Monday, August 20, 2012

8/20/12 Mon pm Dow Closes at 13,271.64 down 3.56 or 0.03%


Post No. 1,772 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  ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings in both cases as of 8/17/12.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Monday at 13,271.64 down 3.56 or 0.03% from Friday's close of 13,275.2.  Of the 30 Dow components 11 gained  and  19  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was McDonald's up 75 cents and percentage-wise was  Hewlett-Packard up 2.82%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was American Express down 72 cents or 1.25%.

As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is  14.31 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.28 (year ago it was 12.07); Monday's P/E estimate is  12.64 up from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.62 (year ago it was 11.11) and Monday's dividend yield is  2.64  up from Friday's dividend yield  of 2.6 (last year it was 2.82). 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 1,713.98 down 0.46 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,714.44. 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 (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow .Each dollar increase in the Dow increases the Dow Jones Industrial Averageby 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.13 down 2 cents from Friday's average closing price of $57.15. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.53 (HD/DD) down 15 cents from Friday's median closing price of $53.68  (HD/DD). The lowest volume was 3M 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 havelost $52 ($171,450 - $171,398).

MarketWatch.com  Mon. 4: 48 pm by Kate Gibson says US  stocks pared their losses Monday to close virtually unchanged as investors waited for events later in the week, including the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting, slated for release in two days. “This is central bank week, we’re all looking at Europe and the Fed,” said Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners.
Economic reports since the Aug. 1 Federal Open Market Committee gathering have dented chances of a third round of quantitative easing by the Fed, although the release coming Wednesday is unlikely to illustrate that change.                            
“Even though the minutes are going to reflect they are leaving the door open, the odds have fallen since then because we’ve seen improvement in some of the data,” said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Asset Management Group in Pittsburgh.                            
“We’re not falling apart; we’re not doing fabulously well either. You’d like to be more definitive, but there isn’t anything definitive,” said Nolte of recent U.S. economic reports.
Housing data later in the week could offer more direction, Nolte added.                               
The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 3.56 points, or 0.03%, to close at 13,271.64.
The S&P 500 Index     SPX-0.0021% ended at 1,418.13, about flat compared with a close of 1,418.16 on Friday. Telecommunications were the hardest hit Monday and technology was the best performing of its 10 major industry sectors.                               
Coventry Health Care Inc.CVH+20.32% rallied 20% after Aetna Inc.     AET+5.63% said it would purchase the medical-care supplier for about $5.6 billion. Shares of Aetna gained 5.%.
Apple Inc.     AAPL+2.63% shares closed at a record of $665.15, up 2.6%.
At Friday’s close, Apple represented 4.73% of the S&P 500 index, with a market capitalization of $607.54 billion, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.        The Nasdaq Composite     COMP-0.01% fell 0.38 point to 3,076.21.
Decliners slightly outweighed advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 551 million shares traded. Composite volume pulled within reach of 2.8 billion.
“The NYSE volume has fallen off a cliff, not just compared to other Augusts but compared to everything, but composite volume hasn’t changed all that much. It’s down from prior years, but less than 10%, while the NYSE volume is down 30% to 40%,” said Nolte.

Gold futures for December delivery /GCZ2+0.22% rose $3.60 to $1,623 an ounce, a two-month high.              

The U.S. dollar     3DXY-0.09% declined against other global currencies, including the euro     EURUSD-0.0688%. Treasury prices rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note     10_YEAR-0.17% falling to 1.814%.           
 
Lowe’s Cos.     LOW-5.78% fell 5.8% after the home-improvement retailer reported second-quarter earnings below estimates and reduced its earnings outlook. Read full story about Lowe’s.
Best Buy Co.     BBY-10.41% tapped French restructuring expert Hubert Joly as its chief executive. Its shares fell 10% Monday after buyout talks with founder Richard Schulze floundered.              
Meanwhile, “optimism was dealt a setback,” Stone said of the European Central Bank move to quell speculation about its planned bond-buying program, saying no decisions had been made.
Both the Dow and the S&P 500 on Friday sealed a sixth week of gains, their longest streaks since early 2011 and bringing the S&P within reach of a four-year high.

