Monday, July 9, 2012

7/9/12 Mon pm Dow Closes at 12,736.29 down 36.18 or 0.28%


Post No. 1,716 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 Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 12,736.29 down 36.18 or 0.28% from Friday's close of 12,772.47 Of the 30 Dow components 14  gained and 16   declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  Merck up 63 cents or 1.52% . The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1.76 and percentage-wise was DuPont down 2.92%.

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 14.07 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.21(year ago it was 14.40); Monday's P/E estimate is 12.15 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.19 (year ago it was 12.76) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.62 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.60 (last year it was 2.37). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,682.84 down 4.78    from Friday's closing numerator of 1,687.62. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.09 down 0.16 from Friday's average closing price of $56.25. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.06  (HD/DIS) down $0.47 from Friday's median closing price of $50.53 (HD/DD). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $478   ($168,750 - $168,270).

MarketWatch Mon. 3:51 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Monday lost ground for a third session after Spanish bond yields rose to levels viewed as unsustainable and ahead of earnings from Alcoa Inc.
The aluminum maker’s quarterly results mark the unofficial start of reporting for U.S. company earnings. But the second-quarter earnings season actually started a few weeks ago when AutoZone Inc. AZO +0.74% reported. The 25 S&P 500 companies to release results so far offer a “good proxy for the other 475 companies,” said Nick Raich, director of research at Key Private Bank in Cleveland.
“What we’re seeing is rates of growth are slowing to about 9%. Those same companies reported 15% growth last quarter, so that’s a significant slowing of growth,” he said. Of the 25 companies that have reported second-quarter results, 72% have lowered third-quarter estimates, compared with 44% that reduced expectations after reporting first-quarter results, Raich added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.28% fell 45.79 points, or 0.4%, at 12,726.68, with aviation manufacturer Boeing Co. BA +0.46% , among the 13 blue-chip companies rising, up 0.4% after sealing a $7.2 billion deal with aircraft-leasing firm Air Lease Corp. AL -0.36% Alcoa AA +0.40% reports second-quarter results after the close, with the Dow component expected to report a drop in earnings with global production exceeding demand, keeping a lid on metal prices. On Friday, Dow component J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.JPM +0.18% reports, with Chief Executive Jamie Dimon offering his best guess as to how much the bank lost in bad trades. The S&P 500 Index SPX -0.16% declined 3.28 points, or 0.3%, at 1,351.40, with energy hardest hit and health care the best performing of its 10 industry groups.
Shares of Visa Inc.  V -1.30% and MasterCard Inc.MA -2.35% fell after UBS AG downgraded the payment networks. Amerigroup Corp.AGP +38.00% rallied 38% after WellPoint Inc. WLP +3.41% said it would acquire the managed health-care company for $4.9 billion in cash. Apple Inc. AAPL +1.32% stock climbed 1% after a Piper Jaffray analyst said the technology company could sell as many as 6 million iPad tablets in the fourth quarter. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.19% shed 11.54 points, or 0.4%, at 2,925.81. For every two stocks advancing, three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 396 million shares traded as of 3:25 p.m. Eastern time. The price of oil rose as a labor dispute threatened to stop production in Norway, with crude futures for August delivery CLQ2 +1.48% climbing $1.54 to end at $85.99 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures GCQ2 +0.56% finished the floor session at $1,589.10 an ounce, up $10.20, or 0.7%.Treasury prices rose, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR -2.44% used in determining the terms of mortgages and other consumer loans slipping to 1.512%. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande at 50th anniversary of post–World War II reconciliation.
At the White House, President Barack Obama on Monday urged Congress to pass a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for families earning under $250,000 a year, while letting tax cuts for upper-income earners lapse. Speaking at a news conference, Obama said he might feel differently in a time of budget surpluses, rather than when the nation is grappling with a large deficit. As Spain’s 10-year debt yield ES:10YR_ESP -0.03% rose above 7%, European finance ministers met to work out the details of a rescue map for banks. The 7% level was seen as the point of no return for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, pushing those nations to request aid from euro-zone partners and the International Monetary Fund. While it’s difficult to be overly bullish, it’s equally hard to be overly bearish “because central bankers are stepping in and doing everything they can to prop up the global economy and asset prices,” according to Key Private Bank’s Raich. “Because inflation is easing they’ll have little choice but to step in with something big to bring down those soaring bond yields in Spain and Italy. Something has to be done to bring those borrowing costs down for those rather large economies,” he said.
Monday'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
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE


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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Daily, Wall St. Journal &amp 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 Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,772.47 down 124.2 or 0.96% from Thursday's close of 12,896.67 The Dow was down 0.8% for the week. For the year the Dow is up 4.5%. .Of the 30 Dow components 3 gained and 27 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's up 36 cents or 0.4% . The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar down $2.18 or 2.51%.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "Nasdaq sees distribution but most leaders hold up" by Victor Reklaitis says the main indexes lumped Fri after a weak job report giving up all or nearly all gains for the short trading week. Friday's action was sizable losses in mixed trade. Current outlook is a confirmed uptrend. After the market's close on Mon Alcoa will report its 2Q results, signaling the start of earnings season. Alcoa's EPS is expected to be down 80% to 6 cents with rev falling 11% to $5.83 bil as lower aluminum prices weigh.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,687.62 down 16.41 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,704.03. 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 $56.25 down 0.55 from Thursday's average closing price of $56.80. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.53 (HD/DD) down $0.60 from Thursday's median closing price of $50.15. The lowest volume was Travelers 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 lost $1,650 ($170,400 - $168,750).

MarketWatch Fri. 4:48 Myra P. Saefong and Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks closed lower Friday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 suffering losses for the week after a report on the U.S. labor market showed tepid, below-forecast growth in payrolls last month.The markets were, “for the most part, prepared for the poor [jobs] number,” said Robert Barone, a portfolio manager and partner at Universal Value Advisors in Reno, Nev.And while there was a reaction to the downside, by the end of the day, the markets were only off by about 1%, he said. “Some volatility — yes. Major damage — no.”The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.96% fell 124.20 points, or 1%, to close at 12,772.47, tallying a 0.8% loss for the week.The S&P 500 Index SPX-0.94% fell 12.90 points, or 0.9%, to 1,354.68, ending 0.6% lower for the week.The two benchmark indexes have now posted declines for two out of the last three weeks.The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-1.30% lost 38.79 points, or 1.3%, to 2,937.33. It climbed 0.1% on the week to score its fifth-straight weekly gain.“Markets have a lot to digest here,” said Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC. “We got stimulus from [the Bank of England, People’s Bank of China and European Central Bank] this week, which risk assets would normally see as bullish, but that near-term optimism is being countered by a reminder of the weak jobs market.”The Labor Department reported the U.S. economy created 80,000 jobs in June, less than the 100,000 expected in a MarketWatch survey of economists. Hiring slowed sharply in the second quarter, with job growth averaging 75,000 a month versus 226,000 in the first quarter.“Buying stocks and hiring people are both things you do when you want to take risks,” according to Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds.
Right now, there’s enough uncertainty to keep “investors and employers from wanting to take additional risk,” he said. “That’s reflected both in the employment numbers and in what stocks are doing.”Friday’s selloff was broad. On the Dow, only five of 30 components — including McDonald’s Corp. MCD+0.40% and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT+0.39% — ended higher.
On the Nasdaq, Informatica Corp. INFA-27.62% shares led the decline, losing 28% after the software maker lowered its outlook for the second quarter late Thursday.

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

AT&T: WSJ pB3 "Malware threat to Internet corralled" by Julian E. Barnes, Daniel Lippman says the malware threat to the Internet has been tamed. Verizon Comm plans to link those who lose conectivity with technicians who can remove the malware as will AT&T.

Alcoa: WSJ pC2 "The ticker", Fin times p22 "Corporate Diary" say today Alcoa is expected to report eps of 6 cents vs. year ago of 32 cents. JPMorgan is expected to report on Friday with estimates of 75 cents eps vs. year ago of $1.27.

WSJ pC1 "Ahead fo the tape" by Spencer Jakab says Alcoa starts the earnings season today. Short interest and dividend yield are good indicators of a safe stock and general includes consumer staples and utility stocks such as Kraft..

Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "Nasdaq sees distribution but most leaders hold up" by Victor Reklaitis says the main indexes lumped Fri after a weak job report giving up all or nearly all gains for the short trading week. Friday's action was sizable losses in mixed trade. Current outlook is a confirmed uptrend. After the market's close on Mon Alcoa will report its 2Q results, signaling the start of earnings season. Alcoa's EPS is expected to be down 80% to 6 cents with rev falling 11% to $5.83 bil as lower aluminum prices weigh.

Barron's p15 "Preview" says on Monday Alcoa kicks off earnings season, reporting after the close, chevron gives 2q update on Wed and on Friday the 13th JPMorgan reports reuslts and is seen detailing deriviatives losses and has a deadline to respond to US requests for emails in a probe of energy market manipulation.

