Thursday, December 29, 2011

12/29/11 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 12,287.04 up 135.63 or 1.12%

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Post No. 1,396 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 December 1, 2011.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,287.04 up 135.63 or 1.12% from Wednesday's close of 12,151.41. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $186.18 +2.19 1.19% 2,941,490 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.46 +0.175 3.31% 167,605,521 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.14 down from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.29 (year ago it was 14.77); Thursday's P/E estimate is 12.37 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.37 (year ago it was 13.54), and Thursday's dividend yield is 2.62 up from Wednesday's dividend yield of 2.59 (last year it was 2.48). 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,623.48 up 17.928.61 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,605.56. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.12 up $0.60 from Wednesday's average closing price of $53.52. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.93 (DD/HD) up $0.43 from Wednesday's median closing price of $43.50. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.68 +0.82 1.39% 1,579,099 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.46 +0.175 3.31% 167,605,521 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 made $1,792 ($162,348 - $160,556).

MarketWatch Thursday 12/29/11 4:32 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks climbed Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 back into positive turf for the year, after a report illustrating the U.S. labor market is healing as 2012 approaches. Data from the Labor Department had U.S. jobless claims came in at 381,000, up from 366,000 the prior week. But the four-week moving average fell to 375,000 last week, with fewer Americans filing for jobless benefits during the past month than at any time in the past three years. Read more about jobless claims. A last-minute surge of deal-seeking shoppers delivered better-than-expected holiday sales as nervous retailers lured latecomers with extended hours and steep discounts. “This is the fourth week that claims have held below 400,000, which is considered a break-even point in job creation,” said Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos. Recouping nearly all of the prior day’s 140-point fall, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.12% closed at 12,287.04, up 135.63 points, or 1.1%. All 30 of its components gained, with the blue chips up 6.1% for 2011, with one session to go. Up 0.4% for the year, the S&P 500 Index SPX +1.07% rose 13.38 points, or 1.1%, to 1,263.02, with financial firms pacing gains that including all 10 of its major industry groups.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.92% gained 23.76 points, or 0.9%, to 2,613.74. With one session left for 2011, the index is off 1.5% from the end of 2010. For every stock that fell, nearly four gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where a paltry 352 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 2.3 billion. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude-oil futures CL2G +0.15% finished at $99.65 a barrel, up 29 cents, or 0.3%. Gold futures GC2G +0.51% fell for a sixth session, losing $23.20, or 1.5%, to end at $1,540.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the Nymex. Read more about gold’s descent. The National Association of Realtors reported the number of Americans signing contracts to purchase previously owned homes climbed a far-more-than forecast 7.3% in November.
Overseas, Italy sold 7.02 billion euros, or $9 billion, of bonds, less than targeted, as borrowing costs fell in the nation’s last debt auction of 2011.
“There are no signs of new investment positions heading into year end, and that means we are not likely to get an exciting finish to 2011,” said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. “The fact is, investors are writing off 2011,” said Pado, noting the S&P looked to be ending the year flat, with the Dow up and Nasdaq down. “If European news can stay out of the way, investors can focus on earnings next month, but that’s a tall order,” he said. On Wednesday, worries about Europe’s debt crisis had U.S. stocks closing with sharp losses, erasing the S&P 500’s small rise for the year and retreating back below its 200-day moving average.
Next Friday brings the government’s payrolls report for December, with the data viewed as the next key hurdle for equities, at least on the domestic front.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $30.17 +0.22 0.73% 17,746,915 NYSE
Alcoa AA $8.63 +0.11 1.29% 17,939,054 NYSE
American Express AXP $47.52 +0.55 1.17% 2,898,368 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $5.46 +0.175 3.31% 167,605,521 NYSE
Boeing BA $74.11 +0.85 1.16% 2,748,861 NYSE
Catepillar CAT $90.58 +1.21 1.35% 3,569,309 NYSE
Chevron CVX $107.47 +1.51 1.43% 4,468,287 NYSE
CSCO $18.25 +0.09 0.5% 17,637,218 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $70.16 +0.65 0.94% 4,366,199 NYSE
Disney DIS $37.71 +0.47 1.26% 5,022,466 NYSE
DuPont DD $45.85 +0.39 0.86% 3,255,047 NYSE
Exxon XOM $85.27 +1.09 1.29% 10,865,843 NYSE
GE $18.07 +0.24 1.35% 43,266,038 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $25.62 +0.42 1.67% 9,141,072 NYSE
Home Depot HD $42.01 +0.48 1.16% 6,296,722 NYSE
Intel INTC $24.55 +0.325 1.34% 22,319,235 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $186.18 +2.19 1.19% 2,941,490 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $33.42 +0.77 2.36% 19,791,396 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.88 +0.43 0.66% 5,702,092 NYSE
Kraft KFT $37.68 +0.42 1.13% 4,103,853 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $100.81 +1.23 1.24% 3,985,119 NYSE
Merck MRK $37.73 +0.30 0.8% 6,860,564 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $26.02 +0.20 0.77% 22,606,585 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21.71 +0.18 0.84% 19,671,977 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $66.97 +0.43 0.65% 4,425,752 NYSE
MMM $82.11 +0.96 1.18% 1,935,126 NYSE
Travelers TRV $59.68 +0.82 1.39% 1,579,099 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $73.82 +0.69 0.94% 2,499,748 NYSE
Verizon VZ $40.05 +0.29 0.73% 8,399,251 DualListed
Walmart WMT $59.99 +0.26 0.44% 6,332,105 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog.