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 & 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 13,275.2  up 25.09 or 0.19% from Thursday's close of 13,13250.11. For the year the Dow is up 6.7%. For the week the Dow wasup 67.25 or  0.5%.  Of the 30 Dow components 13 gained, Procter & Gamble was unchanged  and  169  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was  United Technologies up $1.60 or 2.03%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise was   and percentage-wise was Merck down 65 cents or 1.48%.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "More leaders break out in good sign for uptrend" by Paul Whitfield says stocks finished the week on a postive note as more top rated stocks broke out Fri.  Friday's action saw indexes rise, close near week's highs.  The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "More leaders stage breakouts as market conditons improve" by Vincent mao says the market showed improvement last week by climbing out of a short trrading range and on to 3 month highs.

Sat. WSJ pB4 "Blue chips near a five-year high" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks ended a nail-biting trading day just points away from a near 5 year year high.  It closed about 4 points from its highest level since Dec. '07.


Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,714.44 up 3.24 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,711.20. 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 (0.12914682) you get the increase in today's Dow.Each dollar increase in the Dow increases the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.15 up113 cents from Thursday's average closing price of $57.04. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $59.76 (HD/DD). The lowest volume was 3M 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 made $330 ($171,450 - $171,120 ).

MarketWatch.com  Fri. 4: 21 pm by Wallace Witkowsi says US  stocks closed higher Friday, capping another low-volume week where all three major indexes logged weekly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.19% closed up 25.09 points, or 0.2%, at 13,275.20, and the S&P 500 Index SPX +0.19% rose 2.65 points, or 0.2%, to 1,418.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished up 14.20 points, or 0.5%, at 3,076.59. Both the Dow and the S&P have logged gains for the sixth consecutive week, the longest weekly winning streak since January 2011. The Nasdaq was up for its fifth week in a row. Stocks traded in a narrow range Friday on below-average volume following the release of data showing a rise in consumer sentiment and economic indicators.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB6 "Boeing mvoes to speed 787 deliveries" by Jon Ostrower says Boeing does 8 test flights per new 787 and is now truing to compress the test flight procedures.

Caterpillar:  Fin Times p11 "global outlook hazy, says Caterpillar" by Hal Weitzman,  Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Caterpillar's US sales surge" say Caterpllar's sales jumped 14% int he last quarter, fraster than the 11% int he prior 2 periods.  Caterpillar says the global economic outlook is more uncertain now that at the start of the crisis in late '08.

Fin Times p14 "Caterpillar digs deep for the long haul" is an interview with CEO Doug Oberhelman by Hal Weitzman.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  Barron's pM2 "Charting the market" charts Cisco saying it had a 64% jump in EPS to 36 cents for the quarter ended July and it will raise its quarterly dividend 75% to 14 cents per share.

Barron's pM3 "Apple and Cisco lead the market higher" by Vito J. Racanelli says strong results from Cisco Systems and Apple led the charge for a 6th consecutive week of gains.

Barron's p28 "Goodbye, growth.  Hello, divdiends.  Cisco hikes payout 75%. by Tiernan Ray says Cisco's journey of recovery has made good progress.   Cisco had double digit sales growth among its top 29 clobal customers and is doing a lot better than its network competitor Juniper which saw sales fall 4.2% in June. A few weeks ago Intel & Mircrosoft reported good results desptie a weak PC market.  Intel had a 3.6% growth rate for June and Microsoft reported 4% growth for that quarter.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  WSJ pB1 "Shell races the ice in Alaska" by Tom Fowler says Royal Dutch Sehell is spending billions of dollars to drill the frist oil wells in US Arctic waters in 20 years.   Exxon rexpects to spend billions of dollars in the next few years with Russia's OAO Rosneft to explore that country's largely untouched Arctic waters.

  WSJ pC1 "Cold eye over Whale probe" by Dan Fitzpatrick says JPMorgan has named Lee Raymond, the former chairman & CEO of Exxon to ivnestigate the trading loss at JPMorgan

GE: Barron's p29 "In it for the duration" by Sarah max is an interview with Mary Stanek, Pres. of Baird Funds who says  its Core Fund has 585 securities, its largest crdit holding is GE which accounts for just 0.99% of the portfolio.

Hewlett-Packard:  Inv. Bus. Daily pB5 "Buy turnaround stories on proven results, not faith" by Aalan R. Elliott says in '93 Lou Gerstner joined a stalled IBM.  BP, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard and GM are in the midst of turnaround attempts.

Home Depot:  WSJ p B2 & C2 ("The ticker")   "Happening this Week", Barron's p13 "Week preview", NYT pB2 "Looking ahead"  say Home Depot reports on Wed. and estimates are 98 cents per share vs. $1.10 a year ago.

