1/11/12 Wed pm Dow Closes at 12,449.45 down 13.02 or 0.1%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,449.45 down 13.02 or 0.1% from Tuesday's close of 12,462.47. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $182.32 +1.01 0.56% 4,100,423 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $6.87 +0.24 3.62% 351,725,930 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $107.77 -1.29 1.18% 7,658,090 NYSE and percentage-wise was Disney DIS $38.7 -0.93 2.35% 16,249,674 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.48 up from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.40 (year ago it was 14.81); today's P/E estimate is 11.92 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 11.92 (year ago it was 13.55), and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.57 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.58 (last year it was 2.46). 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 1,644.94 down 1.72 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,646.66. 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 $54.83 down $0.06 from Tuesday's average closing price of $54.89. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.38 (DD/HD) up $0.04 from Tuesday's median closing price of $45.34. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.9 -0.20 0.33% 1,777,348 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $6.87 +0.24 3.62% 351,725,930 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 $172 ($164,666 - $164,494).

MarketWatch Wednesday 1/11/12 4:56 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks largely erased Wednesday losses, with the S&P 500 Index stalled at five-month highs, on the ongoing tug between Europe’s debt troubles and an improving U.S. economy.
“There is some optimism being built up around earnings season, which is keeping people interested, yet a little cautious at the same time,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners. “I am cautiously optimistic, but eventually some of these headlines out of Europe are going to dent the market,” he added. After falling as much as 63 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.10% finished off 13.02 points, or 0.1%, at 12,449.45.The S&P 500 SPX +0.03% erased a mild deficit to close up 0.4 point at 1,292.48, with materials rising the most and energy ranking as the largest laggard among its 10 industry sectors. That was its highest close since July 28.The S&P 500 is facing a little trouble breaking through the 1,290 to 1,295 level, said Pavlik, who pegged the next resistance at 1,330 or 1,350.Lennar Corp. LEN -0.95% offered some respite, with the home builder reporting a rise in revenue in the fourth quarter, with low home prices and interest rates spelling signs of stabilization in the housing market.Shares of Lennar rose 7.2% and other building-related stocks gained, with building-products maker Masco Corp. MAS +0.76% up 4.6%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.31% added 8.26 points to 2,710.76.Advancers edged ahead of decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where 759 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 4 billion.
The proposed merger of the owner of the New York Stock Exchange with Germany's Deutsche Börse are headed toward collapse with European antitrust regulators expected to block the deal.Wall Street showed no perceptible reaction to the afternoon release of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, which found U.S. economic activity to be expanding at a modest to moderate pace. Given the Federal Open Market Committee meetings, the notes that accompany them, and the frequent public speeches by Fed members, “ultimately the compilation that is the Beige Book doesn’t lead to much of a surprise,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.Wednesday’s data from Germany’s Federal Statistics Office found the nation’s economy probably contracted by 0.25% in the final quarter of 2011, a year that overall had Germany’s economy growing by a robust 3%.“We’re in a mild expansion and they are in a mild recession,” said Art Hogan, equity analyst at Lazard Capital Markets, of statistics on the Germany economy in the fourth quarter.
In commodities, crude-oil prices CL2G -1.24% slipped under $101 a barrel in New York, while gold futures GC2G +0.75% climbed to a four-week high of $1,648 before closing at $1,639.60 an ounce. Treasury prices rose, with yields of the benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR +0.05% used in determining the rate on consumer loans at 1.9%. “The fact that interest rates are quite low are telling you you shouldn’t be too overly optimistic here as the bond market is generally correct and the equity market is generally wrong,” said Pavlik.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $29.99 +0.23 0.77% 23,690,283 NYSE
Alcoa AA $9.63 +0.19 2.01% 28,661,966 NYSE
American Express AXP $48.95 +0.28 0.58% 4,476,907 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $6.87 +0.24 3.62% 351,725,930 NYSE
Boeing BA $74.74 -0.26 0.35% 3,081,360 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $99.64 -0.32 0.32% 7,222,954 NYSE
Chevron CVX $107.77 -1.29 1.18% 7,658,090 NYSE
Cisco CSCO $19.07 +0.24 1.27% 32,463,136 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $68.06 -1.28 1.85% 11,635,358 NYSE
Disney DIS $38.7 -0.93 2.35% 16,249,674 NYSE
DuPont DD $47.3 +0.16 0.34% 5,067,726 NYSE
Exxon XOM $85.08 -0.64 0.75% 14,805,979 NYSE
GE $18.88 +0.16 0.85% 47,578,934 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.635- 0.055 0.21% 13,593,601 NYSE
Home Depot HD $43.46 -0.07 0.16% 8,219,763 NYSE
Intel INTC $25.8 +0.21 0.82% 57,128,477 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $182.32 +1.01 0.56% 4,100,423 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $36.66 +0.61 1.69% 29,760,044 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.13 -0.07 0.11% 6,748,502 NYSE
Kraft KFT $37.93 -0.09 0.24% 5,566,979 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $99.93 +0.23 0.23% 4,618,700 NYSE
Merck MRK $38.41- 0.11 0.29% 11,936,824 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $27.72 -0.12 0.43% 65,543,375 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21.9 -0.04 0.18% 28,756,193 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $65.68 -0.65 0.98% 14,342,501 NYSE
MMM $83.77 -0.53 0.63% 4,406,211 NYSE
Travelers TRV $59.9 -0.20 0.33% 1,777,348 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $76.7 +0.67 0.88% 4,596,709 NYSE
Verizon VZ $38.9 +0.33 0.86% 12,327,024 DualListed
Walmart WMT $59.4 +0.36 0.61% 6,360,863 NYSE


