Tuesday, March 20, 2012

3/20/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,170.19 down 68.94 or 0.52%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,170 down 68.94 or 0.52% from Monday's close of 13,239.13. Of the 30 Dow components 8 gained, Kraft and Procter & Gamble were unchanged and 20 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Home Depot HD $49.38 +0.55 1.13% 7,611,821 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $9.81 +0.28 2.94% 446,493,814 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $110.76 -2.97 2.61% 8,066,212 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C8 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.82 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.81 (year ago it was 14.41); today's P/E estimate is 12.83 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.83 (year ago it was 12.29) and today's dividend yield is 2.47 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.47 (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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,740.14 down 9.14 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,749.28. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.01 down $0.30 from Monday's average closing price of $58.31. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.05 (DD/HD) up $0.02 from Monday's median closing price of $51.03. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $89.35 -0.39 0.43% 2,481,017 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $9.81 +0.28 2.94% 446,493,814 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 lost $914 ($174,928 - $174,017).

MarketWatch Tuesday 3/20/12 5:05 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index retreating after a three-session advance that had the index near a four-year high. The market’s decline isn’t surprising, given “we had such an incredible run-up and were moving toward historic highs,” said Carol Pepper, chief executive of Pepper International, an investment-advisory firm in New York. ‘History will show Ben Bernanke did a good job.’ Carol Pepper, Pepper International
After falling nearly 116 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.52% closed down 68.94 points, or 0.5%, at 13,170.19, with heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT +0.17% weighing the most, off 2.6%. Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.32% shares also weighed, down 0.5%, after the entertainment conglomerate said it expects science-fiction film “John Carter” to lose about $200 million. Outside the blue-chip benchmark, shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. LGF +3.27% rose 7.2% ahead of the company’s release of “The Hunger Games” movie. Bank of America Corp. BAC +0.20% led gains that included just eight of the Dow’s 30 components. The bank’s shares rose 2.9% after it said it would not issue more equity in a secondary offering. The S&P 500 SPX -0.30% declined 4.23 points, or 0.3%, at 1,405.52. On Monday it had closed at its highest since May 2008 and also notched a new 52-week high. Among 10 industry groups, energy and industrial stocks slipped the most on Tuesday. Financials fared best. Barring a turn in fundamentals, Pepper is part of the camp that believes any pullback was unlikely to be significant, given that Wall Street’s advance so far this year caught many professionals off guard. “So a lot of hedge-fund managers are saying once a pullback comes, we’ll get in,” she added. Others offered a more bearish take. “If the S&P 500 should have a clear break of 1,390 in the next one to two days, the buy-the-dip crowd will head for the shelters and sellers can get the upper hand,” Elliot Spar, a market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., wrote in afternoon commentary. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.14% shed 4.17 points, or 0.1%, to 3,074.15, outperforming the Dow and S&P 500. Helped by a 3.7% lift in Amazon shares, the Nasdaq 100 NDX +0.16% bucked the broad down trend and ended 0.2% higher at 2,737.63. For every share advancing, less than two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where about 711 million shares traded hands. Composite volume was 3.7 billion. Oil prices fell, with crude futures CLJ2 -2.23% for April delivery down $2.48, or 2.3%, to settle at $105.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Equities and commodities around the globe fell after China raised fuel prices for a second time in less than six weeks, and an executive from mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. BHP -0.55% said that China’s demand for iron ore is flattening out. The U.S. Commerce Department reported housing starts fell last month while permits for future building rose to their highest level since October 2008. In the afternoon, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave the first of four lectures at George Washington University on the history of the central bank, continuing his effort to shed light on the workings of the Fed at a time when both he and the Fed are under political attack. “With the election season, Bernanke-bashing is in season,” said Pepper, who noted that most people don’t realize the Fed “made a tidy sum” for taxpayers in its purchases of mortgage-backed bonds and other programs. “What he’s doing is a little more difficult for the average person to understand, but unemployment rates are going down, and we didn’t have a massive collapse of all our banks. History will show Ben Bernanke did a good job,” she commented.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $31.79 +0.14 0.44% 17,673,370 NYSE
Alcoa AA $10.44 -0.16 1.51% 21,405,489 NYSE
American Express AXP $56.91 -0.36 0.63% 4,971,133 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $9.81 +0.28 2.94% 446,493,814 NYSE
Boeing BA $75.14 -0.26 0.34% 4,378,676 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $110.76 -2.97 2.61% 8,066,212 NYSE
Chevron CVX $109.08 -1.62 1.46% 5,842,821 NYSE
CSCO $20.57 +0.43 2.14% 60,663,005 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $70.59 -0.19 0.27% 4,951,925 NYSE
Disney DIS $43.24 -0.20 0.46% 6,851,295 NYSE
DuPont DD $52.71 -0.54 1.01% 4,310,123 NYSE
Exxon XOM $86.6 -0.39 0.45% 13,251,524 NYSE
GE $20.07 -0.14 0.69% 47,326,248 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $23.98 -0.36 1.48% 23,694,294 NYSE
Home Depot HD $49.38 +0.55 1.13% 7,611,821 NYSE
Intel INTC $27.75 +0.01 0.04% 21,884,539 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $204.25 -1.47 0.71% 3,600,526 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $45.38 +0.38 0.84% 34,141,993 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.96 -0.25 0.38% 7,480,120 NYSE
Kraft KFT $38.35 unch unch 6,164,262 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $97.65 -0.08 0.08% 4,684,122 NYSE
Merck MRK $37.76 -0.13 0.34% 13,817,103 NYSE
MSFT $31.99 0.21 0.65% 41,341,155 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21.8 -0.08 0.37% 24,140,684 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $67.21 unch unch 6,068,459 NYSE
3M MMM $89.35 -0.39 0.43% 2,481,017 NYSE
Travelers TRV $59.16 +0.04 0.07% 2,981,620 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $83.26 -1.36 1.61% 4,499,816 NYSE
Verizon VZ $39.63 -0.02 0.05% 9,537,693 DualListed
Walmart WMT $60.6 -0.14 0.23% 7,502,737 NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Tuesday 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 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 Monday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,239.13 up 6.51 or 0.05% from Friday's close of 13,232.62. For the year the Dow is up 8.36%. Of the 30 Dow components 16 gained and 14 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $57.24 +0.69 1.22% 4,859,861 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $84.62 -0.86 1.01% 4,445,398 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $9.522 -0.278 2.84% 637,471,431 NYSE.

