Friday, November 18, 2011

11/18/11 Fri pm Dow Closes at 11,796.16 up 25.43 or 0.22%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 11,796,16 up 25,43 or 0.223% from Thursday's close of 11,170.73. For the week the Dow is down 357.52 or 2.94% from last Friday's close of 12,153.68.. Of the 30 Dow components 21 gained and 9 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.8 +0.02 0.34% 226,674,585 NYSE and percentage-wise was ewlett-Packard HPQ $27.99 +0.70 2.57% 29,275,282 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Chevron CVX $97.88 -2.20 2.2% 13,668,656 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.64 down from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.78 (year ago it was 14.27); Friday's P/E estimate is 12.22 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.22 (year ago it was 13.22), and today's dividend yield is 2.66 up from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.63 (last year it was 2.55). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,558.62 down 3.46 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,555.16. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.95 up 0.11 from Thursday's average closing price of $51.84. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.44 (DD/VZ) down 0.01 from Thurday's median closing price of 41.45. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $56.22 +0.49 0.88% 3,169,130 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.8 +0.02 0.34% 226,674,585 NYSE.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $356 ($155,862 - $155,516).

MarketWatch Friday 11/18/11 5:06 pm by Kate Gibson says US blue chip stocks rose Friday as a gauge of leading indicators climbed, boosting views of the U.S. economy. But the major indexes lost about 3% for the week, their worst performance in nearly two months.“Today we had some good U.S. economic news, and it continues a string of good news on the economy,” Mitch Schlesinger, chief investment officer at FBB Capital Partners, said of the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators, which climbed 0.9% in October, its biggest jump since February. Read more on leading indicators. “Expectations are pretty good for the retail environment in the U.S., and most of the data we’ve seen recently is supportive of a moderately growing U.S. economy despite what is going on in the rest of the world,” said Schlesinger.The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 25.43 points, or 0.2%, to 11,796.16, off 2.9% from last Friday’s close. That was its worst week since Sept. 23.Twenty-one of index’s 30 blue-chip, or established-company components advanced, led by Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ -0.32%. Shares rose 2.6% a day after the personal-computer maker said it had added Ralph Whitworth of hedge fund Relational Investors LLC to its board.Down 3.8% on the week, the S&P 500 Index ended down 0.5 point, or 0.04%, at 1,215.65 Friday, with utilities and financial companies faring best and technology and energy the weakest performers among its 10 industry groups. It was also the S&P 500’s worst week since Sept. 23.Leading declines on the S&P 500, shares of Salesforce.com Inc. CRM +0.76% fell 10% a day after the provider of Web-based customer-management software projected a lackluster fourth quarter. The Nasdaq Composite fell 15.49 points, or 0.6%, to 2,572.50, a level that has it down nearly 4% from last Friday’s close. For every stock falling more than one gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 956 million shares traded. NYSE Composite volume was about 3.8 billion, under the year-to-date daily average. Gold futures for December delivery GC1Z +0.34% finished the week at $1,725.10 an ounce, while crude-oil futures for December delivery, the benchmark contract that expired Friday, closed at $97.41 a barrel. More actively traded January CL2F -1.15% closed at $97.67 a barrel, down more than 1%. Read more on oil futures.From the start, stocks were supported from European official comments about the region’s efforts to prevent a deeper crisis. “We had a pretty constructive first speech out of the new ECB President Mario Draghi, who alluded to the fact there would be more interest-rate cuts coming from the ECB and also he was pressing hard for implementation of the EFSF (Financial Stability Facility),” said Art Hogan, an equity strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.“And, overnight the ECB stepped in and bought some euro bonds, about $225 million euros’ worth, 70% from Italy and 30% from Spain, which certainly helped calm things down,” Hogan added. Read more on Europe Markets.The euro EURUSD +0.39% bought $1.3512, up from the prior session. Yields on 10-year Spanish bonds fell to 6.353%. Yields on benchmark French and Italian debt, which reflect borrowing costs, also fell. “There are many factors in play in Europe, some of them economic or financial, but most of them political, and that adds a greater degree of uncertainty for stocks,” said Schlesinger at FBB Capital Partners.In Washington, the bipartisan group of members of the supercommittee assigned with cutting debt have five days to reach agreement or at least $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts would come in 2013, divided between defense and domestic programs.“Given the automatic cuts that will get triggered if they don’t come up with a plan they’ll probably get some focus in the next few days,” said Lazard’s Hogan.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $28.64 +0.03 0.1% 22,080,202 NYSE
Alcoa AA $9.69 +0.07 0.73% 22,326,264 NYSE
American Express AXP $46.88 +0.18 0.39% 5,316,182 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $5.78 +0.02 0.34% 226,674,585 NYSE
Boeing BA $67.46 -1.37 2.07% 7,055,291 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $93.93 +0.12 0.13% 6,065,632 NYSE
Chevron CVX $97.88 -2.20 2.2% 13,668,656 NYSE
Cisco CSCO $18.42 -0.06 0.32% 38,219,570 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $67.39 +0.77 1.16% 9,344,160 NYSE
Disney DIS $35.63 +0.48 1.37% 32,200,229 NYSE
DuPont DD $46.41 +0.34 0.74% 6,107,922 NYSE
Exxon XOM $77.9 +0.04 0.05% 23,104,490 NYSE
GE $15.65 0.01 +0.06% 46,838,615 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.99 +0.70 2.57% 29,275,282 NYSE
Home Depot HD $37.88 +0.26 0.69% 11,816,001 NYSE
Intel INTC $24.29 -0.05 0.21% 45,683,560 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $185.24 -0.49 0.26% 4,440,837 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $30.62 +0.13 0.43% 39,029,836 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.85 -0.09 0.14% 12,659,593 NYSE
Kraft KFT $34.77 -0.19 0.54% 7,735,812 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $92.74 +0.45 0.49% 4,791,408 NYSE
Merck MRK $34.95 +0.11 0.32% 12,595,380 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $25.3 -0.24 0.94% 47,626,107 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $19.53 +0.06 0.31% 38,778,684 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $63.24 +0.30 0.48% 7,623,903 NYSE
3M MMM $80.54 +0.11 0.14% 3,928,297 NYSE
Travelers TRV $56.22 +0.49 0.88% 3,169,130 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $76.11 +0.42 0.55% 3,442,245 NYSE
Verizon VZ $36.46 -0.24 0.65% 11,795,898 DualListed
Walmart WMT $57.23 +0.50 0.88% 8,982,262


