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Fri. 4:16 by Laura Mandaro says US stocks U.S. stocks closed
moderately higher Friday, rounding out an earnings-filled week with
5-day gains of about 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.18% rose 23.69 points, or 0.2%, to 13,228.31. It added 1.5% for the week, its second straight weekly rise. The S&P 500 SPX+0.24% rose 3.38 points, or 0.2%, to 1,403.36 for a weekly gain of 1.8%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.61% added 18.59 points, or 0.6%, to 3,069.20. It rose 2.3% for the week. Quarterly results from Apple, Inc. AAPL-0.77% , Amazon Inc. AMZN+15.75% and Boeing Co. BA +0.36% -- plus a slew of other companies -- helped propel stocks higher this week.
Monday's News for the Dow 30 followed by Friday's closing Dow Numbers:
Dow: Barron's "Cover Story: Can the Dow stay relevant?"by Andrew Bary says The Dow risks becoming out of step with the market since it doesn't include such high priced stocks as Amazon.com, Google and Apple. He suggests instead of weighing components by the absolute price, there should be a cap on the weight of an individual component to allow higher price stocks to replace those such as Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard. This is by far the best article on the Dow Jones Industrial Average is recent memory. A must read for anyone interested in how the Dow Jones Industrial Average is calculated and its history.
AT&T: Barron's p22 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says Exxon jas jumped over AT&T and Apple to garner the No. 1 payout post. Exxon now has an indicated annual distribution of $10.7 bil.
Barron's "p23 "Promise trumps peril on planet iPhone" by Tiernan ray saying having used the iPhone to lure new customers for many years, Verizon, AT&T & Sprint have results that seem to show iPhone subsidies taking a toll on their profits.
Alcoa: WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p24 "Week ahead" say on Thurs Kraft's earnings are expected with estimates of 0.56 eps vs. 0.52 a year ago. On Tues. Pfizer reports 1Q with estimates of 56 cents per share vs. last year's 60 cents. Alcoa ha its shareholder meeting on Fri.
American Express: IBD pA8 "companies make web waves by engaging their brand fans" by Brian Deagon says American Express, IBM and McDonald's are Dow components who are among the firms that are connecting online socially.
Bank of America: Fin Times p1 "Big banks seek to put pressure on small rivals" by Tracy Alloway says the JOBs act allows big banks such as Bank of America and JPMorgan to do some pre-IPO research on companies it is underwriting but it may conflict with New York's '03 Global Research Settlement.
WSJ pC8 "Mortgage lenders opt for cruise control" by David Reily says home loan original volume in 1Q '12 had Bank of America making $15 bil in loans and JPMorgan $38 bil.
Daily Report p7 "NYAG's suit called factually, legally deficient" by Andrew Keshner discussed the New York mortgage settlement case involving JPMorgan, Bank of America et al.
Boeing: WSJ pB1 "Untested SC outpost is central to Beoing's Dreamliner hopes" by Jon Ostrower says on Friday Boeing rolled out its first 787 from its S. Carolina plant from which only 3 more are due this year.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Caterpillar: Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coca-Cola: NYT pB3 "Pepsi coming to mroe outlets" by Stephanie Strom discussed Pepsi's progress vs. Coke in the cola wars.
USA Today p2B "Cola companies get social in battle" by Mike Snider says Coke and Pepsi are using social media to build market share.
Disney: WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
DuPont: WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Exxon: Barron's p22 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says Exxon jas jumped over AT&T and Apple to garner the No. 1 payout post. Exxon now has an indicated annual distribution of $10.7 bil.
GE: WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p18 "Oracle's brave new world" by Mark Veverksa says since Mark Hurd was pushed out as CEO of HPq, he has been helping Oracle, as President, move into cloud based software.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
IBM: IBD pA8 "companies make web waves by engaging their brand fans" by Brian Deagon says American Express, IBM and McDonald's are Dow components who are among the firms that are connecting online socially.
Intel: No mentions found.
JPMorgan Chase: Fin Times p1 "Big banks seek to put pressure on small rivals" by Tracy Alloway says the JOBs act allows big banks such as Bank of America and JPMorgan to do some pre-IPO research on companies it is underwriting but it may conflict with New York's '03 Global Research Settlement.
WSJ pC8 "Mortgage lenders opt for cruise control" by David Reily says home loan original volume in 1Q '12 had Bank of America making $15 bil in loans and JPMorgan $38 bil.
