11/30/11 Wed pm Dow Closes at 12,045.88 up 490.05 or 4.24%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,045.88 up 490.05 or 4.24% from Tuesday's close of 11,555.63. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $97.88 +7.34 8.11% 13,072,388 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $30.97 +2.41 8.44% 61,407,077 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at THE WALL ST. JOURNAL NEVER CAME TO ATLANTA AREA TODAY SO THE FOLLOWING IS NOT UPDATED page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.46 up from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.46 (year ago it was 14.09); Wednesday's P/E estimate is 11.55 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 11.55 (year ago it was 12.95), and today's dividend yield is 2.72 down from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.72 (last year it was 2.59). 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 1,591.61 up 64.77 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,526.84. 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 $53.05 up $2.16 from Tuesday's average closing price of $50.89. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $42.73 (DD/VZ) up $3.37 from Tuesday's median closing price of $39.36. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $76.6 +3.62 4.96% 5,307,921 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.44 +0.36 7.09% 436,243,405 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 $6,466 ($159,150 - $152,684).

MarketWatch Wednesday 11/30/11 6:01 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow industrials chalking up their best day in more than 2 ½ years, as the Federal Reserve and five other central banks moved to help banks hit by Europe’s debt crisis. “Everybody has ‘08 and ‘09 in the back of their head, this does give you more confidence that that scenario -- I can’t say it goes away, but is at least delayed,” said David Hefty, chief executive officer at Hefty Wealth Partners in Auburn, Ind. Central banks from developed nations took coordinated action to shore up the global financial system. The central banks are sending a message that they’ve identified the problem and that they are working together, he said. Such coordination could prevent a replay of the U.S. financial system’s near meltdown in 2008-2009. “The big deal is just saying they are going to be involved. It’s not like they brought out the tank, they brought out the six shooter,” he said.
Following up on October’s 9.5% rise with a 0.8% gain for November, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 490.05 points, or 4.2%, to 12,045.68, its first finish above 12,000 in two weeks and biggest jump since March 23, 2009.J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM -0.23% led the gains that included all 30 of the blue chip indexes components, up 8.4%.Capping its largest three-day percentage climb since March 12, 2009, the S&P 500 added 51.77 points, or 4.3%, to 1,246.96, its best day since Aug. 11 and leaving the index off 0.5% for the month.Financials surged the most among the S&P’s 10 industry groups.Marking its largest jump since Aug. 23, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +4.17% advanced 104.83 points, or 4.2%, to 2,620.34, down 2.4% from the end of October.Stock trading can reach a frenzied pace during the day, but 24-hour trading has never really taken off.For every stock that lost ground nearly seven gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 1.7 billion shares traded; composite volume neared 5.9 billion.”The markets are still fairly thinly traded, but the market volume is getting stronger, and on days when market is going up the volume has been higher,” said Hefty.The Federal Reserve and the central banks of the euro area, Canada, the U.K., Japan and Switzerland agreed to reduce the cost of offering dollar financing through swap arrangements.“Central banks moving ahead of the curve generally doesn’t happen, so it’s indicative of a troublesome environment” in Europe, said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners.China said it would reduce the reserve requirement ratio for banks by 0.5 percentage point from Dec. 5.“The move by China to reduce the reserve requirements last night is interesting. It indicates they are getting a bit nervous,” Pavlik said.As has been the case of late, U.S. economic data took a back seat to events overseas.The ADP employment report found an increase of 206,000 jobs in November, the biggest jump since last December.“The ADP just indicates the economy is on somewhat firm ground,” Pavlik said.In its Beige Book survey released Wednesday afternoon, the Fed said the U.S. economy expanded at a moderate pace in all but one of its 12 districts. Read more on Fed’s Beige Book.The report bolstered the idea that the economy, while not in danger of lapsing into recession, is too weak to put much of a dent in the unemployment rate.“Europe is driving the market because the expectation here is continued slow growth, which is a positive, but also a given in the market,” said Hefty at Hefty Wealth Partners.


Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $28.98 +0.92 3.28% 33,344,876 NYSE
Alcoa AA $10.02 +0.71 7.63% 37,645,890 NYSE
American Express AXP $48.04 +2.49 5.47% 12,229,292 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $5.44 +0.36 7.09% 436,243,405 NYSE
Boeing BA $68.69 +3.43 5.26% 8,581,350 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $97.88 +7.34 8.11% 13,072,388 NYSE
Chevron CVX $102.82 +5.43 5.58% 13,364,441 NYSE
CSCO $18.64 +0.96 5.43% 74,536,460 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $67.23 +1.04 1.57% 12,642,467 NYSE
Disney DIS $35.85 +1.85 5.44% 16,527,363 NYSE
DuPont DD $47.72 +2.64 5.86% 8,109,043 NYSE
Exxon XOM $80.44 +3.51 4.56% 33,920,460 NYSE
GE $15.91 +0.99 6.64% 98,600,018 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.95 +1.05 3.9% 36,175,803 NYSE
Home Depot HD $39.22 +0.26 0.67% 19,654,041 NYSE
Intel INTC $24.91 +1.33 5.64% 73,440,505 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $188 +7.06 3.9% 7,824,652 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $30.97 +2.41 8.44% 61,407,077 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.72 +1.94 3.09% 15,015,529 NYSE
Kraft KFT $36.15 +0.82 2.32% 12,585,665 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $95.52 +2.06 2.2% 7,675,617 NYSE
Merck MRK $35.75 +1.27 3.68% 18,429,788 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $25.58 +0.74 2.98% 81,320,447 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $20.07 +0.67 3.45% 72,810,827 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $64.57 +2.04 3.26% 15,011,615 NYSE
MMM $81.04 +3.80 4.92% 8,711,738 NYSE
Travelers TRV $56.25 +2.18 4.03% 6,855,315 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $76.6 +3.62 4.96% 5,307,921 NYSE
Verizon VZ $37.73 +1.10 3% 17,470,086 DualListed
Walmart WMT $58.9 +0.73 1.25% 14,802,532 NYSE


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The following are excerpts from Wed morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 11,555.63 up 32.62 or 0.28% from Monday's close of 11,523.01. Of the 30 Dow components 17 gained and 13 declined. For the year the Dow is down 0.19%. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $97.39 +1.62 1.69% 8,566,363 NYSE and percentage-wise was Home Depot HD $38.96 +1.66 4.45% 20,612,009 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $90.54 -0.94 1.03% 6,027,815 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 NYSE.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Fin Times p12 "Tiffany Ralph Lauren slide as luxury retailers fall out of fashion" by Ajay Makan says investors dumped shares in luxury retailers after Tiffany forecast weakness in 4Q sales in Europe and the northeastern U.S. Home Depot was the standout performer after its CFO told analysts that Nov sales had been better than expected. Bank of America was down after touching a new year low of $5.03 during the day.

