Tuesday, August 28, 2012

8/28/12 Tues. pm Dow Closes at 13,102.99 down 21.68 or 0.17%

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Post No. 1,786 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 Tuesday at 13,102.99 down 21.68 or 0.17% from Monday's close of 13,124.67. Of the 30 Dow components 9 gained, Disney was unchanged  and 20  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron up 62 cents and percentage wise was Intel up 64%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's down 40 cents or 1.8%.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.54 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.60 (year ago it was 12.87); today's P/E estimate is 12.52 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.24 (year ago it was 11.23) and today's dividend yield is 2.63 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.59 (last year it was 2.71). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,692.20 down 2.80   from Monday's closing numerator of 1,695. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.41 down 9 cents from Monday's average closing price of $56.50. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.17   (HD/DD) down 14 cents from Monday's median closing price of $53.31 (HD/DD). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday 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 $280 ($169,500 - $169,220).

MarketWatch.com Tues. 3:03 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks moved only slightly Tuesday as investors offered a muted reaction to mixed economic reports and took a cautious stance ahead of potential central-bank moves.                           
“We are suggesting to our investors that they view last week and this week with a cautious eye. Volumes are really low, and a lot of seasoned traders and professionals are on vacation,” said Brad Sorensen, Charles Schwab’s director of market and sector analysis.
European Central Bank president won't attend this week's international gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Charles Forelle discusses on Markets Hub. (Photo: Bloomberg)
“It’ll heat up with Jackson Hole and the Europeans meeting next week,” he added of the Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Wyoming and the European Central Bank meeting next Thursday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average     DJIA-0.17% was lately off 3.12 points at 13,121.55.
The S&P 500 Index     SPX-0.08% added nearly 1 point to 1,411.29, with consumer sectors faring best and natural resources the heaviest weight among its 10 industry groups.                               
“We are stuck in a narrow range now between 1,398 and 1,426,” Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus, wrote in afternoon comments.
“If the market doesn’t like what it hears from the [European Central Bank] on Sept. 6, I expect the downside of the range to be broken,” he added.
The Nasdaq Composite Index     COMP+0.13% rose 4.84 points, or 0.2%, to 3,078.03.
For every three stocks declining, four gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where composite volume approached 1.8 billion as of 2:45 p.m. Eastern.
The price of oil rose as Isaac, now a full-fledged hurricane, cut production in the Gulf of Mexico, with crude futures for October delivery     CLV2+0.63% climbing 0.9% to end at $96.33 a barrel in New York.         The U.S. dollar     DXY-0.37% fell against other global currencies, including the euro. Treasury prices mostly gained, with the 10-year note yield     10_YEAR-0.91% declining at 1.63%.                      

                            

Besides, further monetary easing will not lift the uncertainty that comes with the failure of politicians to address the nation’s fiscal policy, he added, reiterating Bernanke’s repeated call for action by lawmakers.
“Liquidity really isn’t the problem; there is plenty of liquidity out there. Corporate balance sheets show a lot of liquidity and cash, but they are apparently not willing to invest in capital and labor,” Sorensen remarked of worries about the so-called fiscal cliff and future tax rules. “They have to know what the rules of the game are.”
U.S. economic reports were mixed. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities rose 0.5% in June from the year-earlier period, the first such gain in nearly two years.              
Separately, the Conference Board’s index of consumer confidence declined in August to a nine-month low, with the private research group’s data illustrating pessimism about job prospects and the economy.   The sentiment reading should be taken with a large grain of salt, since there’s often a big gap between what people say and what they do, according to Sorensen, who added that chain-store sales results provide more telling information.                             
In Europe, the National Statistics Institute in Madrid on Tuesday reported Spain’s recession grew worse in the second quarter, with the euro member’s gross domestic product falling 0.4% from the first quarter.


Tuesday'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 Tues. morning's Blog.

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

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,124.67 down 33.3 or 0.25% from Friday's close of 13,157.97.  For the year the Dow is up 7.42%. Of the 30 Dow components 9 gained and 21 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's up 62 cents and percentage wise was Cisco up 0.83%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $2.08 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 2.1%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks muted despite deals" by Matt jarzemsky says US stocks closed lower in a sleepy session as a handful of corp buyouts & a legal victory sending Apple to an all time high failed to excite the broader market.  Kenexa is charted under Good News after IBM agreed to pay $1.3 bil for the maker of business recruitment software.

IBD pB2 "Indexes mixed as Nasdaq stalls; some leaders leap" by Vic Reklaitis says stocks chopped around in a limited range Mon & finished narrowly mixed as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

NYT pB3 "On slow day of trading, Apple keeps soaring" by Reuters says shares of Apple hit another reocrd in a the lightest full day of trading of the year with investors looking ahead to a speech Fri by Bernanke.  Dow was ded down by IBM which agreed to buy Kenexa.

USA Today p4B "Dow, S&P drift lower while investors wait on Fed news" by Bloomberg says stocks fell Mon following the first weekly decline in 2 months for the S&P as investors awaited indications on whether the Fed will do more stimulus measures.

Fin times p20 "Apple hits fresh high on court ruling & iPhone 5 expectations" by Kandy Wong says US equity markets closed mixed ahead of the jackson Hole symposium of central bankers.  Microsoft added 0.4% but IBM declined 1.1%.  AT&T was down 0.2% and Verizon was down 1%.


Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,695 down 4.30 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,699.30. 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 $56.50 down 14 cents from Friday's average closing price of $56.64. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.31 (HD/DD) down 30 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $53.61 (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 $430 ($169,930 $169,500).

MarketWatch.com Mon. 4:10 says Blue-chip stocks closed lower Monday, ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech at a Fed retreat later this week, while gains in shares of Apple Inc. helped lift the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow industrials closed down 33 points, or 0.3%, at 13,124.67. The Nasdaq Composite rose 3.4 points, or 0.1%, to 3,073.19, with shares of Apple up 1.9%. The S&P 500 slipped 0.7 point to 1,410.44. “Looks like a confused market, as bond prices rise signaling fear, but small-cap stocks continue their outperformance signaling the opposite,” said Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC. “The world waits for SuperBen and the League of Extraordinary Bankers to put on their suits Friday morning.”

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

AT&T: Fin times p20 "Apple hits fresh high on court ruling & iPhone 5 expectations" by Kandy Wong says US equity markets closed mixed ahead of the jackson Hole symposium of central bankers.  Microsoft added 0.4% but IBM declined 1.1%.  AT&T was down 0.2% and Verizon was down 1%.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC2 "Paulson to talk with BofA" by David Benoit says this hedge fund manager will talk to staff and clients.

Boeing:  WSJ pB1 "Dreamliner assembly expanded" by Jon Ostrower says Boeing activated a 3rd assembly line for the 787 at its factory in Everett, Wash to increase production rate to 10 per month by end of '13.

AJC pA8  "Age discriination unnproved, court says" says Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems won a case alleging age discrimination in a 10th US cirjc. Ct. of Appeals uphelding a lower case.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  WSJ pB1 "Chevron cash fuels deal talk" by Daniel Gilbert says Chevron is saving money and some think it is bracing for a spike in ocsts or use its $21 bil to buy a smaller rival.  Chevron has 18% more cash than its largest rival, Exxon.

Cisco: WSJ pC1 "She story behidn Facebook and Apple" by Francesco Guerrera has a side bar of the peak value of Microsoft, GE, Cisco and Intel's market cap.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB1 "Disney's recent success is mroe than seasonal blip" by Erica Orden says between April & June, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim drew more visitors than it ever has during the same period.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:    WSJ pB1 "Chevron cash fuels deal talk" by Daniel Gilbert says Chevron is saving money and some think it is bracing for a spike in ocsts or use its $21 bil to buy a smaller rival.  Chevron has 18% more cash than its largest rival, Exxon.

GE: WSJ pC1 "She story behidn Facebook and Apple" by Francesco Guerrera has a side bar of the peak value of Microsoft, GE, Cisco and Intel's market cap.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pC10 "HP faces a long, ahrd grind" by Rolfe Winkler says Meg Whitman may not have a Plan B.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pC1 "She story behidn Facebook and Apple" by Francesco Guerrera has a side bar of the peak value of Microsoft, GE, Cisco and Intel's market cap.

IBM: WSJ pB7 "IBM buys software maker for $1.3 bil" by Spencer Ante, IBD pA4 "IBM follows rivals Oracle, SAP in talent software acquisition" by Pete Barlas, NYT pB1, Fin Times p14 "IBM in social business push with Kenexa deal" by David Gelles, AJC pA8 "IBM buys Kenexa for $1.3 bil", WSJ pC4 "Stocks muted despite deals" by Matt Jarzemsky say US stocks closed lower in a sleepy session as a handful of corp buyouts & a legal victory sending Apple to an all time high failed to excite the broader market.  Kenexa is charted under Good News after IBM agreed to pay $1.3 bil for the maker of business recruitment software.  Knexa has 8,900 customers, 2,800 workers and is in Wayne, Pa.

IBM mainframe evolves to serve the digital world" by Steve Lohr says IBM is introducing on Tues a new line of mainframe computers, the zEnteprise EC12.

NYT pB3 "On slow day of trading, Apple keeps soaring" by Reuters says shares of Apple hit another reocrd in a the lightest full day of trading of the year with investors looking ahead to a speech Fri by Bernanke.  Dow was ded down by IBM which agreed to buy Kenexa.

 Fin times p20 "Apple hits fresh high on court ruling & iPhone 5 expectations" by Kandy Wong says US equity markets closed mixed ahead of the jackson Hole symposium of central bankers.  Microsoft added 0.4% but IBM declined 1.1%.  AT&T was down 0.2% and Verizon was down 1%.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: IBD pA1 "Apple presses on fight vs. Samsung; Andorid in sights" by Brian Deagon says  Ajpple's figfht vs. Andorid may allow alternative smartphone operating systems from Microsoft and others.

Fin times p20 "Apple hits fresh high on court ruling & iPhone 5 expectations" by Kandy Wong says US equity markets closed mixed ahead of the jackson Hole symposium of central bankers.  Microsoft added 0.4% but IBM declined 1.1%.  AT&T was down 0.2% and Verizon was down 1%.

WSJ pC1 "She story behidn Facebook and Apple" by Francesco Guerrera has a side bar of the peak value of Microsoft, GE, Cisco and Intel's market cap.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon: Fin times p20 "Apple hits fresh high on court ruling & iPhone 5 expectations" by Kandy Wong says US equity markets closed mixed ahead of the jackson Hole symposium of central bankers.  Microsoft added 0.4% but IBM declined 1.1%.  AT&T was down 0.2% and Verizon was down 1%.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Monday'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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