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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 12,462.47 up 69.78 or 0.56% from Monday's close of 12,392.69. For the year the Dow is up 2.0%. Of the 30 Dow components 22 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $99.96 +2.86 2.95% 9,550,634 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $6.63 +0.36 5.74% 354,292,048 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $109.06 -0.43 0.39% 7,642,302 NYSE and percentage-wise was GE $18.72 -0.14 0.74% 59,345,419 NYSE and Cisco CSCO $18.83 -0.14 0.74% 45,488,277 NASDAQ-GS.

WSJ pC4 "BofA helps DJIA score another win" by Brendan Conway says stocks rose to their highest close since the summer after an upbeat start to the US earnings season & strong overseas gains boosted investor sentiment. Bank of America led the Dow gaining 36 cents and pushing its '12 gain to 19%, the biggest such advance among blue chips. Alcoa helped set a bullish tone after its current yer projection for alum demand late Monday helped raise hopes for a stronger global economy.

Fin Times p22 "Tiffany loses sparkle as lacklustre US sales prompt guidance cut" by Ajay makan says shares in Tiffany tumbled 10.5% as it cut earnings guidance. Bank investors showed signs of optimism with Bank of America climbing 5.7%.

NYT pB5 "Materials companies lift indexes to 5 month high" by Reuters says stocks indexes climbed to a 5 month high on Tues led by bank shares & materials stocks after an upbeat forecast by Alcoa.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks rise, improving market's tone" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks achieved sold gains Tues as the market's uptrend appeared to pick up stream. Tuesday's action was the market was up in higher volume. The current outlook is the market is in a confirmed uptrend.

USA Today p4B "S&P hits highest point since July as all 10 groups advance" by Bloomberg says US stocks rose Tues sending the S&P to its highest level since July amid bets that China may act to spur economic growth. Gains were pared as Alcoa tumbled from Tues's peak but closed up 1 cents following its 4Q earnings Mon after the close.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,646.66 up 9.22 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,637.44. 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 $54.89 up $0.31 from Monday's average closing price of $54.58. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.34 (DD/HD) up $0.51 from Monday's median closing price of $44.83. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $60.1 +0.41 0.69% 2,362,708 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $6.63 +0.36 5.74% 354,292,048 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 $922 ($164,666 - $163,744).