NYT pB11 "Hopeful consumer data lifts mood on Wall St" by Reuters says the Dow & the S&P advanced for a 2nd day Tues as stronger than expected consumer confidence data & hopes for further progress on a solution to Europe's fiscal problems bolstered sentiment.

USA Today p6B "Markets mixed as critical consumer confidence rises" by Bloomberg says stocks rose again Tues following the biggest gain in a month for the S&P as consumer confidence increased by the most since '03 and European finance ministers discussed efforts to tame the debt crisis.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,526.84 up 4.32 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,522.52. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.89 up $0.14 from Monday's average closing price of $50.75. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $39.36 (DD/VZ) down $1.27 from Monday's median closing price of $40.63. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $54.0 -70.15 0.28%3,304,51 2 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 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 $432 ($152,684 -$152,252).

MarketWatch Tuesday 11/29/11 4:13 pm by Laura Mandaro says US stocks closed with modest gains Tuesday, lifted by hopes of progress from a European finance ministers' meeting, adequate demand at an Italian bond auction, and a jump in a reading of U.S. consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 32.62 points, or 0.3%, to 11,555.63. The blue-chip average briefly reclaimed positive ground for the year but closed with a 0.2% 2011 loss. The S&P 500 rose 2.64 points, or 0.2%, to 1,195.19. Energy led S&P 500 subsectors with a gain of 1.5%; tech and financials lagged. The Nasdaq Composite fell 11.83 points, or 0.5%, to 2,515.51.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:

AT&T T $28.078 +0.128 0.46% 16,398,212 NYSE: IBD pA2 "AT&T in talks to sell assets" says AT&T is talking to Leap Wireless about a sale of some of the assets it would gain if AT&T buys T-Mobile USA. This is a move to get antitrust approval.

USA Today p1B "Report criticizes AT&T/ T-Mobile deal", AJC pA16 "FCC puts anotehr hurdle to AT&T's T-Mobile deal" say the FCC released a 109 page report that concluded the takeover of T-Mobile wold hurt competition & lead to a loss of jobs. If approved the top 2 carriers, Verizon & AT&T wold have 75% of the wireless market.

Alcoa AA $9.31 -0.15 1.59% 20,960,180 NYSE:

American Express AXP $45.55 -0.46 1% 6,472,884 NYSE:

Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Fin Times p12 "Tiffany Ralph Lauren slide as luxury retailers fall out of fashion" by Ajay Makan says investors dumped shares in luxury retailers after Tiffany forecast weakness in 4Q sales in Europe and the northeastern U.S. Home Depot was the standout performer after its CFO told analysts that Nov sales had been better than expected. Bank of America was down after touching a new year low of $5.03 during the day.

AJC pA15 "Banks' credit ratings lowered" by Eileen AJ Connelly, AP says S&P Ratings Services lowered the credit ratings for Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley & Wells Fargo. BofA was cut to A from A+.

Boeing BA $65.26 +0.27 0.42% 5,195,474 NYSE:

Caterpillar CAT $90.54 -0.94 1.03% 6,027,815 NYSE:

Chevron CVX $97.39 +1.62 1.69% 8,566,363 NYSE:

CSCO $17.68 -0.33 1.83% 51,078,575 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Coke KO $66.19 +1.02 1.57% 10,781,096 NYSE:

Disney DIS $34 -0.07 0.21% 7,574,029 NYSE:

DuPont DD $45.08 +0.07 0.16% 5,310,578 NYSE:

Exxon XOM $76.93 +1.09 1.44% 19,502,213 NYSE:

GE $14.92 +0.12 0.81% 79,803,194 NYSE:

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.9 +0.37 1.39% 27,116,875 NYSE: IBD pA4 "Facebook IPO could spark emerging social media" by Brian Deagon says a Facebook IPO of $100 bil is twice the market cap of Hewlett-Packard the world's largest tech firm by rev. The valuation is so high because it controls a larger share of the US display ad market than all of the Internet portals combined: Yahoo Microsoft & AOL.

Home Depot HD $38.96 +1.66 4.45% 20,612,009 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Fin Times p12 "Tiffany Ralph Lauren slide as luxury retailers fall out of fashion" by Ajay Makan says investors dumped shares in luxury retailers after Tiffany forecast weakness in 4Q sales in Europe and the northeastern U.S. Home Depot was the standout performer after its CFO told analysts that Nov sales had been better than expected. Bank of America was down after touching a new year low of $5.03 during the day.

Intel INTC $23.58 +0.12 0.51% 42,676,764 NASDAQ-GS:

IBM $180.96 -1.25 0.69% 3,252,110 NYSE:

JPMorgan JPM $28.56 -0.60 2.06% 44,114,828 NYSE: AJC pA15 "Banks' credit ratings lowered" by Eileen AJ Connelly, AP says S&P Ratings Services lowered the credit ratings for Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley & Wells Fargo. BofA was cut to A from A+.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.78 +0.41 0.66% 8,471,075 NYSE:

Kraft KFT $35.34 +0.45 1.29% 6,840,876 NYSE:

McDonald's MCD $93.46 -0.30 0.32% 5,603,812 NYSE:

Merck MRK $34.48 +0.22 0.64% 12,061,620 NYSE:

Microsoft MSFT $24.84 -0.03 0.12% 40,777,434 NASDAQ-GS:
IBD pA4 "Facebook IPO could spark emerging social media" by Brian Deagon says a Facebook IPO of $100 bil is twice the market cap of Hewlett-Packard the world's largest tech firm by rev. The valuation is so high because it controls a larger share of the US display ad market than all of the Internet portals combined: Yahoo Microsoft & AOL.

Pfizer PFE $19.4 +0.31 1.62% 39,357,515 NYSE: IBD pA2 "FDA to review anti-stroke drug" says the anti-clotting drug Eliquis by Pfizer was accepted by the FDA for the prevention of strokes and the FDA will make a decision by 3/28.

NYT pB11 "Facing generic Lipitor rivals, Pfizer battles to protect tis cash cow" by Duff Wilson says Lipitor was the first drug to exceed $10 bil a year n sales and it loses its patent today.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.53 +0.29 0.47% 6,306,49 1 NYSE: NYT pB2 "Diamond Foods raises eyebrows" says Diamond is further jeopardizing its proposed $2.4 deal to buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble by by burying news about an investigation into its accounting practices and increasing payments to a couple of directors who are walnut growers.

MMM $77.24 -0.48 0.62% 3,780,935 NYSE:

Travelers TRV $54.0 -70.15 0.28% 3,304,51 2 NYSE:

United Tech UTX $72.98 -0.16 0.22% 3,610,87 5 NYSE:

Verizon VZ $36.63 +0.38 1.05% 13,078,68 1 DualListed: USA Today p1B "Report criticizes AT&T/ T-Mobile deal" says the FCC released a 109 page report that concluded the takeover of T-Mobile wold hurt competition & lead to a loss of jobs. If approved the top 2 carriers, Verizon & AT&T wold have 75% of the wireless market.

