Friday, May 11, 2012

5/11/12 Fri pm Dow Closes at 12,820.6 down 34.44 or 0.27%


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Post No. 1,620 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 Friday at 12,820.6 down 34.44  or 0.27 from Thursday's close of 12,835.06. For the week the Dow is down  217.67  or  1.67% from last Friday's close of 13,038.27. Of the 30 Dow components 12  gained and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Verizon and percentage-wise was Intel. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was JPMorgan Chase.

As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.17 down from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.23 (year ago it was 14.41); Friday'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 2.62 up from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.56 (last year it was 2.35). 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 1,693.98 down 4.55   from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,698.53. 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  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.47 down $0.15 from Thursday's average closing price of $56.62. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.96 (DD/HD) down $0.36   from Thursday's median closing price of $51.32. The lowest volume was United Technologies 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 havelost $45 ($169,853 - $169,398).

MarketWatch Friday 4:26 by Kate Gibson says  U.S. stocks  mostly fell Friday to a second weekly decline as a rise in consumer sentiment failed to outweigh J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s $2 billion trading loss .  J.P. Morgan's massive trading loss comes at a particularly sensitive time — when the U.S. is finalizing the so-called Volcker rule.  Down 1.7% for the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.27% fell 34.44 points, or 0.3%, at 12,820.60, with J.P. Morgan  JPM -9.28% its heaviest weight, off 9.3%.  Jamie Dimon, J.P. Morgan Chase’s chief executive, called the losses “self-inflicted” in revealing them late Thursday. “The J.P. Morgan thing has leveled off. Like anything else, it will blow over. It’s the strongest bank by far, and $2 billion is a big deal, but we’ll weather this very easily,” said Chip Cobb, portfolio manager at BMT Asset Management.  The revelation by one of the country’s largest banks “raises a new round of questions about bank proprietary trading,” Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos., wrote in emailed comments.  It also puts “a handful of banks in the penalty box until the next round of quarterly results hit the tape in two months,” Dickson added.  The S&P 500 Index SPX -0.34% shed 4.60 points, or 0.3%, at 1,353.39, with financials getting hit the hardest among its 10 sectors and the index tallying a weekly slide of 1.2%.  Helping lift technology shares, Nvidia Corp. NVDA +6.36% reported quarterly revenue and an outlook that beat estimates. Shares of the chip manufacturer rallied 6.4%.  The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.01% managed a fractional gain to close at 2,933.82, off 0.8% decline from last Friday’s close.  For every two shares that advanced three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 586 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.8 billion. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment advanced to 77.8 from 76.4 in April. The gauge’s most recent reading is its highest since January 2008. “This market needs confidence; any positive thing we can get out of it will make the next two quarters look better,” said BMT’s Cobb.  Wall Street offered little reaction to a report from the Labor Department that had producer prices falling 0.2% in April, with core prices excluding food and energy up 0.2%.
“The PPI was driven lower by energy costs and crude, which is ultimately a positive for the economy and industrials in particular,” said Simon Paterson, an equity-research analyst at Brown Advisory.
On Friday, both oil and gold finished at 2012 lows, with crude futures CLM2 -1.52% losing 95 cents, or 1%, to end at $96.13 a barrel and gold futures GCM2 -0.99% down $11.50, or 0.7%, to end at $1,584 an ounce, their lowest this year.
Friday'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 Friday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Friday'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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average 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. For the year the Dow is up 5.22 %. Of the 30 Dow components 18 gained and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron and percentage-wise was Pfizer. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Cisco.

WSJ pC4 "Dow gets back into the win column" by Chris Dietrick says the Dow broke a 6 day losing streak as a potential breakthrough by Greek political leaders to form a coalition gov eased concerns about its exit from the eurozone.  Cisco is charted under Bad News as it gave a downbeat outlook for next qtr.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stock idnexes mostly up, but not nasdaq; trade off" by Paul Whitfield and  Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "5 stocks rise despite tough market" by Paul Whitfield says when stocks go south, it's useful to see what's going north and one of them was Disney up 4% whose dividend yield is 1.3%.  Stocks checked in Thurs with a mixed performance as volume declined.  The current outlook is the market is still in a correction.  Home Depot bounced off its 50 day line and its bulidng products retailing group is highly rated.

NYT pB7 "Banks suffer after hours on word of Chase losses" by Retuers says stock index futures fell sharply on Thurs evening after JPMorgan stunned investors with news that its chief investment office had incurred significant mark to market losses that could easily get worse.   Cisco lost 10.5% its biggest percentage drop since Feb. '11 making it the heaviest drag onthe market as it forecast lower profits sparking concerns about tech spending.

USA Today p4B "Unemployment report helps Dow snap losing streak at 6" by AP says the Dow broke a 6 session losing streak after the gov released better unemployment numbers.

 Fin Times p22 "Cisco hit by setback in confidence as customer orders start to slow" by Arash Massoudi says Cisco became the latest victim of a setback in confidence in European & global growth as it said customer orders had been delayed due to economic uncertainty.  Chevron gained 1.6% on news  that it & Royal Dutch Sell were chosen to explore the Ukraine for natural gas.

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.