Daily Report p7 "NYAG's suit called factually, legally deficient" by Andrew Keshner discussed the New York mortgage settlement case involving JPMorgan, Bank of America et al.
Barron's "Week preview" says on Wed 5/2 Carlye Group will sell 30.5 mil shares to raise $841 mil and JPMorgan is one of the underwriters.
Johnson & Johnson:
Kraft:WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p24 "Week ahead", NYT pB2 "Looking ahead", say on Thurs Kraft's earnings are expected with estimates of 0.56 eps vs. 0.52 a year ago. On Tues. Pfizer reports 1Q with estimates of 56 cents per share vs. last year's 60 cents. Alcoa ha its shareholder meeting on Fri.
McDonald's : IBD pA8 "companies make web waves by engaging their brand fans" by Brian Deagon says American Express, IBM and McDonald's are Dow components who are among the firms that are connecting online socially.
WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
Merck: WSJ pB6 "Merck expects profit to rise amid lower costs" by Peter Loftus says Merck had a 67% 1Q profit increase and earned $1.74 bill or 56 cents a share vs. $1.04 bil or 34 cents a a share a year earlier.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "Merck pins hopes on product pipeline" by Amy Reeves, Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Merck Q1 diabetes sales miss" sas Merck's EPS rose 8% to 99 cents beting veiws by a penny. Sales rose 1% to $11.73 bil below analysts views.
Microsoft: NYT pB4 "A little barb at Microsoft, remixed" by Nick Wingfield says there was a little controversy over Apple's CEO criticism of Microsoft.
Pfizer: WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p24 "Week ahead", NYT pB2 "Looking ahead", say on Thurs Kraft's earnings are expected with estimates of 0.56 eps vs. 0.52 a year ago. On Tues. Pfizer reports 1Q with estimates of 56 cents per share vs. last year's 60 cents. Alcoa ha its shareholder meeting on Fri.
Procter & Gamble: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "P&G rolling back price hikes" says Q3 EPS slid 2% to 94 cents a penny over views. Sales rose 2% to $20.19 bil just shy of forecasts. It lost market share as it hiked prices more than rivals. It warned on Q4 EPS as it plans to roll back some price hikes.
WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
3M: Fin Times p16 "View from the top" is an interview by Richard Milne with Sir George Buckly, 3M CEO. He is due to retire soon.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Travelers:
United Technologies: WSJ pB1 "As China cools, foreign profits shift" by Bob Davis says 1Q profits show slowing demand for equipment makers like Caterpillar and United Technologies in China.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Walmart: WSJ pC8 "Profits don't always stick in china's web" by Tom Orlik says Alibaba has 72% of clhina's ecommerce. Walmart has a stake in Yihaodian which has less than 1% of the market.
WSJ pB4 "A general store race is on" by ann Zimmerman says Dollar General which has stolen bargain seeking shoppers from Walmart is now trying to grab a share of the grocery biz.
NYT pB1 "Walmart's US expansion plans complicated by bribery scandal" by Stephanie Clifford says LA, Boston and other cities where Walmart is trying to expand are gathering opposition to the plans based on the Mexican bribery scandal.
WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
IBD pB2 "Bribery claims hurt Walmart", Barron's p10 "Week Review", Barron's pM2 "Charting the market", say Walmart's Mexican unit's US shares fell 12% for the week due to the scandal.
Barron's p5 "why is that man smiling?" by Alan Abelson says Walmart will continue to prosper despite the Mexican bribery scandal.
Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
A
read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business
Daily; Wall St.
Journal, Financial Times; New York Times & USA Today
Atlanta Journal Constitution & 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 a
separate table of Dow component's symbol and Friday's stock prices and
related data in alphabetical order.
Dow Jones Industrial Average The
Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,228.31 up 23.69 or
0.18% from Thursday's close of 13,204.62. For the week the Dow is up
199.05 points or 1.53% from last Friday's close of 13,029.26. For the
year the Dow is up 8.3%. Of the 30 Dow components 19 gained and
11declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise McDonald's was and
percentage-wise wasCisco . The biggest decliner dollar-wise and
percentage-wise was Procter & Gamble.
Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "Stocks add to theri gains; IBD 50 keeps lead role" by Paul Whitfield says stocks added to their win streaks Fri as the Nasdaq rose a 3rd straight day & the other major indexes made it 4 in a row. Friday's action was up in mixed volume. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
Sat. WSJ pB5 "Dow notches biggest weekly gain in month" by Chirs Dieterich says solid quarterly results from consumer oriented stocks including Amazon.com overshadowed data on slowing economic growth, pushing benchmarks to their biggest weekly advance since mid-March. Procter & gamble fell $2.43 after it topped 3Q earnings estimates but came up short of rev forecasts. It provided a 4Q outlook that was below projections.
Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "Stocks add to theri gains; IBD 50 keeps lead role" by Paul Whitfield says stocks added to their win streaks Fri as the Nasdaq rose a 3rd straight day & the other major indexes made it 4 in a row. Friday's action was up in mixed volume. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
Sat. WSJ pB5 "Dow notches biggest weekly gain in month" by Chirs Dieterich says solid quarterly results from consumer oriented stocks including Amazon.com overshadowed data on slowing economic growth, pushing benchmarks to their biggest weekly advance since mid-March. Procter & gamble fell $2.43 after it topped 3Q earnings estimates but came up short of rev forecasts. It provided a 4Q outlook that was below projections.
As
of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow
Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal
is 0.132129493. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.81 up from
Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 1475 (year ago it was 14.95); Monday's
P/E estimate is 12.42 unchanged from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.32
(year ago it was 12.68) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.51 unchanged
from Friday's dividend yield of 2.51 (last year it was 2.31). The Dow's
all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for
the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.
Friday's
Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,747.85 up 3.13
from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,744.72. This is the sum of all
30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the
closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator
increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in
today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change
in the average.
The
average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of
Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.26 up $0.10 from
Thursday's average closing price of $58.16. The median closing price of
Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.84 (DD/HD) up$0.03 from
Thursday's median closing price of $52.81. The lowest volume was3M and
the highest volume again was Bank of America.
If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $313 ($174,785 - $174,472 ).
If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $313 ($174,785 - $174,472 ).
Monday's News for the Dow 30 followed by Friday's closing Dow Numbers:
Dow: Barron's "Cover Story: Can the Dow stay relevant?"by Andrew Bary says The Dow risks becoming out of step with the market since it doesn't include such high priced stocks as Amazon.com, Google and Apple. He suggests instead of weighing components by the absolute price, there should be a cap on the weight of an individual component to allow higher price stocks to replace those such as Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard. This is by far the best article on the Dow Jones Industrial Average is recent memory. A must read for anyone interested in how the Dow Jones Industrial Average is calculated and its history.
AT&T: Barron's p22 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says Exxon jas jumped over AT&T and Apple to garner the No. 1 payout post. Exxon now has an indicated annual distribution of $10.7 bil.
Barron's "p23 "Promise trumps peril on planet iPhone" by Tiernan ray saying having used the iPhone to lure new customers for many years, Verizon, AT&T & Sprint have results that seem to show iPhone subsidies taking a toll on their profits.
Alcoa: WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p24 "Week ahead" say on Thurs Kraft's earnings are expected with estimates of 0.56 eps vs. 0.52 a year ago. On Tues. Pfizer reports 1Q with estimates of 56 cents per share vs. last year's 60 cents. Alcoa ha its shareholder meeting on Fri.
American Express: IBD pA8 "companies make web waves by engaging their brand fans" by Brian Deagon says American Express, IBM and McDonald's are Dow components who are among the firms that are connecting online socially.
Bank of America: Fin Times p1 "Big banks seek to put pressure on small rivals" by Tracy Alloway says the JOBs act allows big banks such as Bank of America and JPMorgan to do some pre-IPO research on companies it is underwriting but it may conflict with New York's '03 Global Research Settlement.
WSJ pC8 "Mortgage lenders opt for cruise control" by David Reily says home loan original volume in 1Q '12 had Bank of America making $15 bil in loans and JPMorgan $38 bil.
Daily Report p7 "NYAG's suit called factually, legally deficient" by Andrew Keshner discussed the New York mortgage settlement case involving JPMorgan, Bank of America et al.
Boeing: WSJ pB1 "Untested SC outpost is central to Beoing's Dreamliner hopes" by Jon Ostrower says on Friday Boeing rolled out its first 787 from its S. Carolina plant from which only 3 more are due this year.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Caterpillar: Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coca-Cola: NYT pB3 "Pepsi coming to mroe outlets" by Stephanie Strom discussed Pepsi's progress vs. Coke in the cola wars.