American Express: For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Bank of America: WSJ pC1 "BofA linked to drug probe" by Dan Fitzpatrick says a Mexican cocaine trafficking cartel used accounts at Bank of America to hide money and ivnest illegal drug trade proceeds in US racehorses, the FBI said.

Barron's p14 "Week review" says Countrywide Fin'l, now owned by Bank of America gave discount loans to Congressmen and Fannie Mae execs.

Boeing: WSJ pB1 "The secret price of a jet airliner" by Daniel Michaels says Boeing and Aribus vaue deals of planes' sold based on planes' catalog prices which no one pays.

Fin Times Aerospace Section p1 "Builders must prove they can deliverY' by Andrew Parker says Boeing and others' production plans depend on their supply chains. There is a side bar of two pie charts showing the reginal splits of orders backlogs for Airbus and Boeing.

Fin Times Aerospace Section p4 "Consolidation shold improve prospects" by Andrew Parker saysRaynair is seeking to buy more aircraft because its exisitng deal with Boeing is coming to an end.

Fin Times Aerospace Section p2 "Cina offers serious challenge to Boeing and Airbus" by Simon Rabinovitch says The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China or Comac was founded in '08 for the purpose of breaking the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.

Fin Times p15 "Boeing in merger call to suppliers" by Andrew Parker, James Shotter says Airbus & Boeing are pushing alrge suppliers to buy smaller ones due to fears that weaknesses in the supply chain could undermine thier plans to incrase jet production.

WSJ pB4 "Boeing to bypass Airbus in orders" by Daniel Michaels, Jon Ostrower says Boeing looks set to start Europe's big air show at Farnsborough, England with orders from 2 leasing firms, GE and Air Lease.

WSJ pB4 "Prop planes take off" by Doug Cameron, David pearson says prop planes are good for routes less than 650 miles that are uneconomical to serve with larger jets such as Boeing's 737.

NYT pB2 "boeing says Airbus move is no cuase for concern" by Nicola Clark says Ray Conner head of Boeing's comm'l jet div says he isn't concerned about Airbus' decision to build its first factory in the US.

USA Today p1B "Industry gathers fo Farnborough Airshow" say Boeing and Airbus have a combined backlog of 8,312 planes and they make about 1,000 a year.

Caterpillar: For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Chevron: WSJ pB2 "Happening this week", Barron's p15 "Preview" say on Monday Alcoa kicks off earnings season, reporting after the close, chevron gives 2q update on Wed and on Friday the 13th JPMorgan reports reuslts and is seen detailing deriviatives losses and has a deadline to respond to US requests for emails in a probe of energy market manipulation.

Cisco: WSJ pC8 "Borrowing could pay big dividends in tehse taxing times" by Spencer Jakab says those in the highest tax bracker will see their marginal rate on dividend payouts rise to 43.4% in '13 from 15% due to the healtcare legislation. Pfizer pays a dividend and has a 3.9% yield. Instead of paying dividends firms such as Cisco and Microsoft may start borrowing money.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Coke: Barron's p20 "Cott shares could bubble up" by David Englander says last year Coke and Pepsico took advantage of costs savings tied to the acquistion of their bottelrs to price soft drinks below the increase in commodity costs.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Disney: WSJ pB6 "Comcast nears deal to sell its stake in A&E channel" by John Jannarone says Comcast is near a deal to sell its 15.8% stake in A&E TV Networks to jv partners Disney and Hearst for about $3 bil.

WSJ pB3 "Hulu chief pulls out of yahoo CEO search" by Amir Efrati says Jason Lilar has pulled his name from consideration. He was a former Disney exec and Hulu is partially owned by Disney.

WSJ pB6 "Spider Man ensnares box office in its web" by Michelle King says Brave from Disney was third this weekend gorssing $20.2 mil from 3,891 locations.

DuPont: WSJ pR1 "Recipe for success: pick 30 stokcs then juust sit back for the next 77 years" by Randall Smith profiles a fund that invested in a portfolio chosen in 1935 and still holds DuPont and Procter & Gamble and the predecessors of Exxon.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Exxon: For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

WSJ pR1 "Recipe for success: pick 30 stokcs then juust sit back for the next 77 years" by Randall Smith profiles a fund that invested in a portfolio chosen in 1935 and still holds DuPont and Procter & Gamble and the predecessors of Exxon.

GE: WSJ pB4 "Boeing to bypass Airbus in orders" by Daniel Michaels, Jon Ostrower says Boeing looks set to start Europe's big air show at Farnsborough, England with orders from 2 leasing firms, GE and Air Lease.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

IBM: WSJ pB1 "Patent troll tactics spread" by Ashby Jones says IBM and other tech firms monetize their patent portfolios for the past decade mostly through licensing. Last year, Microsoft and 4 other firms spent a combined $4.5 bil to buy up 6,000 patents from Nortel's bankruptcy estate.