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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, the New York Times, USA Today & 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 11,170.73 down 134.86 or 1.113% from Wednesday's close of 11,905.59. For the year the Dow is up 1.67%. Of the 30 Dow components 2 gained and 28 declined. The biggest gainers dollar-wise were Verizon VZ $36.7 +0.05 0.14% 14,282,242 DualListed and Walmart WMT $56.73 +0.05 0.09% 10,101,568 NYSE and percentage-wise was Verizon VZ $36.7 +0.05 0.14% 14,282,242 DualListed. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $93.81 -1.94 2.03% 9,881,460 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $9.62 -0.35 3.51% 38,617,822 NYSE.

WSJ pC4 "Economic fears drag down stocks" by Brendan Conway says stocks fell thurs driven lower by a confluence of frayed nerves over Europe's sovereign debt, market technicals & fresh worries over Washington's debt negotiations.

Fin Times p22 "Jobless figures beat xpectations but equities fail to make headway" by Ajay Makan says Jefferies plumbed new year lows on Thurs as bond traders sold its debt.

NYT pB6 "Commodities lead a downward trend" by Bloomberg says stocks & commodities slid on Thurs & the euro erased an earlier gain as concern grew that Europe's debt crisis would worsen & lawmakers wold fail to agree on plans to cut the US deficit.