USA Today p2B "Cola companies get social in battle" by Mike Snider says Coke and Pepsi are using social media to build market share.
Disney: WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
DuPont: WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Exxon: Barron's p22 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says Exxon jas jumped over AT&T and Apple to garner the No. 1 payout post. Exxon now has an indicated annual distribution of $10.7 bil.
GE: WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p18 "Oracle's brave new world" by Mark Veverksa says since Mark Hurd was pushed out as CEO of HPq, he has been helping Oracle, as President, move into cloud based software.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
IBM: IBD pA8 "companies make web waves by engaging their brand fans" by Brian Deagon says American Express, IBM and McDonald's are Dow components who are among the firms that are connecting online socially.
Intel: No mentions found.
JPMorgan Chase: Fin Times p1 "Big banks seek to put pressure on small rivals" by Tracy Alloway says the JOBs act allows big banks such as Bank of America and JPMorgan to do some pre-IPO research on companies it is underwriting but it may conflict with New York's '03 Global Research Settlement.
WSJ pC8 "Mortgage lenders opt for cruise control" by David Reily says home loan original volume in 1Q '12 had Bank of America making $15 bil in loans and JPMorgan $38 bil.
Daily Report p7 "NYAG's suit called factually, legally deficient" by Andrew Keshner discussed the New York mortgage settlement case involving JPMorgan, Bank of America et al.
Barron's "Week preview" says on Wed 5/2 Carlye Group will sell 30.5 mil shares to raise $841 mil and JPMorgan is one of the underwriters.
Johnson & Johnson:
Kraft:WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p24 "Week ahead", NYT pB2 "Looking ahead", say on Thurs Kraft's earnings are expected with estimates of 0.56 eps vs. 0.52 a year ago. On Tues. Pfizer reports 1Q with estimates of 56 cents per share vs. last year's 60 cents. Alcoa ha its shareholder meeting on Fri.
McDonald's : IBD pA8 "companies make web waves by engaging their brand fans" by Brian Deagon says American Express, IBM and McDonald's are Dow components who are among the firms that are connecting online socially.
WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
Merck: WSJ pB6 "Merck expects profit to rise amid lower costs" by Peter Loftus says Merck had a 67% 1Q profit increase and earned $1.74 bill or 56 cents a share vs. $1.04 bil or 34 cents a a share a year earlier.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "Merck pins hopes on product pipeline" by Amy Reeves, Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Merck Q1 diabetes sales miss" sas Merck's EPS rose 8% to 99 cents beting veiws by a penny. Sales rose 1% to $11.73 bil below analysts views.
Microsoft: NYT pB4 "A little barb at Microsoft, remixed" by Nick Wingfield says there was a little controversy over Apple's CEO criticism of Microsoft.
Pfizer: WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p24 "Week ahead", NYT pB2 "Looking ahead", say on Thurs Kraft's earnings are expected with estimates of 0.56 eps vs. 0.52 a year ago. On Tues. Pfizer reports 1Q with estimates of 56 cents per share vs. last year's 60 cents. Alcoa ha its shareholder meeting on Fri.
Procter & Gamble: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "P&G rolling back price hikes" says Q3 EPS slid 2% to 94 cents a penny over views. Sales rose 2% to $20.19 bil just shy of forecasts. It lost market share as it hiked prices more than rivals. It warned on Q4 EPS as it plans to roll back some price hikes.
WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
3M: Fin Times p16 "View from the top" is an interview by Richard Milne with Sir George Buckly, 3M CEO. He is due to retire soon.
Fin Times p17 "Slowdown points to gloom for industrials" by hal Weitzman say ind'l firms' results for 1Q have been robust with Boeing, Caterpillar & 3M all raising their annual outlooks and GE and DuPont beating expectations.
Travelers:
United Technologies: WSJ pB1 "As China cools, foreign profits shift" by Bob Davis says 1Q profits show slowing demand for equipment makers like Caterpillar and United Technologies in China.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Walmart: WSJ pC8 "Profits don't always stick in china's web" by Tom Orlik says Alibaba has 72% of clhina's ecommerce. Walmart has a stake in Yihaodian which has less than 1% of the market.