Walmart WMT $58.17 +0.92 1.61% 10,768,812 NYSE:

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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)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 11/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $379.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 223 [8.5]
3. IBM 217.5 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 210.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 195.5 [3.5]
6. GE 177 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
9. AT&T T 173.5 [6]
10. Coke KO 155 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 150.5 [8]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 135.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 129 [5]
14. Merck MRK 106 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 96 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 70.5 [1]
19. Bank of America BAC 69 [10]
20. Disney DIS 65 [2]
21. Kraft KFT 62 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 61 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 60.5 [1]
24. Home Depot HD 56 [1.5]
25. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 49 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 11/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
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

Alcoa AA: 10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
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

Bank of Am BAC: 10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
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.

Boeing BA: 10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Caterpiller CAT: 10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: price increases
9/29/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreement
8/18/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/12/11 8K re: clarification of order backlog
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Chevron CVX: 10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Cisco CSCO 10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
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

Coke KO 10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
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

Disney DIS 10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
8/19/11 8K re: sale of $750 mil of Global Notes
8/19 10Q & 8/9 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/2/11

DuPont DD: 10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

GE: 10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement 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: purchase 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

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

Intel INTC: 10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/2/11

IBM: 10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/30/11 8K re: reorganiz. of Retail Fin'l Services & Card Business segments
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
8/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11

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

McDonald's MCD: 10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
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

Merck MRK: 10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Microsoft MSFT: 10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11
8/2/11 8K re: 2Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
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

3M MMM: 10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
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: adoption of executive pre-arranged stock trading plans
8/2/11 8K re: results of 2nd quarter

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

United Technologies UTX: 10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
9/29/11 8K re: exec personnel changes
9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acquisition of Goodrich

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
9/27/11 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair Eduardo Castro-Wright
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

11/30/11 Wed am Pfizer's Anti-Clot Drug Eliquis to get FDA Review

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A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 11,555.63 up 32.62 or 0.28% from Monday's close of 11,523.01. Of the 30 Dow components 17 gained and 13 declined. For the year the Dow is down 0.19%. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $97.39 +1.62 1.69% 8,566,363 NYSE and percentage-wise was Home Depot HD $38.96 +1.66 4.45% 20,612,009 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $90.54 -0.94 1.03% 6,027,815 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 NYSE.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Fin Times p12 "Tiffany Ralph Lauren slide as luxury retailers fall out of fashion" by Ajay Makan says investors dumped shares in luxury retailers after Tiffany forecast weakness in 4Q sales in Europe and the northeastern U.S. Home Depot was the standout performer after its CFO told analysts that Nov sales had been better than expected. Bank of America was down after touching a new year low of $5.03 during the day.

NYT pB11 "Hopeful consumer data lifts mood on Wall St" by Reuters says the Dow & the S&P advanced for a 2nd day Tues as stronger than expected consumer confidence data & hopes for further progress on a solution to Europe's fiscal problems bolstered sentiment.

USA Today p6B "Markets mixed as critical consumer confidence rises" by Bloomberg says stocks rose again Tues following the biggest gain in a month for the S&P as consumer confidence increased by the most since '03 and European finance ministers discussed efforts to tame the debt crisis.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at THE WALL ST. JOURNAL NEVER CAME TO ATLANTA AREA TODAY SO THE FOLLOWING IS NOT UPDATED page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.46 up from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.46 (year ago it was 14.09); Wednesday's P/E estimate is 11.55 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 11.55 (year ago it was 12.95), and today's dividend yield is 2.72 down from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.72 (last year it was 2.59). 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 1,526.84 up 4.32 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,522.52. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.89 up $0.14 from Monday's average closing price of $50.75. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $39.36 (DD/VZ) down $1.27 from Monday's median closing price of $40.63. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $54.0 -70.15 0.28%3,304,51 2 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 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 $432 ($152,684 -$152,252).

MarketWatch Tuesday 11/29/11 4:13 pm by Laura Mandaro says US stocks closed with modest gains Tuesday, lifted by hopes of progress from a European finance ministers' meeting, adequate demand at an Italian bond auction, and a jump in a reading of U.S. consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 32.62 points, or 0.3%, to 11,555.63. The blue-chip average briefly reclaimed positive ground for the year but closed with a 0.2% 2011 loss. The S&P 500 rose 2.64 points, or 0.2%, to 1,195.19. Energy led S&P 500 subsectors with a gain of 1.5%; tech and financials lagged. The Nasdaq Composite fell 11.83 points, or 0.5%, to 2,515.51.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:

AT&T T $28.078 +0.128 0.46% 16,398,212 NYSE: IBD pA2 "AT&T in talks to sell assets" says AT&T is talking to Leap Wireless about a sale of some of the assets it would gain if AT&T buys T-Mobile USA. This is a move to get antitrust approval.

USA Today p1B "Report criticizes AT&T/ T-Mobile deal", AJC pA16 "FCC puts anotehr hurdle to AT&T's T-Mobile deal" say the FCC released a 109 page report that concluded the takeover of T-Mobile wold hurt competition & lead to a loss of jobs. If approved the top 2 carriers, Verizon & AT&T wold have 75% of the wireless market.

Alcoa AA $9.31 -0.15 1.59% 20,960,180 NYSE:

American Express AXP $45.55 -0.46 1% 6,472,884 NYSE:

Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Fin Times p12 "Tiffany Ralph Lauren slide as luxury retailers fall out of fashion" by Ajay Makan says investors dumped shares in luxury retailers after Tiffany forecast weakness in 4Q sales in Europe and the northeastern U.S. Home Depot was the standout performer after its CFO told analysts that Nov sales had been better than expected. Bank of America was down after touching a new year low of $5.03 during the day.

AJC pA15 "Banks' credit ratings lowered" by Eileen AJ Connelly, AP says S&P Ratings Services lowered the credit ratings for Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley & Wells Fargo. BofA was cut to A from A+.

Boeing BA $65.26 +0.27 0.42% 5,195,474 NYSE:

Caterpillar CAT $90.54 -0.94 1.03% 6,027,815 NYSE:

Chevron CVX $97.39 +1.62 1.69% 8,566,363 NYSE:

CSCO $17.68 -0.33 1.83% 51,078,575 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Coke KO $66.19 +1.02 1.57% 10,781,096 NYSE:

Disney DIS $34 -0.07 0.21% 7,574,029 NYSE:

DuPont DD $45.08 +0.07 0.16% 5,310,578 NYSE:

Exxon XOM $76.93 +1.09 1.44% 19,502,213 NYSE:

GE $14.92 +0.12 0.81% 79,803,194 NYSE:

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.9 +0.37 1.39% 27,116,875 NYSE: IBD pA4 "Facebook IPO could spark emerging social media" by Brian Deagon says a Facebook IPO of $100 bil is twice the market cap of Hewlett-Packard the world's largest tech firm by rev. The valuation is so high because it controls a larger share of the US display ad market than all of the Internet portals combined: Yahoo Microsoft & AOL.