USA Today p4B "Events at home & abroad continue to hammer stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks fell Thurs sending the S&P 500 to its lower level in a month, as concern grew that Europe's debt crisis will worsen & lawmakers will fail to agree on plans to cut the American deficit. Concern about global growth drove down commodity shares, as China's central bank said prices haven't stabilized enough to loosen monetary policy. Alcoa, the largest US aluminum producer, fell 35 cents to $9.62. Intel the world's biggest chipmaker lost 60 cents.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,555.16 down 17.92 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,573.08. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.84 down 0.60 from Wednesday's average closing price of $52.44. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.45 (DD/VZ) down 0.43 from Wednesday's median closing price of 41.88. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $55.73 -0.61 1.08% 3,914,504 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.8 -0.10 1.69% 282,849,026 NYSE.

If Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,792 ($157,308 - $155,516).

MarketWatch Thursday 11/17/11 4:10 pm by Laura Mandaro says US stocks posted broad losses Thursday but closed off their lows of the session. A jump in borrowing costs for France and Spain at government debt auctions gave investors fresh reason to worry about an impending European debt default, overriding signs of improvement in U.S. housing and jobs data. Gold and oil also tumbled, pressuring resource stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA lost 134.64 points, or 1.1%, to 11,770.95, with Alcoa Inc.'s AA +0.52% 3.5% drop leading declines in 28 of 30 components. The S&P 500 fell 20.74 points, or 1.7%, to 1,216.18. The Nasdaq Composite lost 51.62 points, or 2%, to 2,587.99.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $28.61- 0.17 0.59% 27,080,104 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $9.62 -0.35 3.51% 38,617,822 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.7 -1.42 2.95% 9,114,897 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $5.8 -0.10 1.69% 282,849,026 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $66.09 -0.25 0.38% 7,065,637 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Boeing scores $21.7 bil order in Indonesia by David Kesmodel, Fin Times p17 "Boeing wins pledge for biggest order in its history" by Hal Weitzman say Boeing won its biggest ever commercial jet order in a deal with Indonesia's Lion Air, even as a US airline group stepped up a campaign to end the kind of US loan backing that often supports such overseas sales. Also Singapore airlines said it would buy 8 Boeing 777-300 ER wide bodies for $2.4 bil. Also GE signed a deal to sell 50 CFM56 engines to airline Garuda Indonesia for $1.3 bil. Also Sikorsky, a United Tech unit will sell to Brunei 12 Blackhawk S-70i helicopters for the ARmed Forces.

Caterpillar CAT $93.81 -1.94 2.03% 9,881,460 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $100.08 -0.97 0.96% 11,647,160 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $18.48 -0.32 1.7% 54,816,765 NASDAQ-GS: USA Today p4B "Events at home & abroad continue to hammer stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks fell Thurs sending the S&P 500 to its lower level in a month, as concern grew that Europe's debt crisis will worsen & lawmakers will fail to agree on plans to cut the American deficit. Concern about global growth drove down commodity shares, as China's central bank said prices haven't stabilized enough to loosen monetary policy. Alcoa, the largest US aluminum producer, fell 35 cents to $9.62. Intel the world's biggest chipmaker lost 60 cents.

Coke KO $66.62 -0.39 0.58% 8,617,559 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $35.15 -0.38 1.07% 10,901,213 NYSE: AJC pA16 "Disney park hopes expansion boosts profit" says Hong Kong's money losing Disneyland is going to expand to try to turn a profit as it faces new competition when a Disney park opens in Shanghai in a few years.

DuPont DD $46.12 -0.98 2.08% 7,681,136 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $77.86 -0.39 0.5% 25,542,861 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $15.64 -0.31 1.94% 65,816,895 NYSE: Fin Tmes p17 "GE signs $100m Mongolia wind deal" by Kathrin Hille, WSJ pB6 "Wind farm will use GE turbines" by James Areddy say GE will sell turbines in Mongolia for up to $100 mil.