 Inv. Bus. Daily pA8 "Parceling out the grocery trade" by Kevin Harlin says Walmart is opening a smaller box in Los Angeles under the name Neighborhood market which will be a small supermarket.  Home Depot is even doing a food display or snack display.

Intel: Barron's p28 "Goodbye, growth.  Hello, divdiends.  Cisco hikes payout 75%. by Tiernan Ray says Cisco's journey of recovery has made good progress.   Cisco had double digit sales growth among its top 29 clobal customers and is doing a lot better than its network competitor Juniper which saw sales fall 4.2% in June. A few weeks ago Intel & Mircrosoft reported good results desptie a weak PC market.  Intel had a 3.6% growth rate for June and Microsoft reported 4% growth for that quarter.

IBM:   Inv. Bus. Daily pB5 "bu turnaround stories on proven results, not faith" by alan R. Elliott says in '93 Lou Gerstner joined a stalled IBM.  BP, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard and GM are in the midst of turnaround attempts.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "Cold eye over Whale probe" by Dan Fitzpatrick says JPMorgan has named Lee Raymond, the former chairman & CEO of Exxon to ivnestigate the trading loss at JPMorgan. 

Barron's pM6 "Where to buy better banks" by Reshma Kapadia says John Paulson is reducing his posing in JPMorgan Chase.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  WSJ pB6 "Big drug makers struggle to grow in emerging markets" by Jonathan rockoff says Merck plans to reach its target of a quarter of pharm and vaccine sales coming from developing markets such as China and India.  Pfizer whose 2Q rev in emerging markets rose 8% to $2.6 bil scaled back its projections for growth in emerging markets.

Microsoft: Barron's p28 "Goodbye, growth.  Hello, divdiends.  Cisco hikes payout 75%. by Tiernan Ray says Cisco's journey of recovery has made good progress.   Cisco had double digit sales growth among its top 29 clobal customers and is doing a lot better than its network competitor Juniper which saw sales fall 4.2% in June. A few weeks ago Intel & Mircrosoft reported good results desptie a weak PC market.  Intel had a 3.6% growth rate for June and Microsoft reported 4% growth for that quarter.

USA Today p5B "Skype-Microsoft marriage displays promise" is an interview by Ed Barg with Tony Bates, pres of the Slkye Div. of Microsoft.

Pfizer:   WSJ pB6 "Big drug makers struggle to grow in emerging markets" by Jonathan rockoff says Merck plans to reach its target of a quarter of pharm and vaccine sales coming from developing markets such as China and India.  Pfizer whose 2Q rev in emerging markets rose 8% to $2.6 bil scaled back its projections for growth in emerging markets.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Walmart: WSJ pC1 "Retailers are hoping to chalk one up" b David Reilly says Walmart was optimistic on its recent earnings call saying back to school apparel was up 7%.

Barron's p12 "Week review" says Walmart Stores raised earnings outlook for the year.  Walamrt, Target & 7-11 are developing a mobile payment network, Merchants Customer Exchange, to compete with Google.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA8 "Parceling out the grocery trade" by Kevin harlin says Walmart is opening a smaller box in Los Angeles udner the nname Neighborhoold market which will be a small supermarket.  Home Depot is even doing a food display or snack display.

Friday'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
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 Donald 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 8/17/12 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 $408 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 259.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 245 [3.5]
4. IBM 230 [1]
5. GE 222 [10.5]
6.  Chevron CVX 221 [2]
7. AT&T T 214.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 187 [3]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 184.5 [3]
10.  Coke KO 178.5 [4.5]11. Pfizer PFE 177.5 [7.5]
12.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 140.5 [4]
13.  Intel INTC 132.5 [5]
14.  Merck MRK 132 [3]15. Verizon VZ 125.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17.  Disney DIS 90.5 [2]18. McDonald's MCD 88 [1]
19.  Home Depot HD 87 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 73.5 [1]
22.  Kraft KFT 72 [2]23. American Express AXP 65.5 [1]
24. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
25. Caterpillar CAT 59 [.5]
26.  Boeing BA 55.5 [1]27. DuPont DD 47 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 38.5 [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 8/17/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/29/12 8K re: election of Scott F. Ford as Director
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