MarketWatch Tuesday 1/10/12 4:56 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Tuesday climbed along with the euro as a weaker U.S. currency helped drive up the price of oil, other dollar-denominated commodities and resource stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index closed at late July highs. “The main driver is a lower dollar. It still remains a euro-centric story, and the euro is rallying because things haven’t blown up over there, and now we’re unwinding that rush to safety that characterized the month of December,” said Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners. After a 122-point jump earlier in the day, the Dow industrials DJIA +0.56% closed up 69.78 points, or 0.6%, at 12,462.47, its highest close since July 26. Bank of America Corp. BAC -0.30% led the gains that included 23 of its 30 components, rallying 5.7%. Dow component Alcoa Inc. AA -0.64% rose 0.2% a day after the aluminum producer reported a fourth-quarter loss but also projected growth in global demand for aluminum in 2012. Read the Tell blog on whether Alcoa results are a good bellwether for earnings season. “Alcoa’s earnings weren’t much to write home about,” added Nolte, who also questioned the wisdom of using the company’s bullish forecast as a gauge of what might be ahead, logic he likened to “using Iowa as a predictor for the presidential nominee — sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.” “There may be fewer negative surprises since expectations have been lowered,” said Ed Yardeni, chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research Inc. Investors might want to look at how corporations performed year over year, rather than whether they managed to beat reduced expectations, according to Nolte. “If I expected you to get an F and you get a D, it still stinks,” the analyst said. The S&P 500 SPX +0.89% gained 11.38 points, or 0.9%, to 1,292.08, with financials and natural-resource companies faring best among its 10 industry groups. Extending gains into a fourth session, the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.97% gained 25.94 points, or 1%, to 2,702.50. For every stock falling more than three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 840 million shares traded hands. The euro EURUSD -0.23% advanced against the dollar as comments from a ratings agency provided some relief over France’s rating. Oil and gold jumped in New York, with crude futures CL2G -0.52% rising 93 cents to close at $102.24 a barrel and gold futures GC2G +0.23% rising 1.5% to end at $1,631.50 an ounce.
Trade data from China’s government showed that nation’s import growth declining to a two-year low last month, raising expectations for monetary easing for the second-largest global economy. The data helped support oil futures, analysts said.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $29.76 +0.10 0.34% 29,064,823 NYSE:WSJ pC12 "AT&T, Verizon dail back Juniper's prospects" by Rolfe Winkler says AT&T & Verizon have a combined annual cap ex budget of $35 bil but Juniper and others who provide services to service providers say it isn't enough and that is why Juniper isn't meeting expectations.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "New Windows 8 A game cahnger for mobile chips" by Pat Seitz says Qualcomm's CEO said Microsoft's new windows * operating system for ARM based processors is a big opportunity. At the CES a tablet running a test version of Windows 8 on Wualcomm's Snapdragon S4 processor using AT&T's 4G LTE network was demonstrated.

Alcoa AA $9.44 +0.015 0.16% 64,198,281 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "BofA helps DJIA score another win" by Brendan Conway says stocks rose to their highest close since the summer after an upbeat start to the US earnings season & strong overseas gains boosted investor sentiment. Bank of America led the Dow gaining 36 cents and pushing its '12 gain to 19%, the biggest such advance among blue chips. Alcoa helped set a bullish tone after its current yer projection for alum demand late Monday helped raise hopes for a stronger global economy.

USA Today p4B "S&P hits highest point since July as all 10 groups advance" by Bloomberg says US stocks rose Tues sending the S&P to its highest level since July amid bets that China may act to spur economic growth. Gains were pared as Alcoa tumbled from Tues's peak but closed up 1 cents following its 4Q earnings Mon after the close.

NYT pB5 "Materials companies lift indexes to 5 month high" by Reuters says stocks indexes climbed to a 5 month high on Tues led by bank shares & materials stocks after an upbeat forecast by Alcoa.

American Express AXP $48.67 +0.28 0.58% 6,838,592 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $6.63 +0.36 5.74% 354,292,048 NYSE: NYT pB1 "Big banks face inquiry over home insurance" by Louise Story says a New York State financial services agency is investigating several large banks to see whether they fraudulently steered homeowners into overpriced insurance policies. The investigation centers on so called forced place insurance that has become common since the downturn of the housing market began. JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo are among the banks involved in the inquiry.

WSJ pC3 "Merrill Lynch unit cuts top Asian Pacific Staff" by Nisha Gopalan says Merrill Lynch plans to cut 20% of its Asian Pacific managing directors by the end of the 1Q. This was widely reported yesterday.

WSJ pC4 "BofA helps DJIA score another win" by Brendan Conway says stocks rose to their highest close since the summer after an upbeat start to the US earnings season & strong overseas gains boosted investor sentiment. Bank of America led the Dow gaining 36 cents and pushing its '12 gain to 19%, the biggest such advance among blue chips. Alcoa helped set a bullish tone after its current yer projection for alum demand late Monday helped raise hopes for a stronger global economy.

Fin Times p22 "Tiffany loses sparkle as lacklustre US sales prompt guidance cut" by Ajay makan says shares in Tiffany tumbled 10.5% as it cut earnings guidance. Bank investors showed signs of optimism with Bank of America climbing 5.7%.

