 -0.07 0.2% 7,822,148 NYSE:

McDonald's MCD
$93.29 -0.22 0.24% 4,939,670 NYSE:

Merck MRK
$35.11 +0.80 2.33% 25,632,798 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Merck: stronger but vigilant" by Peter Loftus, AJC pA11 "Merck quarterly profit analysts' views" say Merck's 3Q profits soared rom a year ago that were weighed down by big acquisition & legal charges. Net income climbed to $1.69 bil or 55 cents per share up from $342 mil or 11 cents per share.

Barron's p11 "Week preview" says on Tuesday Pfizer reports earnings with consensus estimates of 0.56 vs. year ago 0.54 per share. On Wed an FDA advisory panel looks at supplemental requests on Merck/Schering Plough's Vytorin and Zetia.

Microsoft MSFT
$26.98 -0.27 0.99% 57,686,588 NASDAQ-GS: Baron's p48 "The smart money speaks" says the tech sector has been in a secular bear market for 10 years. There are many single digit P/E stocks in the large cap area such as a P/E of 5. Microsoft has a 10 p/e but excluding its cash the P/E is 8 and it should do well in the future.

Barron's p31 "Cover Story Cuatious, but bullish" by Jacqueline Doherty polled money pros who listed their favorite Dow stocks as Hewlett-Packard, Intel, JPMorgan & Microsoft & notes that Walmart's recent report of sales growth for the first time in 9 quarters means the worst of the deleveraging is behind us & there won't be a double dip recession.

Pfizer PFE
$19.82 -0.02 0.1% 36,389,522 NYSE: Barron's p11 "Week preview" says on Tuesday Pfizer reports earnings with consensus estimates of 0.56 vs. year ago 0.54 per share. On Wed an FDA advisory panel looks at supplemental requests on Merck/Schering Plough's Vytorin and Zetia.

Procter & Gamble PG
$64.73 -0.53 0.81% 10,639,584 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "For US, an old playbook in the Gupta case" by Michael Rothfeld says the gov is alleging that Rajat Gupta while a director on Procter & Gamble's board leaked inside info to Raj Rajaratnam including earnings and its acquisition of JM Smucker.

3M MMM
$81 -0.41 0.5% 5,247,021 NYSE: Barron's p18 "Follow-Up" by Leslie P. Norton says 3M is still a good stock despite that it misse on Tues 3Q earnings estimates and slashed its forecasts & price targets. 3M throws off plenty of cash, $1 bil in 3Q, and a 3% yield.

Travelers TRV
$59.48 +0.08 0.13% 3,593,440 NYSE:

United Technologies UTX
$79.51 +0.21 0.26% 4,123,101 NYSE:

Verizon VZ
$37.63 -0.03 0.08% 13,457,380 DualListed:

Walmart
WMT $57.15 -0.66 1.14% 11,287,536 NYSE: Barron's p31 "Cover Story Cuatious, but bullish" by Jacqueline Doherty polled money pros who listed their favorite Dow stocks as Hewlett-Packard, Intel, JPMorgan & Microsoft & notes that Walmart's recent report of sales growth for the first time in 9 quarters means the worst of the deleveraging is behind us & there won't be a double dip recession.
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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. (Chicago, 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 Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Virginia M. Rometty ( replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (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 Lowell McAdam (NY, NY) Lowell C. McAdam
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 9/23/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $337 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 210 [8.5]
3. IBM 202 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 180 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 175 [3.5]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 169 [3]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 168.5 [3]
8. AT&T T 165 [6]
9. GE 161 [10.5]
10. Coke KO 155 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 136 [8]
12. Intel INTC 116.5 [5]
13. JPMorgan Chase JPM 115.5 [4]
14. Verizon VZ 106.5 [3]
15. Merck MRK 95.5 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 90 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 86 [5.5]
18. Bank of America BAC 64 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 62.5 [1]
20. Kraft KFT 59.5 [2]
21. American Express AXP 55.5 [1]
22. Disney DIS 55 [2]
23. Home Depot HD 53 [1.5]
24. 3M MMM 52.5 [.5]
25. Caterpillar CAT 48 [.5]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 44.5 [2]
27. Boeing BA 44 [1]
28. DuPont DD 38 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 20 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 9/23/11:

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

AT&T T: 9/8/11 8K re: redemption of certain notes
9/1/11 8K re: Dept. of Justice lawsuit to block AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile saying it will lessen competition & raise prices
8/5/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/2/11 8K re: sale of global notes
8/1/11 8K re: tendering of all its shares of Telefonos de Mexcio
7/21/11 8K re: 2Q results
6/27/11 8K re: minor amendments to Bylaws
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/5/11 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/29/11 8K re: sale of $3 bil of Global Notes due '16 & '21
4/20/11 2 8Ks re: first quarter results
4/13/11 Prospectus & 4/1/aa S-4 re: offer to exchange $3.5 bil of 5.35% Global Notes due '40

Alcoa AA: 7/28/11 8K re: 5 year revolving crdit agreement with Citibank
7/21/11 10Q for Qtr ended 6/30/11
7/14/11 8K re: 2Q earnings call transcript
7/12/11 8K re: 2Q results
6/2/11 8K re: Regulation FD disclosure re: Internal Relations Presentation of "Nomura Aluminum Seminar"
5/31/11 8K re: redemption of notes due '13
5/18/11 8K re: Chris Ayers elected Pres. of AA Blobal Primary Products
5/11/11 8K re: retirement of Joe Gorman from Bd. of Dires
5/6/11 8K re: Issuance of Sustainability Highlights Report
4/29/11 8K re: tender offer for 6% '13 Notes
4/29/11 8K re: grants under Stock Incentive Plan
4/27/11 Proxy materials re: exec comp
4/21/11 10Q & 4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results ending 3/31/11
4/14/11 8K transcript re: 1Q earnings conference call
4/13/11 8K & Prospectus re: issuance of $1.2 bil of 5.4% Notes due '21 & tnender offer for 5.3% Notes due '13

American Express AXP: 9/15/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re: delinquency & write-off stats for 3 months ended 8/3/1/11
8/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for months of May, June, and July 2011
8/3/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/20/11 8K re: 2Q results
7/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats qtr. ended 6/30/11
6/15/11 8K re: U.S. Card Services delinquency & write-off statistics for 3 months ended 5/31/11
5/16/11 re: delinquency & write-off stats for period ended 4/30/11
5/5/11 8KA & 8K re: appointment & compensation of David Cornish as Acting Comptroller
5/4/11 10Q quarter ended 3/31/11
4/26/11 8K re: departure of Comptroller & also Deputy Comptroller
4/20/11 8K re: 1Q results ending 3/31/11
4/18/11 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for 1Q ended 3/31/11

Bank of Am BAC: 9/7/11 8K re: exec changes including departure of Sallie Krawcheck
9/1/11 8K re: Amend Cert of Inc to designate Pref. Shares sold to Berkshire Hathaway for $5 bil
8/29/11 8K re: selling of 13.1 bil shares of China Construct Bank
8/25/11 8K re: sale of securities to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
7/19/11 8K re: 2Q results
7/6/11 8KA re: settlement of Countrywide mortgage claims
6/29 8K re: election of Bruce R. Thompson as CFO
5/11/11 8K re: Voting results of Stockholders Annual Meeting held 5/16
5/5 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/2/11 8K re: update of legal opinion re: Medium-Term Notes
4/28/11 Proxy re: voting at 5/11 Stockholder Meeting and info re: independence of nominee for Board
4/15/11 8K re: shuffling of execs, C. Noski, E. O'Keefe & B. Thompson
4/15/11 re results of 1Q ending 3/31/11

Boeing BA: 9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
7/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 6/30/11
7/27/11 8K re: 2Q results
6/14/11 8K re: resignation of John E. Bryson from Baord of Directors to be Pres. Obama's US Sec'y of Commerce & amendment of By-Laws to decrease number of directors from 12 to 11
5/3/11 8K re: amending bylaws decreasing Board from 13 to 12
4/27 10Q & 4/27/11 8K re: quarter ended 3/31/11
3/21/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
3/18/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 5/2/11 in Chicago

Caterpiller CAT: 9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreemet
8/18/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/12/11 8K re: clairifcation of order backlog
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/22/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
7/22/11 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/11
7/12/11 8K re: segment operating results 3/31/11
7/8/11 8K re: closing of Bucyrus acquisition
6/20/11 8K re: 3 months dealer statistics ended 5/31/11
6/9/11 8K re: voting results of 6/8 Annual Stockholders Meeting
6/8/11 two 8Ks re: press release and declaration of 0.46 cents per share dividend payable 8/20 for record holders on 7/20
5/26/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: floating rate senior notes due '12 through '17
5/26/11 Porxy Material re Letter to institutional stockholders re: voting recommendations at upcoming annual meeting of stockholders
5/23/11 Proxy re: voting reminder re: 6/8 Meeting of Stockholders
5/23/11 8K re: revisions to 10K fin'l statements
5/19/11 8K re: dealer stats
5/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: info re: sales to dealers
4/29/11 8K re fin'l results quarter ended 3/31/11
4/15/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/8/11 at Little Rock, Ark.