Alcoa AA: 7/26/12  10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report


American Express AXP:  8/15/12 8K re: dlinq. & write0off stats for months of May, June, and July
8/8/12 8K re: presentation from semi-annual Fin'l Community Meeting
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/20/12 8K re: election of David L. Vasella (Chairman of Bd. of Novartis) as Director
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/16/12 8K re: credt stats through 6/30/12
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


Bank of Am BAC: 8/10/12 8K re: retirement of Vice Chiar Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
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




Boeing BA: 7/25/12 10Q and 8K re: 2nd quarter results ended 6/30/12
6/26/12 8K re: selection of Raymond L. Conner to replace Jim Albaugh as Pres/CEO of Boeing Comm'l Airplanes
5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31



Caterpillar CAT: 8/17/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/10/12 8K re: debenture exchange
8/6/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/27 8K re: debenture exchange
7/24/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer states
6/26/12 8K re: safety problems at Wyoming mine
6/25/12 8K re: underwriting agreement re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
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


Chevron CVX:  8/2/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: 2 Qtr. results ended 6/30/12
7/11/12 8K re: guidance for 2Q
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


Cisco CSCO : 8/15/12 8K re: 4Q and FY '12 earnings
8/2/12 8K re: appointment to Bd. of CEO of salesforce.com Marc Benioff and Kristina M. Johnson, CEO of enduring Hydro, LLC
6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan


Coke KO: 7/1 8K re: new operating structure
7/27/12 8K re: Amendment to Articles of Incorp. to increase auth. shares & 2 for 1 stock split
'7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/29/12
7/17/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/10/12 8K re: approval of shareholders for stock split
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



Disney DIS:  8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12

6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement


DuPont DD: 7/24/12 8K and 7/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12
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


GE: 7/30/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/30/12 8K re: election of John J. Brennan to Bd., he is Chairman Emeritus of Vanguard
7/23/12 8K re: resignation of John Krenicki as Vice Chair & exec officer at year end
7/20/12 8K re: 2Q results
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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


Home Depot HD: 8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement
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


Intel INTC: 8/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
7/9/12 8K re; purchase of 10% of ASML for $2.1 bil
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




IBM:  8/1/12 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions biz to Toshiba Tec
7/31/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 1.875% notes due '22
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes
5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials



JPMorganChase JPM: 8/9/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: exec changes
7/13/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/13/12 8K re: restatement of 1Q results
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12
7/20/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder deriv case in US Dist CT NJ
7/17/12 8K re: 2Q results
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




Kraft KFT:  8/17/12 8K & 8/14 8K & 8/2/12 8K re: spin-off
8/3/12 10Q & 8/2/12 8K re: results of second  quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 & 7/17/12 & 7/2/12 8Ks re: successful exchange of notes
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


McDonald's MCD: 8/9/12 8K re: July '12 sales
8/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/23/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/20/12 8K re: various amendments to By-laws
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



Merck MRK: 8/7/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders


Microsoft MSFT:  7/26/12 10K for year ended 6/30/12
7/19/12 8K re: 4Q & full year results
7/2/12 8K re: write-down to Online Services Div
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

Pfizer PFE: 8/14/12 8K re: purchase of marketing rights to OTC Nexium from AstraZeneca
8/9/12 10Q & 7/31/12 8K re: results of 2 Qtr ended 7/1/12
5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results



Procter & Gamble PG: 8/16/12 Form 8-A & 8/16 & 8/14/12 8Ks re sales of notes
8/8/12 10K and 8/3/12 2 8Ks all re: fourth quarter results for year ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 8K re: Board proclaims support for CEO Bob McDonald
7/10/12 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents per share
6/20/12 8K re: Deutsche Bank Conference Reg. FD disclosures


3M MMM: 8/2/12 & 7/26/12 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/26/12 8K re: sale of notes
6/26/12 8K re: issuance of $1.25 bil of notes
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


Travelers TRV: 7/19/12 10Q & 7/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ender 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders


United Technologies UTX: 7/31/12 8K re: purchase of Silver II for $3.46 bil
7/26/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: results of 2nd qtr ended 6/30/12 & closing of Goodrich purchase and board and exec changer
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.


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/19/12 Form S-3 re: registration of 29,750,000 shares
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting


WalMart WMT:  8/16/12 8K re: 2 Qtr results
7/30/12 8K re: election to Board of Tim Flynn, former Chairman of KPMG
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
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