WSJ pB4 "A general store race is on" by ann Zimmerman says Dollar General which has stolen bargain seeking shoppers from Walmart is now trying to grab a share of the grocery biz.
NYT pB1 "Walmart's US expansion plans complicated by bribery scandal" by Stephanie Clifford says LA, Boston and other cities where Walmart is trying to expand are gathering opposition to the plans based on the Mexican bribery scandal.
WSJ pB1 "More women are primed to land CEO roles" by Joann Lublin and gives examples of these Dow component execs: Anne Sweeney of Disney-ABC,, GE's Charlene Begley, Walmart's Sam's Club Rosalind Brewer, Jan Fields of McDonald's USA, Virginia Drosos of Procter & Gamble. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont is quoted.
IBD pB2 "Bribery claims hurt Walmart", Barron's p10 "Week Review", Barron's pM2 "Charting the market", say Walmart's Mexican unit's US shares fell 12% for the week due to the scandal.
Barron's p5 "why is that man smiling?" by Alan Abelson says Walmart will continue to prosper despite the Mexican bribery scandal.
Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
| T |  | NYSE | |||
| AA |  | NYSE | |||
| AXP | | NYSE | |||
| BAC | | NYSE | |||
| BA | | NYSE | |||
| CAT | | NYSE | |||
| CVX | | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | | NYSE | |||
| DIS | | NYSE | |||
| DD | | NYSE | |||
| XOM | | NYSE | |||
| GE | | NYSE | |||
| HPQ | | NYSE | |||
| HD | | NYSE | |||
| INTC | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | | NYSE | |||
| JPM | | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | | NYSE | |||
| KFT | | NYSE | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE |
| PG | | NYSE | |||
| MMM | | NYSE | |||
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
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 Alex Gorsky (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 as of 4/15/12 ranked in order
of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by
number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $4391 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 258.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 235 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 203.5 [3.5]
5. GE 200 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 199 [2]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 181 [3]
8. AT&T T 181 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 175 [3]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 165 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 164.5 [7.5]
12. Coke KO 162 [2.5]
13. Intel INTC 140.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Cisco CSCO 107 [5.5]
16. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
17. McDonald's MCD 98.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 93.5 [10.5]
19. Home Depot HD 77.5 [1.5]
20. Disney DIS 75 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
22. Caterpillar CAT 68.5 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 67 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48.5 [2]
28. DuPont DD 48.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10.5 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/15/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T:
3/12/12 Proxy Materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held
on 4/27/12 at 9 a.m. at Grand American Hotel, Salt lake City, Utah
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
Alcoa AA: 4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results
3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders
American Express AXP:
3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at
4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares
3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC
3/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 2/29
3/13/12 8K re: Comprehensive Capital Plan
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
Bank of Am BAC: 4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments
3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators
Boeing BA: 3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago
2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
Caterpillar CAT: 4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.
4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas
3/20/12 8K re: dealer stats thru 2/12
2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats
Chevron CVX: 4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting og stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA
4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update
3/29/12
8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in
Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election
of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
Cisco CSCO : 3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans
3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil
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
Coke KO 3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes
3/8/12 Proxy materials re Annual meeting of shareowners 4/15/12 9:30 am Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
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
Disney DIS 3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
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
DuPont DD: 4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del
3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.
2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas
3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website
3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting
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
GE: 4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott
4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade
3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11
1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11
3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12
3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes
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.
Home Depot HD:
4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re:
Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance
Intel INTC: 4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockhodles meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA
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 brought by NY Atty Gen'l
IBM:
3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of
stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.
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
JPMorganChase JPM: 4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl
4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website
3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'
3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak
3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program
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
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO
4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
3/28/12 8K re: new format for sales results
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
Kraft KFT:
4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of
shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie,
Ill.
3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.
3/14/12 8K re: revolving credit agreement
2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results
McDonald's MCD: 4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.
3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson
3/8/12 8K re: Feb. '12 sales results
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
Merck MRK: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ
3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson
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
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
Pfizer PFE: 3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results
Procter & Gamble PG: 4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27
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
3M MMM: 3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn
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
Travelers TRV: 4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
United Technologies UTX: 4/13/12 8K re: retriement of charles Lee from Board of Dirs.
3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition
2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of
shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.
2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11
WalMart WMT: 3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12
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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