Home Depot HD $38.96 +1.66 4.45% 20,612,009 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks close mixed following bi rally" by Victor Reklaitis says after a day of big gains, stocks puttered to a mixed finish Tuesday as stocks were mixed in mixed trade. The current outlook is the market is in a correction. Home Depot was up 5% while Bank of America and Cisco back off.

Fin Times p12 "Tiffany Ralph Lauren slide as luxury retailers fall out of fashion" by Ajay Makan says investors dumped shares in luxury retailers after Tiffany forecast weakness in 4Q sales in Europe and the northeastern U.S. Home Depot was the standout performer after its CFO told analysts that Nov sales had been better than expected. Bank of America was down after touching a new year low of $5.03 during the day.

Intel INTC $23.58 +0.12 0.51% 42,676,764 NASDAQ-GS:

IBM $180.96 -1.25 0.69% 3,252,110 NYSE:

JPMorgan JPM $28.56 -0.60 2.06% 44,114,828 NYSE: AJC pA15 "Banks' credit ratings lowered" by Eileen AJ Connelly, AP says S&P Ratings Services lowered the credit ratings for Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley & Wells Fargo. BofA was cut to A from A+.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.78 +0.41 0.66% 8,471,075 NYSE:

Kraft KFT $35.34 +0.45 1.29% 6,840,876 NYSE:

McDonald's MCD $93.46 -0.30 0.32% 5,603,812 NYSE:

Merck MRK $34.48 +0.22 0.64% 12,061,620 NYSE:

Microsoft MSFT $24.84 -0.03 0.12% 40,777,434 NASDAQ-GS:
IBD pA4 "Facebook IPO could spark emerging social media" by Brian Deagon says a Facebook IPO of $100 bil is twice the market cap of Hewlett-Packard the world's largest tech firm by rev. The valuation is so high because it controls a larger share of the US display ad market than all of the Internet portals combined: Yahoo Microsoft & AOL.

Pfizer PFE $19.4 +0.31 1.62% 39,357,515 NYSE: IBD pA2 "FDA to review anti-stroke drug" says the anti-clotting drug Eliquis by Pfizer was accepted by the FDA for the prevention of strokes and the FDA will make a decision by 3/28.

NYT pB11 "Facing generic Lipitor rivals, Pfizer battles to protect tis cash cow" by Duff Wilson says Lipitor was the first drug to exceed $10 bil a year n sales and it loses its patent today.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.53 +0.29 0.47% 6,306,49 1 NYSE: NYT pB2 "Diamond Foods raises eyebrows" says Diamond is further jeopardizing its proposed $2.4 deal to buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble by by burying news about an investigation into its accounting practices and increasing payments to a couple of directors who are walnut growers.

MMM $77.24 -0.48 0.62% 3,780,935 NYSE:

Travelers TRV $54.0 -70.15 0.28% 3,304,51 2 NYSE:

United Tech UTX $72.98 -0.16 0.22% 3,610,87 5 NYSE:

Verizon VZ $36.63 +0.38 1.05% 13,078,68 1 DualListed: USA Today p1B "Report criticizes AT&T/ T-Mobile deal" says the FCC released a 109 page report that concluded the takeover of T-Mobile wold hurt competition & lead to a loss of jobs. If approved the top 2 carriers, Verizon & AT&T wold have 75% of the wireless market.

Walmart WMT $58.17 +0.92 1.61% 10,768,812 NYSE:

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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)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 11/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $379.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 223 [8.5]
3. IBM 217.5 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 210.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 195.5 [3.5]
6. GE 177 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
9. AT&T T 173.5 [6]
10. Coke KO 155 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 150.5 [8]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 135.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 129 [5]
14. Merck MRK 106 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 96 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 70.5 [1]
19. Bank of America BAC 69 [10]
20. Disney DIS 65 [2]
21. Kraft KFT 62 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 61 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 60.5 [1]
24. Home Depot HD 56 [1.5]
25. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 49 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 11/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
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

Alcoa AA: 10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
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

Bank of Am BAC: 10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
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.

Boeing BA: 10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Caterpiller CAT: 10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: price increases
9/29/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreement
8/18/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/12/11 8K re: clarification of order backlog
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Chevron CVX: 10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Cisco CSCO 10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
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

Coke KO 10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
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

Disney DIS 10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
8/19/11 8K re: sale of $750 mil of Global Notes
8/19 10Q & 8/9 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/2/11

DuPont DD: 10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

GE: 10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement 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: purchase 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

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

Intel INTC: 10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/2/11

IBM: 10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/30/11 8K re: reorganiz. of Retail Fin'l Services & Card Business segments
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
8/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11

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

McDonald's MCD: 10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
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

Merck MRK: 10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Microsoft MSFT: 10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11
8/2/11 8K re: 2Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
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

3M MMM: 10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
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: adoption of executive pre-arranged stock trading plans
8/2/11 8K re: results of 2nd quarter

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

United Technologies UTX: 10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
9/29/11 8K re: exec personnel changes
9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acquisition of Goodrich

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
9/27/11 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair Eduardo Castro-Wright
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

11/29/11 Tues pm Dow Closes at 11,555.63 up 32.62 or 0.28%

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Post No. 1,345 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 November 1, 2011.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 11,555.63 up 32.62 or 0.28% from Monday's close of 11,523.01. Of the 30 Dow components 17 gained and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $97.39 +1.62 1.69% 8,566,363 NYSE and percentage-wise was Home Depot HD $38.96 +1.66 4.45% 20,612,009 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $90.54 -0.94 1.03% 6,027,815 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.46 up from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.15 (year ago it was 14.09); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 11.55 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 11.55 (year ago it was 12.95), and today's dividend yield is 2.72 down from Monday's dividend yield of 2.79 (last year it was 2.59). 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 1,526.84 up 4.32 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,522.52. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.89 up $0.14 from Monday's average closing price of $50.75. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $39.36 (DD/VZ) down $1.27 from Monday's median closing price of $40.63. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $54.0 -70.15 0.28%3,304,51 2 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 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 $432 ($152,684 -$152,252).