Barron's pM3 "The trader" by Sandra Ward says analyst Keith bachman cut estimates for IBM due to a cuatious IT spending environment and adverse foreign exchange effects.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

JPMorgan: WSJ pA1 "New jolt looms for investors: earnings" by Jonathan Cheng, WSJ pC2 "The ticker" say today Alcoa is expected to report eps of 6 cents vs. year ago of 32 cents. JPMorgan is expected to report on Friday with estimates of 75 cents eps vs. year ago of $1.27.

Barron's p15 "Preview" says on Monday Alcoa kicks off earnings season, reporting after the close, chevron gives 2q update on Wed and on Friday the 13th JPMorgan reports reuslts and is seen detailing deriviatives losses and has a deadline to respond to US requests for emails in a probe of energy market manipulation.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Johnson & Johnson: Barron's p9 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says Walmart and Johnson & Johnson hit 52 week highs on Thursday.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Kraft: WSJ pC1 "Ahead fo the tape" by Spencer Jakab says Alcoa starts the earnings season today. Short interest and dividend yield are good indicators of a safe stock and general includes consumer staples and utility stocks such as Kraft..

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pC8 "Borrowing could pay big dividends in tehse taxing times" by Spencer Jakab says those in the highest tax bracker will see their marginal rate on dividend payouts rise to 43.4% in '13 from 15% due to the healtcare legislation. Pfizer pays a dividend and has a 3.9% yield. Instead of paying dividends firms such as Cisco and Microsoft may start borrowing money.

WSJ pB1 "Patent troll tactics spread" by Ashby Jones says IBM and other tech firms monetize their patent portfolios for the past decade mostly through licensing. Last year, Microsoft and 4 other firms spent a combined $4.5 bil to buy up 6,000 patents from Nortel's bankruptcy estate.

Barron's pM2 "Charing" charts Microsoft saying it took a $6.2 bil writedown of its online services unit.

Pfizer: WSJ pC8 "Borrowing could pay big dividends in tehse taxing times" by Spencer Jakab says those in the highest tax bracker will see their marginal rate on dividend payouts rise to 43.4% in '13 from 15% due to the healtcare legislation. Pfizer pays a dividend and has a 3.9% yield. Instead of paying dividends firms such as Cisco and Microsoft may start borrowing money.

Procter & Gamble: WSJ pR1 "Recipe for success: pick 30 stokcs then juust sit back for the next 77 years" by Randall Smith profiles a fund that invested in a portfolio chosen in 1935 and still holds DuPont and Procter & Gamble and the predecessors of Exxon.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

United Technologies: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "United Technologies say it is set to get EU approval for its $16.5 bil buyout aircraft components maker Goodrick after agreeing to sell US & UK assets.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

Verizon: WSJ pB3 "Malware threat to Internet corralled" by Julian E. Barnes, Daniel Lippman says the malware threat to the Internet has been tamed. Verizon Comm plans to link those who lose conectivity with technicians who can remove the malware as will AT&T.

Inv. Bus. Daily pa7 "Sprint confirms unlimited data plans for next iPhone" by Reinhardt says Verizon and AT&T won't match and they own the nation's biggest 4G LTE data networks.

Walmart: Barron's p9 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says Walmart and Johnson & Johnson hit 52 week highs on Thursday.

For 2Q 10 Dow firms enhanced dividends: Caterpillar, Chevron, DuPont, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers and United Technologies. Caterpillar nad United Tec don't pay their dividends until this quarter while Intel's payout hasn't been officially declared. The following voted increased dividends in1Q: American Express, Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart.

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
KFTNASDAQ-GS
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 6/20/12 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 $397.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 260 [8.5]
3. IBM 229.5 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 233 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. AT&T T 207.5 [6]
7. GE 213 [10.5]
8.Procter & Gamble PG 165.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 184 [3]
10. Coke KO 170.5 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 169.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 138.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 139 [5]
14. Verizon VZ 123 [3]
15. Merck MRK 119 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 90 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 94 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Bank of America BAC 87.5 [10.5]
20. Home Depot HD 81 [1.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 69 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 69 [2]
23. American Express AXP 66 [1]
24. Caterpillar CAT 57 [.5]
25. 3M MMM 60.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 42 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/20/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/14/12 8K re: sale of approx. $2 bil of notes
6/7/12 8K re completion of sale of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerebrus
5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting
4/24/12 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