A read of the print edition of Thursday's Wall St. Journal 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,151.41 down 139.94 or 1.14% from Tuesday's close of 12,291.35. For the year the Dow is up 5%. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 declined. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $89.37 -2.18 2.38% 5,238,521 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.285 -0.195 3.56% 145,680,615 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Unease on Italy ruffles markets" by Jonathan Cehng says the market's holiday from Europe's troubles lasted just a week as concerns about the health of the euro drove the euro to a 14 month low and sent the S&P into negative territory for the year. The Dow had its worst loss in 2 weeks. Bank of America was the worst performer of the day falling 20 cents or 3.6% to $5.29 to bring its slide for the year to 60%.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,605.56 down 18.61 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,624.05. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.52 down $0.61 from Tuesday's average closing price of $54.13. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.50 (DD/HD) down $0.73 from Tuesday's median closing price of $44.23. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $58.86 -0.67 1.13% 1,719,645 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.285 -0.195 3.56% 145,680,615 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 lost $1,861 ($162,417 - $160,556).

MarketWatch Wednesday 12/28/11 4:33 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks suffered significant losses Wednesday, with the S&P 500 retreating to the loss column for 2011, on concern about Italy’s next auction of government debt. “Italy did have a decent short-term auction today, and markets responded neutrally to reasonably well to that, but what is causing market participants greater concern is the longer-term sale tomorrow,” said Mike McGervey, president of McGervey Wealth Management in North Canton, Ohio. “It doesn’t take a whole lot to push prices around when we see volume this light, whether stocks or currencies,” McGervey added of the thin volumes in the holiday-shortened trading week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.14% fell 139.94 points, or 1.1%, to 12,151.41 with all of its 30 components ending in the red. The Dow held a 5% gain for the year, with two sessions remaining. “It has to do with the more defensive nature of some of the Dow stocks,” said McGervey. “Some of the industrials have benefited from modest signs of growth, and a lot of people look at those giants as larger dividend paying stocks.” Back in negative terrain for 2011, the S&P 500 Index SPX -1.25% shed 15.79 points, or 1.3%, to 1,249.64, with natural-resource and energy shares hardest hit among its 10 major industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.34% declined 35.22 points, or 1.3%, to 2,589.98, leaving the index in the red by 2.4% for the year. “Volume is pretty light, or virtually nonexistent, so it doesn’t take much,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in San Francisco. For every stock rising four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to a tepid 542 million. Composite volume topped 2.3 billion. Crude futures fell $1.98 to $99.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with Saudi Arabia saying it would counter any drop in oil supplies should Iran follow through on its threat to block a key tanker route in the Middle East. Gold prices also fell, with the futures contract for February delivery down $31.40 to end at $1,564.10 an ounce. Retail sales are among the factors supportive of a “modest economic growth story” in the United States,” said McGervey of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs report that sales at U.S. retailers climbed 4.5% last week from a year ago. Moreover, he noted, “corporate profits have certainly done their fair share of keeping things together, any sign of top-line growth is going to push corporations very solidly into the black, and hopefully that