Thursday, May 10, 2012

5/10/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 12,855.04 up 19.98 or 0.16%


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Post No. 1,618 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent  Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,855.04 up 19.98  or 0.16% from Wednesday's close of 12,835.06. Of the 30 Dow components  18  gained and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wisewas Chevron and percentage-wise was Pfizer.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Cisco.

As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.23 down from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.39 (year ago it was 14.56);  Thursday's P/E estimate is 12.46 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.46 (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.56 up from Wednesday's dividend yield of 2.49 (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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,698.53 up 2.68  from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,695.85. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.62 up $0.09 from Wednesday's average closing price of $56.53. The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.32 (DD/HD) up $0.22  from Wednesday's median closing price of $51.10. The lowest volume was Travelers 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 made $268 ($169,853 - $169,589).

MarketWatch Thurs. 4:16 by Laura Mandaro says Blue-chip U.S. stocks and the S&P 500 eked out minor gains Thursday, breaking a streak of losses, but a drop in some big tech names sapped most of the session's early strength. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.16% rose 19.98 points, or 0.2%, to 12,855.04. Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -10.49% , down 10% at $16.81, and International Business Machines Corp. IBM -0.31% did the most damage to the price-weighted index. Still, it was the Dow's first gain since May 1. The S&P 500 SPX +0.25% ended up 3.41 points, or 0.3%, to 1,357.99. Only tech and materials were lower. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.04% ended down 1.07 points, or 0.04%, to 2,933.64. "The S&P ignored the selloff [in] the tech sector for the first part of the day but the selling in that sector was just too much for the bulls to handle," said Elliot Spar, options/market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE


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The following are excerpts from Thurs. morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Thursday's   Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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  Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,835.06 down 97.03 or 0.75% from Tuesday's close of 12,932.09. For the year the Dow is up 5.05%. Of the 30 Dow components  5  gained and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Disney.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was United Technologies.

WSJ pC4 "Blue chips take it on chin for a 6th day" by Jon Cheng says the Dow tumbled as concerns about Greece & Spain weighed on sentiment.  Disney shares hit a record.  Indt'ls & fin'ls led the decline with United Tech losing $1.81 & JPMorgan lost 74 cents.

NYT pB11 "Concern over Europe pulls shares down again" by AP says stocks fell for 5th day in 6 on Wed as investors kept their focus ont he turmoil in Europe but news that Greece will receive its latest debt bailout payment helped cut losses late in the session.

Fin Times p24 "S&P lower amid volatile trading even as Disney beats expectations" by Arash Massoudi says shining earnings from Disney were unable to bolster sentiment across the US stock market which touched its lowest point in 2 months as investors cont'd to express unease over developments in Europe.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Indexes ounce off lows for 2nd day in a row" by David Saito Chung says stocks cont'd to struggle Wed but the major benchmarks bounced off their intraday lows for a 2nd straight session.  Microsoft bounced off its intraday lows to step 1% higher.  It & Apple comprise almost 1/7 of the nasdaq's market value.

USA Today p4B "Stocks continue their decline as European debt worries rise" by AP says fear of European debt is once again playing havoc with Wall st has the Dow is suffering its longest losing streak since last summer.


Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,695.85 down 12.85 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,708.70. 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 $56.53 down $0.43 from Tuesday's average closing price of $56.96. The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.10 (DD/HD) down $0.55 from Tuesday's median closing price of $51.65. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of  America.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,285 ($170,870 - $169,589).

MarketWatch Wed. 4:15 by Kate Gibson says US stocks fell Wednesday, with the Dow industrials DJIA -0.75% off for a sixth session, its longest losing streak since August 2011, as the political upheaval in Greece and concern about Spanish banks shook investor confidence. The Dow fell 97.03 points, or 0.8%, to 12,835.06. The blue-chip index has lost 444.26 points, or 3.3%, in the six-session decline. The S&P 500 SPX -0.67% dropped 9.14 points, or 0.7%, to 1,354.58. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.39% retreated 11.56 points, or 0.4%, to 2,934.71.

Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  WSJ pB5 "AT&t Indian start-ups selected" by Dhanya Ann Thoppil says AT&T has shortlisted 4 Indian start up firms for tech partnerships they might invest in.

Alcoa: No mentions found

American Express:  No mentions found



Bank of America:  WSJ pC3 "Bof takes fire over mortgages but not over CEO pay" by David Benoit, AJC pA16 "Police arrest Bank of America protesters",  NYT pB3 "Bank of America investors complian, but approve chief's pay" by Nelson Schwartz, say BofA shareholders approved its '11 pay plan Wed as protesters raged outside the firm's annual meeting & CEO Brian Moynihan fended off repeated questions about the bank's mortgage practices.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.



Chevron: No mentions found.



Cisco:  WSJ pB6 "Cisco gives grim outlook for tech" by Ben Worth, NYT pB10 "Cisco cautious despite 22% rise in income" by Quentin Hardy, Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Cisco Systems shares fall on weak outlook" by Pete Barlas,  say Cisco had a big profit gain but a cautious projection and some stark comments about the economy sent the stock down 9% in after hours trading.  Net income for 3Q jumped 20% from a year ago while rev rose 6.6%.   Income was $2.17 bil or 40 cents a share up from $1.81 bil or 33 cents a share a year earlier.  Rev was $11.59 bil up from $10.87 bil a year ago.

Coke:

Disney:  WSJ pC4 "Blue chips take it on chin for a 6th day" by Jon Cheng says the Dow tumbled as concerns about Greece & Spain weighed on sentiment.  Disney shares hit a record.  Indt'ls & fin'ls led the decline with United Tech losing $1.81 & JPMorgan lost 74 cents.


 Fin Times p24 "S&P lower amid volatile trading even as Disney beats expectations" by Arash Massoudi says shining earnings from Disney were unable to bolster sentiment across the US stock market which touched its lowest point in 2 months as investors cont'd to express unease over developments in Europe.


Exxon: No mentions found.



GE: No mentions found.



Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.



Home Depot: No mentions found.



Intel: No mentions found.



IBM: No mentions found.



JPMorgan:  WSJ pC4 "Top banks keep firm rein on market" by Jessica Mead says JPMorgan is the 6th largest currencies dealer in the world with 6.6% market share down from 5th place last year although last year it had 6.44% market share.

WSJ pC4 "Blue chips take it on chinf or a 6th day" by Jon Cheng says the Dow tumbled as concerns about Greece & Spain weighed on sentiment.  Disney shares hit a record.  Indt'ls & fin'ls led the decline with United Tech losing $1.81 & JPMorgan lost 74 cents.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.



Kraft: No mentions found.



McDonald's: No mentions found.



Merck: No mentions found.



Microsoft: Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Indexes ounce off lows for 2nd day in a row" by David Saito Chung says stocks cont'd to struggle Wed but the major benchmarks bounced off their intraday lows for a 2nd straight session.  Microsoft bounced off its intraday lows to step 1% higher.  It & Apple comprise almost 1/7 of the nasdaq's market value.

Pfizer:  WSJ pB1 "Goodbye, Lipitor.  Pfizer bids a farewell" by Jon Rockoff says now that the patent has expired Pfizer will stop selling Lipitor to health plans.

NYT pB3 "arthritis pill from Pfizer wins support of US panel" by Katie Thomas says an FDA advisory panel recommended approval on Wed of tofacitinib, a rehmatoid arthritis pill that could be an  alternative to injectable medicines already on the market

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.



3M: No mentions found.



Travelers: No mentions found.



United Technologies:  WSJ pC4 "Blue chips take it on chinf or a 6th day" by Jon Cheng says the Dow tumbled as concerns about Greece & Spain weighed on sentiment.  Disney shares hit a record.  Indt'ls & fin'ls led the decline with United Tech losing $1.81 & JPMorgan lost 74 cents.

Verizon: No mentions found.



Walmart: No mentions found.


Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE



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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 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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