MarketWatch Tuesday 11/29/11 4:13 pm by Laura Mandaro says US stocks closed with modest gains Tuesday, lifted by hopes of progress from a European finance ministers' meeting, adequate demand at an Italian bond auction, and a jump in a reading of U.S. consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 32.62 points, or 0.3%, to 11,555.63. The blue-chip average briefly reclaimed positive ground for the year but closed with a 0.2% 2011 loss. The S&P 500 rose 2.64 points, or 0.2%, to 1,195.19. Energy led S&P 500 subsectors with a gain of 1.5%; tech and financials lagged. The Nasdaq Composite fell 11.83 points, or 0.5%, to 2,515.51.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T T $28.078 +0.128 0.46% 16,398,212 NYSE

Alcoa AA $9.31 -0.15 1.59% 20,960,180 NYSE

American Express AXP $45.55 -0.46 1% 6,472,884 NYSE

Bank of America BAC $5.08 -0.17 3.24% 323,336,411 NYSE

Boeing BA $65.26 +0.27 0.42% 5,195,474 NYSE

Caterpillar CAT $90.54 -0.94 1.03% 6,027,815 NYSE

Chevron CVX $97.39 +1.62 1.69% 8,566,363 NYSE

CSCO $17.68 -0.33 1.83% 51,078,575 NASDAQ-GS

Coke KO $66.19 +1.02 1.57% 10,781,096 NYSE

Disney DIS $34 -0.07 0.21% 7,574,029 NYSE

DuPont DD $45.08 +0.07 0.16% 5,310,578 NYSE

XOM $76.93 +1.09 1.44% 19,502,213 NYSE

GE $14.92 +0.12 0.81% 79,803,194 NYSE

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.9 +0.37 1.39% 27,116,875 NYSE

Home Depot HD $38.96 +1.66 4.45% 20,612,009 NYSE

Intel INTC $23.58 +0.12 0.51% 42,676,764 NASDAQ-GS

IBM $180.96 -1.25 0.69% 3,252,110 NYSE

JPMorgan JPM $28.56 -0.60 2.06% 44,114,828 NYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.78 +0.41 0.66% 8,471,075 NYSE

Kraft KFT $35.34 +0.45 1.29% 6,840,876 NYSE

McDonald's MCD $93.46 -0.30 0.32% 5,603,812 NYSE

Merck MRK $34.48 +0.22 0.64% 12,061,620 NYSE

Microsoft MSFT $24.84 -0.03 0.12% 40,777,434 NASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFE $19.4 +0.31 1.62% 39,357,515 NYSE

Procter & Gamble PG $62.53 +0.29 0.47% 6,306,49 1 NYSE

MMM $77.24 -0.48 0.62% 3,780,935 NYSE

Travelers TRV $54.0 -70.15 0.28% 3,304,51 2 NYSE

United Tech UTX $72.98 -0.16 0.22% 3,610,87 5 NYSE

Verizon VZ $36.63 +0.38 1.05% 13,078,68 1 DualListed

Walmart WMT $58.17 +0.92 1.61% 10,768,812 NYSE






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The following are excerpts from Tues morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 Monday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 11,523.01 up 291.23 or 2.59% from Friday's close of 11,231.78. For the year the Dow is down 0.47%. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $182.21 +5.15 2.91% 4,524,289 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $9.46 +0.51 5.7% 31,464,702 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Black Fri leads to Green Monday" by Matt Phillips says banks, retailers & commodity linked industrials pulled stocks higher amid buoyant sales reports for Black Fri and hope that European leasers are making progress in their efforts to resolve the region's debt crisis.

Fin Times pB26 "Genworth Fin'ls relief rally sets the backdrop for wider gains" by Ajay Makan says shares in Genwroth surged amid a rash of buying as Citigroup analysts said the insurer will avoid bankruptcy.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks soar on hopeful signs" by Vincent Mao says the market rallied after solid holiday shopping figures while Germany & France pressed for stronger discipline in EU budgets. I Monday's action stocks rebounded sharply. The current outlook is the market is in a correction.

NYT pB10 "Shares soar on talk of a Europe deal" by Christine Hauser says stocks & the euro rose sharply Mon as investors took heart at signs that European leaders were pushing toward new measures to resuuce the currency union.

USA Today p4B "S&P ends 7 session skid on holiday sales, Europe news" by AP says a weekend of exuberant holiday shopping in the US & radical proposals for stanching Europe's debt crisis sent sotcks soaring Mon.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,522.52 up 38.48 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,484.04. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.75 up $1.28 from Friday's average closing price of $49.47. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $40.63 (DD/VZ) up $1.02 from Friday's median closing price of $39.61. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $73.14 +2.10 2.96% 4,026,061 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.25 +0.08 1.55% 345,537,873 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 $3,848 ($152,252 - $148,404).

MarketWatch Monday 11/28/11 5:28 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks leapt Monday, posting their best day in at least a month, as Wall Street embraced moves by European leaders to join euro-area members in a fiscal union and on evidence U.S. holiday sales got off to a record start. “It seems European leaders are coalescing around a plan, and that plan is for greater integration of the European Union in terms of fiscal policy, and that would be good,” said Alan Skrainka, chief investment officer of Cornerstone Wealth Management. “It’s clear that Germany has been holding out for greater fiscal integration, a plan with real teeth. [Officials] weren’t going to provide a bailout with no strings attached. This crisis has provided them with the leverage they need to get this done,” said Skrainka. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +2.59% rallied 291.23 points, or 2.6%, to 11,523.01. It was the blue-chip index’s best day since Oct. 27 and marked a partial recovery from last week, when it sank 4.8%. All 30 of the Dow’s components gained, led by aluminium giant Alcoa Inc. AA -0.53% which rose 5.7%.
Rebounding after a seven-session losing streak, the S&P 500 Index SPX +2.92% rose 33.88 points, or 2.9%, to 1,192.55. All 10 of its industry sectors rose, led by energy and natural-resource companies.It was also the index’s best day since Oct. 27. The multiple support levels broken last week can now be viewed as resistance, with 1,206 to 1,216 the first target level on the S&P 500, and 1,250 the second, according to Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.But Spar cautioned against jumping the gun. “Rome wasn’t build in a day but the Italian bond market can take it down in just a few sessions,” he said. Yields reflecting Spain’s and France’s borrowing costs fell on Monday, although the yield on Italy’s 10-year government note gained, remaining above 7%, a critical level that pushed Ireland, Portugal and Greece to receive rescue packages. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +3.52% climbed 85.83 points, or 3.5%, to 2,527.34, its best percentage gain since Aug. 23. For every stock falling, five gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 958 million shares traded hands. NYSE Composite volume topped 3.8 billion. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude-oil futures for January delivery CL2F -0.54% topped $100 a barrel before closing at $98.21 a barrel, up $1.44. The gold futures contract for December GC1Z -0.15% added $25.10 to end at $1,710.80 an ounce. Read more on gold futures. The Wall Street Journal reported euro-zone leaders were discussing a fiscal pact among the currency bloc’s members that would make budget discipline legally binding and enforceable by European authorities. Reuters also reported European officials have reached an agreement on how to leverage the euro zone’s 440 billion euro ($586 billion) European Financial Stability Facility ahead of a Tuesday meeting of European finance ministers. The fund might insure the bonds of debt-torn nations with guarantees of as much as 30% of each issue. ‘I don’t think the market would be up 300 points on ‘people went to the mall this weekend’.
In the U.S., retail sales totaled $52.4 billion during the holiday weekend, with the average shopper spending $398.62, up from $365.34 for the year-earlier period, the National Retail Federation said Sunday, citing a survey by BIGresearch.
Monday’s stock surge was also the best performance for the S&P 500 and Dow industrials for a Monday following Thanksgiving in over 70 years, according to the Wall Street Journal’s data group. “More consumers than ever turned out for retailers’ Black Friday promotions, a promising sign for the economic recovery,” Matthew Shay, the NRF’s president and chief executive, said in a statement.
But Europe was the main driver, analysts said. “We got some good news in terms of Black Friday sales, but that is not nearly as critical to the outlook as Europe. I don’t think the market would be up 300 points on ‘people went to the mall this weekend’,” said Skrainka at Cornerstone. Wall Street maintained its upward momentum after the government reported sales of new single-family homes rose 1.3% in October to a yearly rate of 307,000. September sales were revised down to 303,000 from a first read of 313,000. Read more on homes sales. “I still believe this is a good thing as the market needs to further clear the size of existing home inventory,” Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, noted in emailed commentary.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers and Tuesday's News:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $27.95 +0.54 1.97% 24,224,945 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Critics of AT&T deal ask FCC for details" by Amy Schatz says the opponents are seeking an internal FCC staff report.