Chevron CVX: 9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/29/11 8K re: 2Q results
7/11/11 8K re: 2Q interim update
6/1/11 8K re: results of votes at 5/25 Annual Stockholder Meeting
5/31/11 8K re: receipt of imminent danger order under Fed. Mine Safety Act re: Kemmerer Mine, Lincoln, WY and the vacating of the order on 5/26
5/5/11 10Q & 4/29/11 8K re quarter ended 3/31/11
4/14/11 4 Proxy filings re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 5/25/11 at Chevron headquarters in San Ramon, CA.

Cisco CSCO 9/20/11 8K re: contract with Exec VP Wim Elfrink
9/14/11 10K for year ended 7/30/11
8/24/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CEO John Chambers
8/10/11 8K re: 4Qtr results
7/18/11 8K re: cutting of 6,500 jobs
6/22/11 8K re: executives' pre-arranged stock trading plans
5/25/11 10Q re: Qtr ended 4/30/11
5/11/11 8K re: results of quarter ended 4/30/11
3/28/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for certain execs
3/22/11 8K-A re: election of Gary B. Moore as COO
3/18/11 8K re: initiation of quarterly cash dividends of 6 cents per share to be paid 4/20

Coke KO 9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
8/24 & 8/8 8Ks re: issuance of securities as an off-alance sheet arrangement re: Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc.
8/1/11 10Q 2 results ended 7/1/11
7/19/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/2/11 10Q & 4/26/11 8K for quarter ended 4/1/11
4/29/11 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on 4/27
3/10/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 4/27/11 in Atlanta

Disney DIS 8/19/11 8K re: sale of $750 mil of Global Notes
8/19 10Q & 8/9 8K re: esults of quarter ended 7/2/11
5/20/11 8K re: sales of $500 mil 3.75% Global Notes Due '21
5/10 8K & 5/10/11 10Q re: quarter ended 4/2/11

DuPont DD: 8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/28/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/24/11 8K re: completion of acquisition of 92.2% of shares of Danisco SA
5/5/11 8K re: tender offer for Danisco
5/3/11 8K re: voting results of 4/27 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/26/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/21/11 8K re results for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/13/11 Proxy re annual meeting of stockholders on 4/27/11 in Wilmington, DE

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/28/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/31/11 8K re: results of voting of 5/25 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/6/11 Proxy re: add'l material re: advisory vote on exec comp
5/5/11 10Q & 4/28/11 for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: amendment of bylaws making Treasurer also CFO
4/14/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/13/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/25/11 in Dallas, TX

GE: 9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire hathaway for $3.3 bil
7/29/11 10Q 2Q results ended 6/30/11
7/29/11 13F-HR Inst't'l holdings
7/22/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/2/11 8K re: voting results of 4/27 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/18/11 proxy re: answers to shareholder's question re: CEO's stock options
4/15/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/711 & 3/30/11 Proxy materials re: proposal on exec comp proposal at annual meeting of shareholders on 4/27/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 9/22/11 8K re: replaceemnt of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of flotaing global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchse of Autonomy Corp.
9/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
8/19/11 8K re: offer to purchase Autonomy Corp plc
8/18/11 8K re: 3rd Quarter results ended 7/31/11
7/22/11 8KA re: frequency of advisory votes on exec comp.
7/21/11 8K re: plan to repurchase $10 bil of its shares
6/16/11 8K re: election of Ann Livermore to Board of Directors, her resignation as Exec. VP & amendment to By-Laws to increase number of directors from 13 to 14
6/8/11 10Q re: Quarter ended 4/30/11
6/1/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: Floating Rate Global Notes due '14 through '21
5/7/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 4/30/11

Home Depot HD: 9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
8/16/11 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/31/11
6/7/11 8K re: amending by-laws re voting by consent for shareholders
6/8/11 10Q re: Quarter ended 4/30/11
5/17/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 5/1/11
4/18/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/15/11 proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 6/2/11 in Atlanta