will be the tailwind of the next move in prices, but the headwind is the whole European story, and it’s a strong headwind.” The ECB said that its lending to euro-area banks leapt last week as the Frankfurt-based ECB strived to keep credit moving amidst the region’s debt crisis. Read more on the session for Italian stocks and investors’ reactions to Italian debt auction. Italy’s 10-year note yield rose, lately at 6.973%. Most analysts regard the 7% level as unsustainable for the euro-area’s third largest economy. The euro EURUSD -.00% fell to 1.2937 against the U.S. dollar. Italy’s short-term debt costs fell at auction, boosted by the government’s recent austerity plan and inexpensive liquidity from the European Central Bank. But Wednesday sale by Italy of 9 billion euros, or $11.8 billion, of six-month bills was viewed as less of a hurdle than Thursday’s planned sale of as much as 8.5 billion euros in longer-maturity debt. The “risk-off” trade is disappointing, given Italy’s sale of short-term debt on Wednesday seemed “well-received,” Luschini said. But, “it could be in anticipation of a rougher day tomorrow.” Luschini added of Thursday’s sale of longer-dated Italian debt.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $29.95 -0.09 0.3% 16,627,580 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Top stories of '11: all Appple all the time" by Jessica Vascellaro says big stories from '11 included Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen lashing out as Bill Gates in a memoir, and Verizon wireless carrying the iPhone, ending AT&T's 4 year exclusivity.

Alcoa AA $8.52 -0.27 3.07% 26,138,806 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.97 -0.69 1.45% 3,823,194 NYSE:No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $5.285 -0.195 3.56% 145,680,615 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Unease on Italy ruffles markets" by Jonathan Cehng says the market's holiday from Europe's troubles lasted just a week as concerns about the health of the euro drove the euro to a 14 month low and sent the S&P into negative territory for the year. The Dow had its worst loss in 2 weeks. Bank of America was the worst performer of the day falling 20 cents or 3.6% to $5.29 to bring its slide for the year to 60%.

Boeing BA $73.26 -1.01 1.36% 2,567,421 NYSE:No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $89.37 -2.18 2.38% 5,238,521 NYSE:No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $105.96 -2.02 1.87% 5,305,073 NYSE:No mentions found.

CSCO $18.16 -0.42 2.26% 26,725,985 NASDAQ-GS:No mentions found.

Coke KO $69.51 -0.37 0.53% 4,051,579 NYSE:No mentions found.

Disney DIS $37.24 -0.37 0.98% 4,633,287 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Twelve global executives to watch in '12" by Jonathan Rockoff says in his first year Merck's CEO Kenneth Frazier did a good job and vowed to protect his firm from the deep R&D cuts like Pfizer made. Disney's CEO Robert Iger said he would resign in '15 setting up a race between Tom Staggs & Jay Rasulo to succeed him. Rasulo is CFO and Staggs heads up development of Shanghai Disneyland.

DuPont DD $45.46 -0.77 1.67% 3,461,653 NYSE:No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $84.18 -1.10 1.29% 12,765,776 NYSE:No mentions found.

GE $17.83 -0.18 1% 38,987,710 NYSE:No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $25.2 -0.45 1.75% 10,461,737 NYSE:No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $41.53 -0.69 1.63% 5,130,103 NYSE:No mentions found.

Intel INTC $24.225 -0.335 1.36% 23,693,466 NASDAQ-GS:No mentions found.

IBM $183.99 -0.96 0.52% 2,871,588 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Twelve global executives to watch in '12" by Jonathan Rockoff says in his first year Merck's CEO Kenneth Frazier did a good job and vowed to protect his firm from the deep R&D cuts like Pfizer made. Disney's CEO Robert Iger said he would resign in '15 setting up a race between Tom Staggs & Jay Rasulo to succeed him. Rasulo is CFO and Staggs heads up development of Shanghai Disneyland. IBM announced the election of Virginia M. Romety as its new CEO.