Alcoa AA: 5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
4/16/12 8K re: 1Q Earnings call transcript
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

American Express AXP: 6/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats 3/31, 4/30 & 5/31/12
6/13/12 8K re: fin'l presentation of Vice-Chair Edward Gilligan
5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30
5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results
5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/18/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/16/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 3/31
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

Bank of Am BAC: 5/25/12 8K re: repurchase of notes
5/9/12 8K re: results of Annual Shareholders meeting
5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info
5/3/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/23/12 Proxy material for 5/9 Annual Meeting
4/19/12 8K 1Q results
4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments


Boeing BA: 5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago

Caterpillar CAT: 6/20/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 5/12
6/18/12 8K re: amended by-laws re: date of annual stockholders meeting
6/14/12 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Bd. of Dirs.
6/13/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div to 52 cents payable 8/20 to 7/20 record holders
5/17/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 4/12
5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31
4/25 8K re: 3/12 dealer stats
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/23/12 Proxy re: 6/13/12 Annual Stockholders Meeting at San Antonio, Tx
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

Chevron CVX: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results from annual stockholders meeting
5/27/12 proxy re: recommendation to vote against all stockholder proposals
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations
4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting of 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.

Cisco CSCO : 6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan
5/23/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/28/12
5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results
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

Coke KO: 5/25/12 Proxy material re: 7/10 Special stockholders meeting
5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21
3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes


Disney DIS:6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan

DuPont DD: 5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results
4/24/12 10Q re: quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/17/12 Proxy re: voting recommendations
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.

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/1/12 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
5/16/12 proxy re: exec compensation
5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations
5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31
4/26/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

GE: 6/12/12 8K re: election of Manjin Dekkers to Board of Dirs.
5/23/12 10Q/A amend 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/12
5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil from GECC to GE & increase of stock buyback program
5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/30/12 8K amending employee incentive plan
4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results
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

Home Depot HD: 5/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/29/12
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of 5/17 annual shareholders meeting
5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

Intel INTC: 5/22/12 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting
5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast
5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend
5/4/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockholders meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA


IBM: 5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes
5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials
4/26/12 8K re: Annual stockholders meeting results
4/24/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 3/31
4/18/12 8K re: sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions Business to Toshiba TEC
4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results


JPMorganChase JPM: 6/13/12 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before US Senate Comm on Banking
6/12/12 8K re: redemption of $9 bil in Trust Preferred Capital Securities
5/18/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders' results
5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames
5/10/12 10Q re: qtr ende 3/31
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 6/14/12 8K re: completion of Synthes purchase for $19.7 cash/stock
6/12/12 8K re: repurchase of shares from Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan
6/8/12 8K re: special charge of $600 mil related to legal charges related to Risperdal, Invega & Naterecor
5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet
5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1
4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of stockholders
4/20/12 add'l proxy material
4/19/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws splitting the offices of Chairman & CEO
4/17/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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


Kraft KFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Exchange Offer
6/8/12 8K re: on 6/26 KFT to trade on NASDAQ not NYSE
5/31/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
5/24/12 8K re: amendment of bylaws to do away with share certificates as of 6/15
5/22/12 8K re: 5 year revolving credit contract
5/18/12 8K re: favorable IRS ruling on tax-free nature of spin-off
5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting
5/4/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
5/3/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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.

McDonald's MCD: 6/18/12 8K re: stocks options to Donald Thompson CEO as of 7/1
6/11/12 8K re: May '12 sales
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan
5/8/12 8K re: April sales
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/16/12 8K re: election of Tim Fenton as COO
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
Merck MRK: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders
4/27/12 10Q re Qr ended 3/31
4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

Microsoft MSFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Amendment to By-laws re: timing of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech
4/19/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re 1 Qtr results

Pfizer PFE: 5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of shareholders
4/23/12 8K re: ale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil
44/16/12 add't'l proxy material
3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
Procter & Gamble PG: 5/4/12 8K e: resentation of info re: Snack Business as a discontinued operation
4/27/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
4/27/12 2 8Ks re: 3 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27

3M MMM: 5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/17/12 8K re: duties of Lead Independent Director
3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn

Travelers TRV: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/19/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ended 3/31
4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott

United Technologies UTX: 6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes
4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: retirement 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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
4/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
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.


WalMart WMT: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
6/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/30/12
5/17/12 8K re: operating results & guidance
4/16/12 proxy material re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 6/1 at 7 am at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.
3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12 END

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