WSJ pB6 "Boeing scores $21.7 bil order in Indonesia by David Kesmodel says Boeing won its biggest ever commercial jet order in a deal with Indonesia's Lion Air, even as a US airline group stepped up a campaign to end the kind of US loan backing that often supports such overseas sales. Also Singapore airlines said it would buy 8 Boeing 777-300 ER wide bodies for $2.4 bil. Also GE signed a deal to sell 50 CFM56 engines to airline Garuda Indonesia for $1.3 bil. Also Sikorsky, a United Tech unit will sell to Brunei 12 Blackhawk S-70i helicopters for the ARmed Forces.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.29 -0.64 2.29% 17,671,466 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "H-P grants seat to activit holder" by Ben Worthen says Hewlett-Packard said it will give an activist shareholder, Ralph Whitworth of Relational Investors LLC, a seat on its board as CEO Meg Whitman tries to right the firm after a more than a year of instability. Relational has a a 1% stake in HP.

Fin Times p10 Modern models of lighter, slimmer computing" by Chris Nuttall says the Hewlett-Packard Folio 13 is aimed for the business person and is fast but too heavy.

Home Depot HD $37.62 -0.22 0.58% 11,282,851 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $24.34 -0.60 2.41% 61,328,617 NASDAQ-GS: USA Today p4B "Events at home & abroad continue to hammer stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks fell Thurs sending the S&P 500 to its lower level in a month, as concern grew that Europe's debt crisis will worsen & lawmakers will fail to agree on plans to cut the American deficit. Concern about global growth drove down commodity shares, as China's central bank said prices haven't stabilized enough to loosen monetary policy. Alcoa, the largest US aluminum producer, fell 35 cents to $9.62. Intel the world's biggest chipmaker lost 60 cents.

IBM $185.73 -0.89 0.48% 5,653,263 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $30.47 -1 3.18% 52,815,366 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.94 -0.46 0.71% 11,532,631 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $34.96 -0.22 0.63% 7,069,235 NYSE: NYT pB3 "A push to promote familiar brands online" by Stuart Elliott is one of those stories where I can't figure out what the author is trying to say but it mentions that Kraft and other mainstay packaged food brands try out different campaigns each holiday season.

McDonald's MCD $92.29 -0.86 0.92% 5,343,894 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $34.87 -0.22 0.63% 15,724,211 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $25.54 -0.53 2.03% 70,154,752 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC10 "N cry for Yelp on IPO" by Rolfe Winkler says Yelp, he leading website for online local reviews filed for an IPO Wed and may be attractive to Microsoft would could use a boost in local search.

Pfizer PFE $19.47 -0.10 0.51% 41,376,160 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.94 -0.34 0.54% 8,378,147 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $80.43 -1.44 1.76% 5,028,541 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $55.73 -0.61 1.08% 3,914,504 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $75.69 -1.76 2.27% 4,858,637 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Boeing scores $21.7 bil order in Indonesia by David Kesmodel says Boeing won its biggest ever commercial jet order in a deal with Indonesia's Lion Air, even as a US airline group stepped up a campaign to end the kind of US loan backing that often supports such overseas sales. Also Singapore airlines said it would buy 8 Boeing 777-300 ER wide bodies for $2.4 bil. Also GE signed a deal to sell 50 CFM56 engines to airline Garuda Indonesia for $1.3 bil. Also Sikorsky, a United Tech unit will sell to Brunei 12 Blackhawk S-70i helicopters for the ARmed Forces.

Verizon VZ $36.7 +0.05 0.14% 14,282,242 DualListed: WSJ pB4 "Hurry up & wait for iPhone" by Greg Bensinger says more than a month after the Apple iPhone 4S went on sale, AT&T, Verizon & Sprint are still struggling to keep up with customer demand for it. Apple may sell as many as 27 million iPhones globally in the fiscal 1Q.

Walmart WMT $56.73 +0.05 0.09% 10,101,568 NYSE: WSJ pB9 "Mexico introduces its own version of Black Friday style shopping blitz" by Amy Guthrie says Walmart de Mexico and other big retailers are expected to reduce prices in Mexico on non food & big ticket items to spur domestic consumption.

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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
8/16/11 8K re: results for 3 and 6 months ended 7/31/11