WSJ pC4 "Apple boosts stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks were up after a steady reading from homebulders & news of Apple's plan to return cash to shareholders. Bank of America is charted under Bad News as it was the biggest Dow loser.

NYT pB6 "Apple elevates markets, especially the S&P 500" by Bloomberg and USA Today p4B "Apple plan helps S&P hit its highest point since '08" by Bloomberg says this was due to Apple announcing it will pay a dividend and buy back $10 bil in stock.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "nasdaq, S&P notch fresh multiyear highs" by Vince Mao says stocks extended their winning ways Mon with most major averages hitting fresh multiyear highs as Monday's action was up in lighter vol with the current outlook still a confirmed uptrend.

Fin Times p22 "Apple makes healthy gains as it prepares for dividend payments" by Arash Massoudi says tech stocks pushed the S&P to another high as Apple said it would begin making div payments for the first time since '95.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,749.28 up 0.86 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,748.42. 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 $58.31 up $0.03 from Friday's average closing price of $58.28. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.03 (DD/HD)down $0.18 from Friday's median closing price of $51.21. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.1 -0.10 0.17% 2,182,217 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $9.522 -0.278 2.84% 637,471,431 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 $86 ($174,928 - $174,842).

MarketWatch Monday 3/19/12 4:11 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks Monday closed out a low-volume session with minor gains, supported by housing data and Apple Inc.'s AAPL +0.31% plans for a dividend, but held back as investors bought cautiously after stock indexes gained 8%-18% this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.05% rose 6.51 points, or 0.1%, to 13,239.13. The S&P 500 SPX +0.40% added 5.58 points, or 0.4%, to 1,409.75. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.76% rose 23.06 points, or 0.8%, to 3,078.32. "We're faced with a market that's just up a long way," said Ken Tower, senior analyst at Quantitative Analysis Service. "People are starting to be more choosy about when they're buying, and some short-term people are taking profits."

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$31.62 +0.03 0.09% 18,396,472 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Verizon chief sees pay triple" by Greg Bensinger says Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam's comp was $23.1 mil up from $7.2 mil in '10. AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson got $22 mil down $2 mil from prior year.

WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

Alcoa AA
$10.6 +0.06 0.57% 17,026,981 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP
$57.24 +0.69 1.22% 4,859,861 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC
$9.522 -0.278 2.84% 637,471,431 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "Apple boosts stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks were up after a steady reading from homebulders & news of Apple's plan to return cash to shareholders. Bank of America is charted under Bad News as it was the biggest Dow loser.

Daily Reprot p6 "Whistleblower sins $18 mil" by Jef Feeley, Bloomberg says an attorney is among 6 who will get $46.5 mil from the $25 bil setttlement

Boeing BA
$75.355 +0.155 0.21% 2,215,652 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT
$113.61 +0.03 0.03% 4,195,678 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX
$110.7301 +0.4501 0.41% 5,086,553 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Chevron hits troubled waters" by Dan Gilbert says Brazil plans criminal charges after its most recent oil leak.

WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

CSCO
$20.14 +0.11 0.55% 29,970,711 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pA6 "Payback time" has a chart comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% comparies with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%.

Coke KO
$70.3795 +0.2195 0.31% 4,658,514 NYSE: WSJ pA6 "Payback time" has a chart comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% comparies with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%.

Disney DIS
$43.44 +0.25 0.58% 5,479,804 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Disney" , WSJ pB7 "Disney's $200 mil charge" by Erica Orden says for the quarter it will be $120 mil due to weak box office performance. As a result it will have an operating loss of between $80 and $120 mil for 2Q ending 3/31.

DuPont DD
$53.22 -0.16 0.3% 4,159,036 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM
$86.95 +0.51 0.59% 9,857,240 NYSE:
WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

GE
$20.179 -0.021 0.1% 38,172,403 NYSE:
WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$24.35 -0.14 0.57% 10,660,277 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD
$48.83 -0.22 0.45% 8,396,015 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC
$27.74 +0.01 0.04% 26,680,004 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pA6 "Payback time" has a chart comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% companies with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%.

IBM
$205.51 -0.50 0.24% 3,214,017 NYSE: WSJ pA6 "Payback time" has a chart comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% companies with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%.

JPMorgan JPM
$44.9514 +0.3814 0.86% 39,470,894 NYSE: WSJ pA6 "Payback time" has a chart comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% companies with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.175 +0.055 0.08% 6,443,554 NYSE: WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

Kraft KFT
$38.35 -0.03 0.08% 5,686,661 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD
$97.7125 +0.0525 0.05% 4,015,508 NYSE: USAT p2B "Burger King loses No 2 spot to Wendy's" by AP says McDonald's is till number with with $34.2 bil in sales.

Merck MRK
$37.8793 -0.1507 0.4% 8,805,434 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT
$32.2 -0.40 1.23% 44,365,023 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

Pfizer PFE
$21.89 -0.05 0.23% 20,520,540 NYSE:
WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

Procter & Gamble PG
$67.19 -0.06 0.09% 6,299,257 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "P$G's $3 bil sideline" by Emily Glazer says P&G licenses out its product for example Febreeze to an odor killing fan or it bottle patents.

WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

MMM
$89.72 +0.16 0.18% 2,233,093 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV
$59.1 -0.10 0.17% 2,182,217 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX
$84.62 -0.86 1.01% 4,445,398 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ
$39.645 +0.075 0.19% 8,985,855 DualListed: WSJ pB6 "Verizon chief sees pay triple" by Greg Bensinger says Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam's comp was $23.1 mil up from $7.2 mil in '10. AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson got $22 mil down $2 mil from prior year.

WSJ pA6 "Payback time", USA Today "Apple's dividend has ripple effect" by Mtt Krantz have charts comparing how Apple's dividend yield of 1.8% compares with some large market cap firms and AT&T is top with 5.56%, Pfizer 4.02%, GE 3.36, Intel 3.04, Coke 2.9, JPMorgan 2.67, MSFT 2.48, Exxon 2.16, IBM 1.46 and Cisco 1.29%. WSJ's chart is in percentages while USA Today's is in billions listing AT&T at the top with $10.4 bil, Apple 2nd at $9.8 bil, then Exxon, GE, Pfizer, Chevron, JNJ, MSFT, Procter & Gamble and 10 Verizon Comm at $5.6 bil.

Walmart WMT
$60.74 -0.10 0.16% 8,016,066 NYSE: No mentions found.

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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 (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon to be replaced by Alex Gorsky 4/24/12 (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 Inge Thulin (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 3/7/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $404.5 [5]
2. IBM 229 [1]
3. Microsoft MSFT 268 [8.5]
4. Chevron CVX 216.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 205 [3.5]
6. GE 198.5 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. AT&T T 183 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 161 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 155.5 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 152.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 137 [5]
14. Merck MRK 113.5 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 110 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 104.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 102 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
19. United Technologies UTX 75 [1]
20. Disney DIS 75 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 73 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 70 [.5]
23. Kraft KFT 67 [2]
24. American Express AXP 61 [1]
25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48 [2]
28. DuPont DD 47 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/7/12:

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

AT&T T: 2/29/12 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 5/15/12
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 4/27/12 Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
2/13 8K re: sale of $3 bil Global Notes
1/26/12 two 8Ks re redemption of 6.3% Sr. notes & reduction of Citibank lending commitment to $3 bil
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results and stock buybacks

Alcoa AA: 2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders
3/1/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
1/19/12 8K re: Sir Martin Sorrell's appointment to Board of Dirs
1/12/12 8K e: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/10 8K re: 4Q results
1/6/12 8K re: closing of smelter plant in Alcoa, Tn & 2 plants in Tx

American Express AXP: 3/2/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 American Express HQ, NYC
2/29/12 & 2/24/12 10K/A & 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/15/12 8K re: Deling & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/12
2/13/12 8K re: retirement of Director Dan Akerson
2/9/12 8K re: Investor presentation
1/27/12 8K re: amendment to '07 Incentive Comp Plan
1/19 8K re: 4Q & FY '11 results
1/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 12/31/11
12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months

Bank of Am BAC: 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators
1/19/12 4Q & FY '11 results
1/13/12 8K re: restated indenture
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

Boeing BA: 2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q results
12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO

Caterpillar CAT: 2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats
1/26/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q & full year '11 results & dealer stats.
12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan

Chevron CVX: 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
1/27/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results & grant of exec stock options
1/11/12 8K re: forecast for 4Q
12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options

Cisco CSCO : 2/21/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/28/12
2/17/12 8K re: $3 bil credit agreement with Bank of America
2/8/12 8K re: 2Q results
12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan

Coke KO 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Robert A. Kotick as Dir.
2/15/12 8K re: adoption of restricted stock plan
2/7/12 8K re: 4Q & full year '11 results
12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.