NYT pB1 "Why AT&T pursued a big merger" by Ross Sorkin says AT&T really intended to go after Leap Wireless because it knew that the gov would never approve a deal that would result in AT&T and Verizon becoming a duopoly because AT&T is 2 and T-Mobile was 4.

Alcoa AA $9.46 +0.51 5.7% 31,464,702 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.01 +1.01 2.24% 9,049,170 NYSE: AJC pA14 ""Online shoppers get fits from American Express" says Amex will give surprise gifts to cardholders who shop online this holiday season.

Bank of America BAC $5.25 +0.08 1.55% 345,537,873 NYSE: Daily Report p9 "Judge Oks $410Mil BofA overdraft settlement" by Julie Kay says a Fed judge in Miami approved a $410 mil class action settlement with Bank of America over its overdraft fee practices, including atty fees totaling $123 Mil.

Fin Times p20 "US banks review seizures of military homes" by Shahien Nasiripour says JPMorgan and Bank of America have unlawfully foreclosed on the homes of nearly 5,000 active duty members of the US military in recent years.

Boeing BA $64.99 +2.21 3.52% 4,621,077 NYSE: USA Today p1A "Mentor's role led to altered exercise" by Tom Vanden Brook says the Air Force let a retired 4 star general who was an exec for Boeing participate in a war game involving an aerial tanker that Boeing was buying to build for the military for more than $50 bil.

Caterpillar CAT $91.48 +4.76 5.49% 8,340,988 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $95.77 +3.48 3.77% 8,404,304 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $18.01 +0.51 2.91% 45,999,135 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $65.17 +0.43 0.66% 10,659,048 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $34.07 +0.56 1.67% 8,656,311 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $45.01 +1.15 2.62% 6,186,781 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $75.84 +1.94 2.63% 20,151,786 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $14.8 +0.10 0.68% 77,629,580 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.53 +1.14 4.49% 19,858,527 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Facebook targets huge IPO" by Shayndi Raice that would value the firm at $100 bil which is twice that of such stalwarts as Hewlett-Packard & 3M.

Home Depot HD $37.3 +0.83 2.28% 8,060,716 NYSE: Inv. Bus Daily pB3 "Top retailers ride a strong Black Fri" by David Saito-Chung says that Home Depot is forming the right side of a long cup base. Its RS line is in new high ground, a strong sign of market out performance (the preceding is for the technical stock followers among us.)

Intel INTC $23.46 +0.73 3.21% 39,757,303 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $182.21 +5.15 2.91% 4,524,289 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $29.16 +0.68 2.39% 45,285,387 NYSE: Fin Times p20 "US banks review seizures of military homes" by Shahien Nasiripour says JPMorgan and Bank of America have unlawfully foreclosed on the homes of nearly 5,000 active duty members of the US military in recent years.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.37 +1.10 1.8% 11,677,991 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $34.89 +0.57 1.66% 5,972,390 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonalds MCD $93.76 +1.66 1.8% 6,101,527 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $34.26 +1.10 3.32% 15,561,922 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Justices to hear key case on pay for drug reps" by Brent Kendall says the Sup. Ct. will decide whether drug firms like Merck have to pay their sales rep for overtime, which could have a big impact on the industry. The Sup Ct. will look at a 2nd Cir case which allowed sales reps to sue Merck for overtime.

WSJ pB6 "Facebook takes fall for Merck vs. Merck" by Shayndi Raice says Facebook took the blame for letting German Merck's facebook page to be used by its US rival, Merck.

Microsoft MSFT $24.87 +0.57 2.35% 46,771,878 NASDAQ-GS: NYT pB10 "Silver Lake & Microsoft group expected to bid for a stake in Yahoo" by Michael J. de la Merced says a consortium will try to buy a 20% stake in Yahoo.

Pfizer PFE $19.09 +0.64 3.47% 41,128,477 NYSE: WSJ pD1 "Generic Lipitor goes on sale this week: a users' guide" by Jon Rockoff says 8.7 mil American take Pfizer's Lipitor for high cholesterol and on Wed its US patent expires allowing generic versions to go on sale.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.24 +1.24 2.03% 7,673,132 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $77.72 +1.59 2.09% 4,923,069 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Facebook targets huge IPO" by Shayndi Raice that would value the firm at $100 bil which is twice that of such stalwarts as Hewlett-Packard & 3M.

Travelers TRV $54.22 +0.81 1.52% 4,043,524 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $73.14 +2.10 2.96% 4,026,061 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.25 +0.90 2.55% 17,777,760 DualListed: NYT pB1 "Why AT&T pursued a big merger" by Ross Sorkin says AT&T really intended to go after Leap Wireless because it knew that the gov would never approve a deal that would result in AT&T and Verizon becoming a duopoly because AT&T is 2 and T-Mobile was 4.

Walmart WMT $57.25 +0.36 0.63% 9,288,061 NYSE: WSJ pA17 "India goes wild over Walmart" by Sadanand Dhume criticizes India for aspiring to be a global power but is afraid of allowing retailers such as Walamrt, Carrefour & Tesco from building stores in India.

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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)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 11/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $379.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 223 [8.5]
3. IBM 217.5 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 210.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 195.5 [3.5]
6. GE 177 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
9. AT&T T 173.5 [6]
10. Coke KO 155 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 150.5 [8]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 135.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 129 [5]
14. Merck MRK 106 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 96 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 70.5 [1]
19. Bank of America BAC 69 [10]
20. Disney DIS 65 [2]
21. Kraft KFT 62 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 61 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 60.5 [1]
24. Home Depot HD 56 [1.5]
25. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 49 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 11/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
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

Alcoa AA: 10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
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

Bank of Am BAC: 10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
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.