Intel INTC: 9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/2/11
7/27/11 8K re: election of Andy D. Bryant to Board of Dirs.
7/21 & 7/20/11 8Ks re: 3Q results ended 7/2/11
5/24/11 8K re: Voting results of 5/19/11 Annual Meeting of Stockhodlers
5/17/11 8K re: FD disclosures re: investor Meeting
5/11/11 8K re: increase in 3rd Quarter dividend
5/9/11 8K & 5/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 4/2/11
4/20/11 & 4/19/11 8Ks re: financial info & CFO commentary re: results for quarter ended 4/2/11
4/13/11 8K re: fin'l info re: recently closed acquisition of Infineon Wireless & McAfee
4/7/11, 4/5/11 & 4/4/11 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/19/11 at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, CA

IBM: 7/26/11 10Q & 7/19/11 & 7/18/11 8Ks re: results for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/21/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: issuance of $2 bil of debt
5/11/11 8K re: issuance of $1 bil of debt
4/28/11 8K re: voting results of 4/26/11 Meeting of Stockholders
4/26/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/20/11 & 4/19/11 8Ks re: CFO comments re: 1Qtr fin'l results ended 3/31/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 9/13/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: guidance given at investor conference
8/24/11 8K re: Master Agency Agreement re: Notes offering from time to time
8/10/11 8K re: closing of sale of $1.25 bil of 4.35% notes due 2021
8/5/11 8K re: 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/5/11 8K re: closing of sale of notes due 2016
7/27/11 & 7/21/11 8Ks re: legal opinions re: debt issues
7/14/11 8K re: investor presentation re: 2Q results
7/14/11 8K re: 2Q results
6/29/11 8K re: closing of $2.5 bil issue of 3.15% Notes due 2016
6/21/11 8K re: closing of $400 mil flotating rate senior med-term notes dues '14
5/24/11 8K re: legal opinion re: $500 mil Floating Senior Medium Term Notes due '16
5/23/11 8K Voting results of Shareholder Meeting held 5/17/11
5/10/11 8K re: legal opinion re: $2 bil of 4.6% Notes due '21
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: legal opinion for $2 bil Floating Senior Medium Term Notes
4/29/11 8K re: registering Global Notes
4/20/11 Proxy brochure entitled "Overview"
4/14/11 8K re: entering into consent orders with Fed. Reserve re: residential mortgage servicing activities
4/13/11 2 8Ks re: first quarter results
4/7/11 3 proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17/11 in Columbus, Ohio

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/9/11 10Q for equarter ended 7/3/11
7/19/11 8K re: selling of Ortho Dermatologics Div.
7/19/11 8K re: 2Q results 7/3/11
5/20/11 8K re: sale of over $4 bil of Notes due '13 - '41
5/2/11 8K re: merger agreement with Synthes
4/29/11 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Meeting of Shareholders
4/27/11 8K re: offer to buy Synthes for $21.3 bil
4/19/11 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 4/28 in New Brunswick, NJ
4/19/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 8K re: settlement between Merck & JNJ re: dispute re: distribution of Remicade & Simponi
4/8/11 8K re: payment of $70,0006,316 fine for violating Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Kraft KFT: 9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
8/5/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/14/11 8K re: amendment of severance agreement with ex-CFO Tim McLevish
8/4/11 8K re: Board of Dirs. intent to spin off global snack business & a N. Amer. grocery business
8/4/11 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/14/11 8K re: change of exec vp.
7/1/11 8K re: departure of CFO timothy R. McLevish (change to termination agreement)
5/31/11 8K re: results of 5/24 Annual Shareholder Meeting
5/6/11 10Q & 5/5/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/8/11 8K & 3/14/11 8K re: departure of CFO Timothy R. McLevish to be replaced by David A. Brearton
4/5/11 8K re: entering into revolving credit agreement for $4.5 bil

McDonald's MCD: 9/12/11 8K re: August sales
8/19/11 8Ka re: plans to hold annual advisory vote on exec compensation
8/8/11 8K re: investors release
8/5/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/26/11 8K re: amendment to Bylaws
7/22/11 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/11
7/1/11 Prospectus re: issuance of 3,430,000 shares of commons stock in Direct Stock Purchase Plan
6/10/11 8K re: press release re: global sales rising 3.1% in May
5/23/11 8K re: voting results of 5/19 Shareholder Meeting
5/20/11 8K re: issuance of $400 mil Medium-Term Notes
5/16/11 proxy material re: stock options
5/9/11 8K re: Investor Release re: April sales
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/3/11 proxy materials re: reminder how to vote
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 Proxy re: talking points
4/13/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/18/11 3 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/19/11 at McDonald's Headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill & proposal to amend cert. of incorp.