Disney DIS 2/13/12 8K re: sale of $1 bil of 1.125% Global Notes due '17
2/7/12 10Q for 12/31/11
2/7/12 8K re: 1Q results
1/20/12 Proxy re: annual mtg of shareholders on 3/13/12 at 10 am at Westin, Kansas City
12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes

DuPont DD: 2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: comp to CEO Ellen Kullman
1/24/12 8K re: Qtr ended 12/31/11 results

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/29/12 8K re: election of Henrietta H. Fore as Dir.
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/23/12 8K re: worldwide proved oil & gas reserves
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q results
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

GE: 1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/22/12 8K re: 1Q results ended 1/31/12
2/3/12 Proxy re: 3/21/12 annual meeting of shareholders at Santa Clara, CA Convention Ctr.
1/30/12 8K re: Lawrence Babbio retiring from Board of Dirs.
1/20/12 8K re: Sari Baldauf retiring from Board of Dirs.
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

Home Depot HD: 2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance
1/6/12 S-3 Shelf Registration for direct purchase of shares

Intel INTC: 2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: settlement of antitrust case beought by NY Atty Gen'l
1/20/12 8K re: appointment of Brian M. Krzanich as COO
1/20/12 8K & 1/19/12 8K re: Qtr & FY 12/31/11 results

IBM: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 2.2% Notes due '17
2/3/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for notes due '15 - '17
2/3/12 8K re: exec salaries for top 5 execs
1/3/12 8K re: election of CEO Virginia Rometty & also David Farr to Board of Dirs
1/20/12 8K, 1/19/12 8K, & 1/3/12 8K re: results for FY 12/31/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation
2/29/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: global settlement of mortgage foreclosure suits brought by state & fed regulators
1/23/12 8K re: issuance of $3.25 bil notes
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Alex Gorsky as CEO & Dir as of 4/26/12
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q & FY 12/31/12 results
1/13/12 8K re: stock option form certificates
12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!

Kraft KFT: 2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results
1/17/12 8K re: forecast of '11 results
1/10/12 8K re: issuance of $800 mil floating rate notes
1/9/12 8K re: execs named for spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company

McDonald's MCD: 3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.
2/24/11 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: grant of exec stock options
2/8/12 8K re: Jan '12 sales
2/7/12 8K re: issuance of $750 mil med term notes
1/31/12 8K re: exec comp awards to 5 top execs
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q & FY 12/31/11 results
12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%

Merck MRK: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: Dr. Thomas Shenk retiring from Board of Dirs.
2/2/12 8K re: full year & 4Q results 12/31/11
1/13/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder derivative suit in US Dist Ct. New Jersey
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

Microsoft MSFT: 2/27/12 8K re: election of John W. Thompson as Dir.
1/27/12 10Q/A & 1/19/12 10Q for year ended 12/31/11
1/19/12 8K re: 2Q 12/31/11 results
12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay

Pfizer PFE: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results
12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board

Procter & Gamble PG:2/23/12 8K re: Consumer Analyst Conference slides 2/23/12
2/15/12 8K re: sale of Pringles to Kellogg for $2.7 bil in cash
2/10/12 8K re: restructuring of Beauty & Grooming Global Business Unit
2/6/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil 2.3% & floating rate notes
1/27/12 10Q & two 8Ks re: 12/31/11 results
1/17/12 8K re: change to segment reporting structure
1/10/12 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend of 52 & half cents per share

3M MMM:2 8ks 2/21/12 & 2 8ks 2/16/12 re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
2/8/12 8K re: Inge G. Thulin replacing George W. Buckley as CEO on 2/24/12
1/26/12 8K re: 4Q & full FY 12/31/11 results
12/6/11 8K re eps guidance

Travelers TRV: 2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
1/24/12 8K re: quarter results ending 12/31/11

United Technologies UTX: 2/24/12 Def. Proxy re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q & full '11 year results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q results & '12 outlook
1/6/12 8K re: investor presentation
12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil

WalMart WMT: 2/21/12 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/12 8K re: election of Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club
12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11

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