Boeing BA: 10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Caterpiller CAT: 10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: price increases
9/29/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreement
8/18/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/12/11 8K re: clarification of order backlog
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Chevron CVX: 10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Cisco CSCO 10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
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

Coke KO 10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
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

Disney DIS 10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
8/19/11 8K re: sale of $750 mil of Global Notes
8/19 10Q & 8/9 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/2/11

DuPont DD: 10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

GE: 10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement 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: purchase 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

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

Intel INTC: 10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/2/11

IBM: 10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/30/11 8K re: reorganiz. of Retail Fin'l Services & Card Business segments
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
8/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11

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

McDonald's MCD: 10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
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

Merck MRK: 10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Microsoft MSFT: 10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11
8/2/11 8K re: 2Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
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

3M MMM: 10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
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: adoption of executive pre-arranged stock trading plans
8/2/11 8K re: results of 2nd quarter

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

United Technologies UTX: 10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
9/29/11 8K re: exec personnel changes
9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acquisition of Goodrich

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
9/27/11 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair Eduardo Castro-Wright
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

11/29/11 Tues am Bank of America $410 Mil Overdraft Settlement Approved

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A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 Monday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 11,523.01 up 291.23 or 2.59% from Friday's close of 11,231.78. For the year the Dow is down 0.47%. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $182.21 +5.15 2.91% 4,524,289 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $9.46 +0.51 5.7% 31,464,702 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Black Fri leads to Green Monday" by Matt Phillips says banks, retailers & commodity linked industrials pulled stocks higher amid buoyant sales reports for Black Fri and hope that European leasers are making progress in their efforts to resolve the region's debt crisis.

Fin Times pB26 "Genworth Fin'ls relief rally sets the backdrop for wider gains" by Ajay Makan says shares in Genwroth surged amid a rash of buying as Citigroup analysts said the insurer will avoid bankruptcy.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks soar on hopeful signs" by Vincent Mao says the market rallied after solid holiday shopping figures while Germany & France pressed for stronger discipline in EU budgets. I Monday's action stocks rebounded sharply. The current outlook is the market is in a correction.

NYT pB10 "Shares soar on talk of a Europe deal" by Christine Hauser says stocks & the euro rose sharply Mon as investors took heart at signs that European leaders were pushing toward new measures to resuuce the currency union.

USA Today p4B "S&P ends 7 session skid on holiday sales, Europe news" by AP says a weekend of exuberant holiday shopping in the US & radical proposals for stanching Europe's debt crisis sent sotcks soaring Mon.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.46 up from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.15 (year ago it was 14.09); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 11.55 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 11.55 (year ago it was 12.95), and today's dividend yield is 2.72 down from Monday's dividend yield of 2.79 (last year it was 2.59). 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 1,522.52 up 38.48 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,484.04. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.75 up $1.28 from Friday's average closing price of $49.47. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $40.63 (DD/VZ) up $1.02 from Friday's median closing price of $39.61. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $73.14 +2.10 2.96% 4,026,061 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.25 +0.08 1.55% 345,537,873 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 $3,848 ($152,252 - $148,404).

MarketWatch Monday 11/28/11 5:28 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks leapt Monday, posting their best day in at least a month, as Wall Street embraced moves by European leaders to join euro-area members in a fiscal union and on evidence U.S. holiday sales got off to a record start. “It seems European leaders are coalescing around a plan, and that plan is for greater integration of the European Union in terms of fiscal policy, and that would be good,” said Alan Skrainka, chief investment officer of Cornerstone Wealth Management. “It’s clear that Germany has been holding out for greater fiscal integration, a plan with real teeth. [Officials] weren’t going to provide a bailout with no strings attached. This crisis has provided them with the leverage they need to get this done,” said Skrainka. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +2.59% rallied 291.23 points, or 2.6%, to 11,523.01. It was the blue-chip index’s best day since Oct. 27 and marked a partial recovery from last week, when it sank 4.8%. All 30 of the Dow’s components gained, led by aluminium giant Alcoa Inc. AA -0.53% which rose 5.7%.
Rebounding after a seven-session losing streak, the S&P 500 Index SPX +2.92% rose 33.88 points, or 2.9%, to 1,192.55. All 10 of its industry sectors rose, led by energy and natural-resource companies.It was also the index’s best day since Oct. 27. The multiple support levels broken last week can now be viewed as resistance, with 1,206 to 1,216 the first target level on the S&P 500, and 1,250 the second, according to Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.But Spar cautioned against jumping the gun. “Rome wasn’t build in a day but the Italian bond market can take it down in just a few sessions,” he said. Yields reflecting Spain’s and France’s borrowing costs fell on Monday, although the yield on Italy’s 10-year government note gained, remaining above 7%, a critical level that pushed Ireland, Portugal and Greece to receive rescue packages. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +3.52% climbed 85.83 points, or 3.5%, to 2,527.34, its best percentage gain since Aug. 23. For every stock falling, five gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 958 million shares traded hands. NYSE Composite volume topped 3.8 billion. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude-oil futures for January delivery CL2F -0.54% topped $100 a barrel before closing at $98.21 a barrel, up $1.44. The gold futures contract for December GC1Z -0.15% added $25.10 to end at $1,710.80 an ounce. Read more on gold futures. The Wall Street Journal reported euro-zone leaders were discussing a fiscal pact among the currency bloc’s members that would make budget discipline legally binding and enforceable by European authorities. Reuters also reported European officials have reached an agreement on how to leverage the euro zone’s 440 billion euro ($586 billion) European Financial Stability Facility ahead of a Tuesday meeting of European finance ministers. The fund might insure the bonds of debt-torn nations with guarantees of as much as 30% of each issue. ‘I don’t think the market would be up 300 points on ‘people went to the mall this weekend’.
In the U.S., retail sales totaled $52.4 billion during the holiday weekend, with the average shopper spending $398.62, up from $365.34 for the year-earlier period, the National Retail Federation said Sunday, citing a survey by BIGresearch.
Monday’s stock surge was also the best performance for the S&P 500 and Dow industrials for a Monday following Thanksgiving in over 70 years, according to the Wall Street Journal’s data group. “More consumers than ever turned out for retailers’ Black Friday promotions, a promising sign for the economic recovery,” Matthew Shay, the NRF’s president and chief executive, said in a statement.
But Europe was the main driver, analysts said. “We got some good news in terms of Black Friday sales, but that is not nearly as critical to the outlook as Europe. I don’t think the market would be up 300 points on ‘people went to the mall this weekend’,” said Skrainka at Cornerstone. Wall Street maintained its upward momentum after the government reported sales of new single-family homes rose 1.3% in October to a yearly rate of 307,000. September sales were revised down to 303,000 from a first read of 313,000. Read more on homes sales. “I still believe this is a good thing as the market needs to further clear the size of existing home inventory,” Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, noted in emailed commentary.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers and Tuesday's News:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $27.95 +0.54 1.97% 24,224,945 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Critics of AT&T deal ask FCC for details" by Amy Schatz says the opponents are seeking an internal FCC staff report.