Merck MRK: 8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/29/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/27/11 8K re: Voting results of 5/24 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/9/11 10Q & 4/29/11 8K re: quarter ended 3/31/11
4/15/11 8K re: settlement between Merck & JNJ re: dispute re: distribution of Remicade & Simponi
4/14/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/13/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/11 at North Branch, NJ
4/5/11 Schedule to tender offer to shareholders of Inspire Pharmaceuticals

Microsoft MSFT: 7/28/11 10K year ended 6/20/11
7/21/11 8K re: 4Q & year end results
5/10/11 8K re: purchase of Skype for $8.5 bil in cash
4/28/11 10Q & 4/28/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11

Pfizer PFE: 8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11
8/2/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/12/11 10Q & 5/3/11 8K for quarter ended 4/3/11
5/3/11 8K re: voting results of shareholder Meeting held on 4/28
4/14/11 & 4/11/11 Proxy & 3/22/11 2 Proxy filings re: 4/28/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Dallas, TX
4/4/11 8K re: selling Capsugel subsidiary to KKR

Procter & Gamble PG: 9/7/11 Def. 14A Proxy Material re: voting recommendations for directors
8/26/11 Def. 14A Proxy Statement for Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholder on 10/11/11
8/15/11 8K re: closing of public offering of $1 bil 1.4% Notes due '16
8/10/11 10K for year ended 6/30/11
8/5/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 6/30/11
7/12/11 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.525 cents payable 8/15 to recorder holders on 7/22
7/1/11 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Meeting 10/11/11 in Cincinnati
5/12/11 8KA re: election of Margaret Whitman to Board
5/4/11 8K re: retirement of Ed Shirley as Vice Chair, Beauty & Grooming
4/29/11 10Q & 4/28/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/11/11 8K re: declaration of 9% quarterly dividend increase
4/5/11 8K re: sale of Pringles to Diamond

3M MMM: 9/8/11 8K re: Distribution Agrmt with Goldman Sachs re: $3 bil of notes
8/30/11 8K re: $200 mil credit agreement with HSBC Bank
8/10/11 8K re: $1.5 bil 5 year revolving credit agreement with J.P.Morgan Chase
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/2/11 2 8Ks re: adopotion of executive pre-arranged stock trading plans
8/2/11 8K re: results of 2nd quarter
7/26/11 8K re: 2Q results
5/26/11 8K re: restatement of Form 10K re: produ8ct moves between busienss segments
5/18/11 2 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for General Counsel & CEO respectively
5/16/11 8K re: election of Inge Thulin as EVP & COO
5/11/11 8K re: voting results from 5/10/11 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
5/5/11 10Q & 4/26/11 for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/26/11 Proxy material re: how to vote at 5/10 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/7/11 8K re: results of first quarter 2011
4/6/11 8K re: executive changes re: chief accounting officer

Travelers TRV: 9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
8/8/11 8K re: restatement of articles of incorporation to cancel Series B Conv. Pref. Stock
7/21/11 & 7/21/11 8K re: Qtr. ended 6/30/11
6/10/11 8K re: fin'l info re: annual investor conference
6/1/11 re: Voting results of 5/26 annual shareholders meeting
4/21/11 10Q & 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/12/11 annual report to shareholders
4/12/11 2 proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/26/11 at Hartford, CT

United Technologies UTX: 9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acqusition of Goodrich
7/25/11 10Q & 7/2011 8K re quarter ended 6/30/11
6/9/11 8K/A re: amendment of 4/13 8K re: frequency of intent to take shareholder advisory votes
4/25/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/20/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/19/11 8K re proposal to amend long term incentive plan

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
7/28/11 10Q & 7/25/11 8K re: quarter ended 6/30/11
7/22/11 8K re: replacement of Ivan Seidenberg as CEO with Lowell C. McAdam effective 8/1/11
6/24/11 8K re: Guarantee of debentures of 10 domestic telephone subsidiaries
5/10/11 8K re: voting results from 5/5/11 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/28/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/11/11 8K re: Verizon completion of Terremark acquisition
4/8/11 Schedule to tender offer re: Terremark acquisition
4/4/11 Proxy re; compensation proposal

WalMart WMT: 9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
8/16/11 8K re: results for 3 and 6 months ended 7/31/11
6/9/11 8K re: voting results of 6/3 annual shareholders meeting
6/3/11 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/11
5/17/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 4/30/11
4/19/11 annual report to shareholders
4/18/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 6/3/11 at U. of Ark in Fayetteville, Ark.
4/15/11 8K & 4/13/11 Prospectus re: issuance of $5 bil of notes