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

AT&T:   WSJ pB5 "T-Mobile struggles to stem customer losses" by Greg Bensinger says T_Mobile lost more than half a mil of its best customers in 1Q casting doubt on whether it can regain momentum after regulators blocked its sale to AT&T.

WSJ pB4 "Google preps for possible FTC fight" by Brent Kendall says Google's fight are reminiscent of the Justice Dept's recent antitrust challenge to AT&T's failed bid to acquire T-Mobile USA.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.



American Express:  No mentions found.



Bank of America:  No mentions found.



Boeing:  No mentions found.



Caterpillar:  WSJ pB5 "Caterpillar Platinum Equty to buy stake in Logistics line" by Nikhil Gulati says Caterpillar will sell a 65% stake in its logistics biz to private equity firm Platinum Equity for about $490 mil.

Chevron:  Fin Times p22 "Cisco hit by setback in confidence as customer orders start to slow" by Arash Massoudi says Cisco became the latest victim of a setback in confidence in European & global growth as it said customer orders had been delayed due to economic uncertainty.  Chevron gained 1.6% on news  that it & Royal Dutch Sell were chosen to explore the Ukraine for natural gas.

Cisco:  WSJ pC4 "Dow gets back into the win column" by Chris Dietrick says the Dow broke a 6 day losing streak as a potential breakthrough by Greek political leaders to form a coalition gov eased concerns about its exit from the eurozone.  Cisco is charted under Bad News as it gave a downbeat outlook for next qtr.

WSJ pC10 "Riding into the trough with the Cisco skid" by Rolfe Winkle, Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Techs slip on Cisco warning" say Cisco is no longer a tech dynamo but a lumbering tech giant.

 NYT pB7 "Banks suffer after hours on word of Chase losses" by Retuers says stock index futures fell sharply on Thurs evening after JPMorgan stunned investors with news that its chief investment office had incurred significant mark to market losses that could easily get worse.   Cisco lost 10.5% its biggest percentage drop since Feb. '11 making it the heaviest drag onthe market as it forecast lower profits sparking concerns about tech spending.

Fin Times p22 "Cisco hit by setback in confidence as customer orders start to slow" by Arash Massoudi says Cisco became the latest victim of a setback in confidence in European & global growth as it said customer orders had been delayed due to economic uncertainty.  Chevron gained 1.6% on news  that it & Royal Dutch Sell were chosen to explore the Ukraine for natural gas.

Coke:  No mentions found.



Disney:  Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "5 stocks rise despite tough market" by Paul Whitfield says when stocks go south, it's useful to see what's going north and one of them was Disney up 4% whose dividend yield is 1.3%.

DuPont:  No mentions found.



Exxon:  No mentions found.



GE:  No mentions found.



Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.



Home Depot:  No mentions found.



Intel:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Intel sees ultrabooks hot" says rev from its data center unit may double to $20 bil by '16 amid growth in cloud computing and mobile devices.

IBM:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "IBM" says it is well positioned to meet its '15 operating EPS goals of at least $20.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pA1 "JPMorgan's $2 Billion blunder" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan trades in its banking crown" by David Reilly, Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "JPMorgan admits hefty loss," AJC pA15 "JPMorgan reveals $2 B portfolio loss" by Daniel Wagner, AP, NYT pB1 "A shock from JPMorgan is new fodder for reformers" by Nelson Schwartz, USA Today p1 B "JPMorgan reveals $2B loss in 6 weeks" by Adam Shell   say a massive trading bet left JPMorgan with $2 bil or more in trading losses due to large positions taken in the London office that bet on an economic recovery with trades tied to corporate bonds that was hit hard recently due to derivative trading losses. 


NYT pB7 "Banks suffer after hours on word of Chase losses" by Retuers says stock index futures fell sharply on Thurs evening after JPMorgan stunned investors with news that its chief investment office had incurred significant mark to market losses that could easily get worse.   Cisco lost 10.5% its biggest percentage drop since Feb. '11 making it the heaviest drag onthe market as it forecast lower profits sparking concerns about tech spending.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.



Kraft:  No mentions found.



McDonald's:  No mentions found.



Merck:  No mentions found.



Microsoft:  NYT pB1 "a revamping of Bing in the battle for search engine supremacy" by Nick WingfieldInv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Microsoft's Bing goes social" says it will add features including tie ins with Facebook and Twitter.

Pfizer:  AJC pA16 "FDA allows new drug for rhematoid arthritis" says Pfizer's pill tofacitnib was found safe by a panel of arthritis experts.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Pfizer may fight ruling on unit" says it may challenge an April appeals court ruling that it isn't entitled to protection from some asbestos claims from its bankrupt Quiqley unit which it bought in '68 and made asbestos containing products.

Procter & Gamble:  WSJ pB1 "P&G unit bids goodbye to Cincinnati, hello to Asia" by Emily Glazer says the top execs of its global skin, cosmetics & personal care unit are moving from Cincinnati to Singapore to reflect the importance of Asia's fast growing beauty market.

3M:  No mentions found.



Travelers:  No mentions found.



United Technologies:  No mentions found.



Verizon:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  WSJ pB5 "Toys R Us, Walmart recall pool slides" by Kristin Jones says they are inflatble Banzai slides due to the '06 death of a woman and injuries to 2 other people.

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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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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