NYT pB1 "Why AT&T pursued a big merger" by Ross Sorkin says AT&T really intended to go after Leap Wireless because it knew that the gov would never approve a deal that would result in AT&T and Verizon becoming a duopoly because AT&T is 2 and T-Mobile was 4.

Alcoa AA $9.46 +0.51 5.7% 31,464,702 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.01 +1.01 2.24% 9,049,170 NYSE: AJC pA14 ""Online shoppers get fits from American Express" says Amex will give surprise gifts to cardholders who shop online this holiday season.

Bank of America BAC $5.25 +0.08 1.55% 345,537,873 NYSE: Daily Report p9 "Judge Oks $410Mil BofA overdraft settlement" by Julie Kay says a Fed judge in Miami approved a $410 mil class action settlement with Bank of America over its overdraft fee practices, including atty fees totaling $123 Mil.

Fin Times p20 "US banks review seizures of military homes" by Shahien Nasiripour says JPMorgan and Bank of America have unlawfully foreclosed on the homes of nearly 5,000 active duty members of the US military in recent years.

Boeing BA $64.99 +2.21 3.52% 4,621,077 NYSE: USA Today p1A "Mentor's role led to altered exercise" by Tom Vanden Brook says the Air Force let a retired 4 star general who was an exec for Boeing participate in a war game involving an aerial tanker that Boeing was buying to build for the military for more than $50 bil.

Caterpillar CAT $91.48 +4.76 5.49% 8,340,988 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $95.77 +3.48 3.77% 8,404,304 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $18.01 +0.51 2.91% 45,999,135 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $65.17 +0.43 0.66% 10,659,048 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $34.07 +0.56 1.67% 8,656,311 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $45.01 +1.15 2.62% 6,186,781 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $75.84 +1.94 2.63% 20,151,786 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $14.8 +0.10 0.68% 77,629,580 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.53 +1.14 4.49% 19,858,527 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Facebook targets huge IPO" by Shayndi Raice that would value the firm at $100 bil which is twice that of such stalwarts as Hewlett-Packard & 3M.

Home Depot HD $37.3 +0.83 2.28% 8,060,716 NYSE: Inv. Bus Daily pB3 "Top retailers ride a strong Black Fri" by David Saito-Chung says that Home Depot is forming the right side of a long cup base. Its RS line is in new high ground, a strong sign of market out performance (the preceding is for the technical stock followers among us.)

Intel INTC $23.46 +0.73 3.21% 39,757,303 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $182.21 +5.15 2.91% 4,524,289 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $29.16 +0.68 2.39% 45,285,387 NYSE: Fin Times p20 "US banks review seizures of military homes" by Shahien Nasiripour says JPMorgan and Bank of America have unlawfully foreclosed on the homes of nearly 5,000 active duty members of the US military in recent years.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.37 +1.10 1.8% 11,677,991 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $34.89 +0.57 1.66% 5,972,390 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonalds MCD $93.76 +1.66 1.8% 6,101,527 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $34.26 +1.10 3.32% 15,561,922 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Justices to hear key case on pay for drug reps" by Brent Kendall says the Sup. Ct. will decide whether drug firms like Merck have to pay their sales rep for overtime, which could have a big impact on the industry. The Sup Ct. will look at a 2nd Cir case which allowed sales reps to sue Merck for overtime.

WSJ pB6 "Facebook takes fall for Merck vs. Merck" by Shayndi Raice says Facebook took the blame for letting German Merck's facebook page to be used by its US rival, Merck.

Microsoft MSFT $24.87 +0.57 2.35% 46,771,878 NASDAQ-GS: NYT pB10 "Silver Lake & Microsoft group expected to bid for a stake in Yahoo" by Michael J. de la Merced says a consortium will try to buy a 20% stake in Yahoo.

Pfizer PFE $19.09 +0.64 3.47% 41,128,477 NYSE: WSJ pD1 "Generic Lipitor goes on sale this week: a users' guide" by Jon Rockoff says 8.7 mil American take Pfizer's Lipitor for high cholesterol and on Wed its US patent expires allowing generic versions to go on sale.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.24 +1.24 2.03% 7,673,132 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $77.72 +1.59 2.09% 4,923,069 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Facebook targets huge IPO" by Shayndi Raice that would value the firm at $100 bil which is twice that of such stalwarts as Hewlett-Packard & 3M.

Travelers TRV $54.22 +0.81 1.52% 4,043,524 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $73.14 +2.10 2.96% 4,026,061 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.25 +0.90 2.55% 17,777,760 DualListed: NYT pB1 "Why AT&T pursued a big merger" by Ross Sorkin says AT&T really intended to go after Leap Wireless because it knew that the gov would never approve a deal that would result in AT&T and Verizon becoming a duopoly because AT&T is 2 and T-Mobile was 4.

Walmart WMT $57.25 +0.36 0.63% 9,288,061 NYSE: WSJ pA17 "India goes wild over Walmart" by Sadanand Dhume criticizes India for aspiring to be a global power but is afraid of allowing retailers such as Walamrt, Carrefour & Tesco from building stores in India.

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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)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 11/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $379.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 223 [8.5]
3. IBM 217.5 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 210.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 195.5 [3.5]
6. GE 177 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
9. AT&T T 173.5 [6]
10. Coke KO 155 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 150.5 [8]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 135.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 129 [5]
14. Merck MRK 106 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 96 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 70.5 [1]
19. Bank of America BAC 69 [10]
20. Disney DIS 65 [2]
21. Kraft KFT 62 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 61 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 60.5 [1]
24. Home Depot HD 56 [1.5]
25. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 49 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 11/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
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

Alcoa AA: 10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
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

Bank of Am BAC: 10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
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.

Boeing BA: 10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Caterpiller CAT: 10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: price increases
9/29/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreement
8/18/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/12/11 8K re: clarification of order backlog
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Chevron CVX: 10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Cisco CSCO 10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
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

Coke KO 10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
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

Disney DIS 10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
8/19/11 8K re: sale of $750 mil of Global Notes
8/19 10Q & 8/9 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/2/11

DuPont DD: 10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

GE: 10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement 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: purchase 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

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

Intel INTC: 10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/2/11

IBM: 10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/30/11 8K re: reorganiz. of Retail Fin'l Services & Card Business segments
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
8/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11

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

McDonald's MCD: 10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
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

Merck MRK: 10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Microsoft MSFT: 10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11
8/2/11 8K re: 2Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
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

3M MMM: 10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
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: adoption of executive pre-arranged stock trading plans
8/2/11 8K re: results of 2nd quarter

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

United Technologies UTX: 10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
9/29/11 8K re: exec personnel changes
9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acquisition of Goodrich

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
9/27/11 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair Eduardo Castro-Wright
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11