JPMorgan JPM $32.65 -0.38 1.15% 19,141,514 NYSE:No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.45 -0.57 0.86% 5,866,667 NYSE:No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $37.26 -0.44 1.17% 4,317,035 NYSE:No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $99.58 -0.97 0.96% 3,091,805 NYSE:No mentions found.

Merck MRK $37.43 -0.32 0.85% 7,251,606 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Twelve global executives to watch in '12" by Jonathan Rockoff says in his first year Merck's CEO Kenneth Frazier did a good job and vowed to protect his firm from the deep R&D cuts like Pfizer made. Disney's CEO Robert Iger said he would resign in '15 setting up a race between Tom Staggs & Jay Rasulo to succeed him. Rasulo is CFO and Staggs heads up development of Shanghai Disneyland.

Microsoft MSFT $25.82 -0.22 0.84% 29,793,499 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB4 "Top stories of '11: all Appple all the time" by Jessica Vascellaro says big stories from '11 included Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen lashing out as Bill Gates in a memoir, and Verizon wireless carrying the iPhone, ending AT&T's 4 year exclusivity.

Pfizer PFE $21.53 -0.24 1.1% 25,977,348 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Twelve global executives to watch in '12" by Jonathan Rockoff says in his first year Merck's CEO Kenneth Frazier did a good job and vowed to protect his firm from the deep R&D cuts like Pfizer made. Disney's CEO Robert Iger said he would resign in '15 setting up a race between Tom Staggs & Jay Rasulo to succeed him. Rasulo is CFO and Staggs heads up development of Shanghai Disneyland. IBM announced the election of Virginia M. Romety as its new CEO.

Procter & Gamble PG $66.54 -0.25 0.37% 4,138,746 NYSE:No mentions found.

MMM $81.15 -1.13 1.37% 2,612,284 NYSE:No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $58.86 -0.67 1.13% 1,719,645 NYSE:No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $73.13 -0.90 1.22% 2,545,635 NYSE:No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $39.76 -0.23 0.58% 6,800,246 DualListed: WSJ pB4 "Top stories of '11: all Appple all the time" by Jessica Vascellaro says big stories from '11 included Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen lashing out as Bill Gates in a memoir, and Verizon wireless carrying the iPhone, ending AT&T's 4 year exclusivity.

Walmart WMT $59.73 -0.10 0.17% 5,239,116 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Retailers wait for guidance on restocking baby formula" by John Kell says Walmart will wait to get the ok from US regulators before restorcking Enfamil Newborn powder that was pulled due to safety issues.

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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 12/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $302.5 [5]
2. IBM 223 [1]
3. Microsoft MSFT 212 [8.5]
4. Chevron CVX 203 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 202 [3.5]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 176.5 [3]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176 [3]
8. AT&T T 171 [6]
9. GE 168 [10.5]
10. Pfizer PFE 154 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 152 [2.5]
12. Intel INTC 131 [5]
13. JPMorgan Chase JPM 116 [4]
14. Merck MRK 109 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 98 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]
19. Disney DIS 64.5 [2]
20. Kraft KFT 64.5 [2]
21. Caterpillar CAT 62.5 [.5]
22. Home Depot HD 60.5 [1.5]
23. Bank of America BAC 56 [10]
24. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
25. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 56 [2]
26. American Express AXP 55.5 [1]
27. Boeing BA 53 [1]
28. DuPont DD 43.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 23 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
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

Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
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: 11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

Bank of Am BAC: 12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

Boeing BA: 11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
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: 11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
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

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

Cisco CSCO 11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
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

Coke KO 11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
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

Disney DIS 11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
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

DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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: 11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
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

Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
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

IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
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: 11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 11/30/11 8K re: purchase of synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Kraft KFT: 11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference

McDonald's MCD: 11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
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

Merck MRK: 12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp

Microsoft MSFT: 11/17/11 8K re: votings results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
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: 11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
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

3M MMM: 11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
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

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

United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
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: 11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
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