4/5/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 13,060.14 down 14.61 or 0.11%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,060.14 down 14.61 or 0.11% from Wednesday's close of 13,074.75. Of the 30 Dow components 11 gained and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's and percentage-wise was Home Depot. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron and percentage-wise was AT&T.

As of the open of the market on 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 14.63 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.77 (year ago it was 15.06); today's P/E estimate is 12.63 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.63 (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.50 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.48 (last year it was 2.36). 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 1,725.62 down 1.94 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,727.56. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.52 down $0.07 from Tuesday's average closing price of $57.59. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.66 (DD/HD) up $0.42 from Wednesday's median closing price of $51.24. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $194 ($172,756 - $172,562).

MarketWatch Thursday 4/5/12 4:43 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Thursday closed with weekly losses as investors weighed Europe’s return to the headlines against positive weekly claims data ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report for March. “Every indication is tomorrow’s job report is going to be strong, and consumer spending has been strong,” said Adrian Day, president of Adrian Day Asset Management in Annapolis, Md. Yet, “in Europe, we’ve got a lot more turmoil coming,” Day added of the case for some trepidation, illustrated by a decline in Spanish bond prices, raising the nation’s borrowing costs. Off 1.2% from last Friday’s close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.11% on Thursday declined 14.61 points, or 0.1%, at 13,060.1.
The S&P 500 Index SPX -0.06% fell nearly 1 point to 1,398.08, or less than 0.1%, with the consumer-discretionary sector faring best and defensive sectors doing the worst among its major industry groups. The S&P 500 posted a weekly drop of 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.40% added 12.41, or 0.4%, points to 3,080.50, leaving it down 0.4% for the week. For every two shares advancing, almost four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where more than 719 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.3 billion. The U.S. stock market is closed on Friday. In economic news, the Labor Department reported claims for unemployment benefits dropped by 6,000 to 357,000 last week. The more stable four-week average declined to 361,750 from 366,000. Read story on jobless claims. “Since last August or September, we’ve had the best six-month stretch we’ve seen in the job market in about six years,” said Phil Orlando, chief equity-market strategist at Federated Investors. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report from the Labor Department is projected to show an increase of 210,000, according to economists polled by MarketWatch. Read more about expectations for the jobs report. “We think the number is going to be fine,” said Orlando at Federated, which is forecasting a rise of 225,000 in Friday’s report.
Target Corp. TGT -0.17% and department-store operator Macy’s Inc. M -0.09% were among those reporting better-than-expected monthly results. “We think the jobs market continues to strengthen; you’re getting sales data from individual stores today, and it looks like companies are blowing out March, on top of a much-stronger-than-expected February, so the consumer appears to be in pretty good shape,” said Orlando. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY +8.49% rose 8.5% a day after the retailer reported a more profitable fourth quarter than Wall Street had anticipated.
Constellation Brands Inc. STZ -12.47% fell 12% after the wine maker projected earnings for its current fiscal year below analysts’ estimates. Given the S&P 500’s 12% advance in the first quarter, the market was “absolutely” in need of a pause, and concerns about Europe, and in particular Spain’s escalated borrowing costs, provided a minor catalyst, according to Orlando.
“There are lots of good reasons that we had a rally in the first quarter. Europe got off the front pages, the U.S. economy is moving along, and the Fed is going to be easing forever, and the market got a little bit complacent,” said Day of Adrian Day Asset Management. “Suddenly, [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke said no QE3 [third round of quantitative easing] coming, and Spain is back on the front pages, and now everyone is saying everything is not going as well as we thought, let’s just take what we’ve got while we’ve got it,” said Day of events in recent days, which had the major indexes down for the first week of the second quarter. But any pullback is more likely to be in the 3% to 5% range, in Orlando’s view. “I don’t think it’ll be a 20% to 30% correction. We’re up almost 33% from the October bottom, and much of that rally was achieved without the participation of hedge funds and retail investors.” “Retail investors are scared to death 2008 is around the corner and they’d lose everything,” Orlando said. “Hedge funds are out of the market because they think the world is coming to an end. The hedges are now realizing they missed out on one of the greatest rallies, so any minor pullback has been met with hedge-fund buying.” Retail investors remain sidelined, but would like to begin returning to equities later in the year, the strategist believes.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $30.94 +0.63 2% 21,473,570 NYSE
Alcoa AA $9.63 -0.18 1.83% 24,537,368 NYSE
American Express AXP $58.1 +0.73 1.27% 4,409,702 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $9.23 +0.03 0.33% 180,481,814 NYSE
Boeing BA $73.59 -0.08 0.11% 2,638,496 NYSE
Caterpilar CAT $105.87 -0.39 0.37% 4,577,408 NYSE
Chevron CVX $104.75 -0.85 0.8% 5,978,058 NYSE
CSCO $20.22 -0.14 0.69% 29,135,226 NASDAQ-GS
Disney DIS $43.08 +0.15 0.35% 6,339,622 NYSE
DuPont DD $52.7 +0.07 0.13% 4,734,017 NYSE
Exxon XOM $84.82 -0.16 0.19% 11,953,808 NYSE
GE $19.49 -0.25 1.27% 39,946,735 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $23.11 -0.16 0.69% 14,731,079 NYSE
Home Depot HD $50.62 +0.77 1.54% 9,550,651 NYSE
Intel INTC $28.06 +0.13 0.47% 20,918,413 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $205.47 -0.58 0.28% 3,799,897 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $44.34 -0.07 0.16% 28,818,743 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.34 -0.05 0.08% 7,901,231 NYSE
Kraft KFT $38.04 -0.18 0.47% 7,627,477 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $98.62 1+.14 1.17% 5,469,430 NYSE
Merck MRK $38.88 -0.025 0.06% 13,880,879 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $31.52 +0.31 0.99% 50,340,569 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $22.34 -0.045 0.2% 22,046,412 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $67.31 +0.05 0.07% 7,695,873 NYSE
MMM $87.27 -0.57 0.65% 2,046,467 NYSE
Travelers TRV $58.88 -0.34 0.57% 2,930,858 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $81.6 -0.32 0.39% 2,482,211 NYSE
Verizon VZ $37.66 -0.73 1.9% 11,666,182 DualListed
Walmart WMT $60.67 +0.41 0.68% 6,526,809 NYSE

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)
Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)
Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Virginia M. Rometty (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 to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (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-1.

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