Boeing BA $75 +0.47 0.63% 4,622,548 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Nonstop flights stop for fuel" by Susan Carey says United is pushing its Boeing 757's o the 4,000 nautical mile int'l flights and last month had to refuel 43 times.

Caterpillar CAT $99.96 +2.86 2.95% 9,550,634 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $109.06 -0.43 0.39% 7,642,302 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $18.83 -0.14 0.74% 45,488,277 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $69.34 +0.41 0.59% 6,482,149 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $39.63 -0.12 0.3% 14,072,288 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "ABC to screen new show in movie theaters" by Sam Schechner says Disney's ABC will screen the opening episode of its new thriller The River in movie theaters before it premieres on tv.

DuPont DD $47.14 +0.71 1.53% 5,389,960 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $85.72 +0.22 0.26% 13,080,705 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $18.72 -0.14 0.74% 59,345,419 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.69 +0.25 0.95% 12,600,341 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $43.53 +0.30 0.69% 7,497,678 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $25.59 +0.125 0.49% 41,060,875 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "Intel, at last, gets its chops powering some smartphones" by Brian Deagon says Intel said on Tues its chips will power new smartphones coming out this year from Lenovo & Motorola Mobility.

IBM $181.31 -0.28 0.15% 5,161,696 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $36.05 +0.75 2.12% 35,982,879 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.2 +0.27 0.42% 8,476,934 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $38.02 +0.30 0.8% 6,825,644 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $99.7 +0.06 0.06% 5,077,049 NYSE: NYT pB1 "Dividends rise in sign of recovery" by Chris Hauser says every year since '76, McDonald's has increased its annual dividend and this year it will raise it to $2.80.

Merck MRK $38.52 +0.13 0.34% 11,366,151 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $27.84 +0.10 0.36% 60,014,333 NASDAQ-GS: Fin Times p14 "Microsoft sues stores in China" by Kathrin Hille says Microsoft sued some retailers due to software piracy.

WSJ pB3 "Google ties social servcie closer to search engine" by John Letzing says Twitter says Google's tie in with its new social networking service to its search engine is anticompetitive. Twitter has a deal with Microsoft and Microsoft and Facebook integrates content into search results.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "New Windows 8 A game cahnger for mobile chips" by Pat Seitz says Qualcomm's CEO said Microsoft's new windows * operating system for ARM based processors is a big opportunity. At the CES a tablet running a test version of Windows 8 on Wualcomm's Snapdragon S4 processor using AT&T's 4G LTE network was demonstrated.

Pfizer PFE $21.94 +0.12 0.55% 27,730,534 NYSE: AJC pA10 "Pfizer CEO focused on revamping research" says Ian Read, CEO of Pfizer, says he won't plan another purchase like it did of Wyeth 2 years ago but will focus on restructuring the research operations.

Procter & Gamble PG $66.33 -0.31 0.47% 10,319,050 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $84.3 +0.43 0.51% 3,440,126 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $60.1 +0.41 0.69% 2,362,708 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technogies UTX $76.03 +1.93 2.6% 4,722,155 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $38.57 +0.20 0.52% 14,550,053 DualListed: WSJ pC12 "AT&T, Verizon dail back Juniper's prospects" by Rolfe Winkler says AT&T & Verizon have a combined annual cap ex budget of $35 bil but Juniper and others who provide services to service providers say it isn't enough and that is why Juniper isn't meeting expectations.

Walmart WMT $59.04 -0.14 0.24% 6,907,461 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "india eases retail access" by Amol Sharma, NYT pB3 "Rule change would allow some foreign owned stores to open in India" by Vikas Bajaj, Fin Times p13 "India opens up to foreigners with limited retail reforms" by James Fontanella-Khan, say India is allowing single brand retailers like Nike to come in but not for multibrand retailers like Walmart.
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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)
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 1/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $406 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 218 [8.5]
3. IBM 216 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 212 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 204.5 [3.5]
6. GE 189 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
9. AT&T T 179 [6]
10. Pfizer PFE 166.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 159 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 126.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 123.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 113.5 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 102.5 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 97 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 67.5 [2]
19. United Technologies UTX 66 [1]
20. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 65 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 58.5 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
24. Bank of America BAC 56.5 [10]
25. American Express AXP 54.5 [1]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 51 [2]
28. DuPont DD 42 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]

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

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

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: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
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

Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
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

Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
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

Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
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

Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
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

Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
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 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
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: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
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: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
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 floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.

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: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
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: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
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: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
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

Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
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: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting 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: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
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

3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
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

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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
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: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan