The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,107.48 up 4.49 or 0.03% from Tuesday's close of 13,102.99. Of the 30 Dow components 18gained and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's up 51 cents and percentage wise was Verizon up 0.98%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down 55 cents and percentage-wise was Coke down 1.42%.
As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.52 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.54 (year ago it was 12.90); today's P/E estimate is 12.52 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.24 (year ago it was 11.23) and today's dividend yield is 2.64 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.63 (last year it was 2.65). 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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,692.78 up 0.68 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,692.20. 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 by 7.74.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.43 up 2 cents from Tuesday's average closing price of $56.41. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.44 (HD/DIS up 27 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $53.17 (HD/DD). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.
If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $68 ($169,288 - $169,220).
MarketWatch.com Wed. 4:10 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Wednesday ended with mild gains that started just before the release of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, which found gradual economic expansion across the Fed’s 12 districts. “The Beige Book indicated the economy is okay, at best, but it’s not rebounding so quickly that you have to discount chances of some type of move from quantitative easing, which is a near-term positive for the market,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners. But it’s too soon to tell if another monetary easing move by the central bank is completely priced in, Pavlik said. “It’s going to depend on how they do it, and the size of the program they decide on,” said Pavlik, who believes any such move would come at the Federal Open Market Committee gathering in September.After falling 22 points and rising 42, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA ended 4.49 points higher, or less than 0.1%, at 13,107.48. That was the blue-chip index’s first gain in three days. Verizon Communications Inc. VZ shares led gainers, rising 1%. Dow component and equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT erased losses that came after competitor Joy Global Inc. JOY reduced its earnings and revenue forecast. In position for a third monthly gain, the S&P 500 Index SPX rose 1.19 point, or 0.1%, to 1,410.49, with telecommunications the best performing and energy the greatest laggard of its 10 sectors. It was also the first gain in three days for the S&P 500. Among the biggest S&P 500 gainers, WellPoint Inc. WLP shares rose 7.7% after the insurer said Angela Braly resigned Tuesday as its chairman and chief executive officer. The Nasdaq Composite COMP advanced 4.05 points, or 0.1%, to 3,081.19. The index was up for four consecutive days, its longest winning streak since early July.
Volume was very low, in keeping with past sessions. There were nearly 510 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. For every three stocks that advanced, two declined. Composite volume for NYSE-listed shares was just above 2.5 billion, the 11th session of volume under 3 billion this month. August is on track for its lowest monthly average since May 2007. Wednesday’s release of the central bank’s collection of anecdotes comes two days before Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech at an annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Economic reports this week have failed to garner much of a reaction from investors at what’s typically a low-volume, lackluster time of the year for Wall Street, with many on vacation ahead of the Labor Day holiday. And, what little focus investors seemed to have was almost exclusively drawn to Bernanke’s coming words.
“Everybody at this point is much more fixated at what Chairman Bernanke says on Friday in terms of setting monetary policy,” said Jim Baird, chief investment strategist for Plante Moran Financial Advisors. “What we’re looking for is the Fed giving us some short of que in terms of their next step,” Baird said. Oil prices fell as Hurricane Isaac did not do any significant damage to production in the Gulf Coast and data showed that inventories unexpectedly climbed last week. Crude futures for October delivery CLV2 fell 84 cents, or 0.9%, to $95.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The U.S. dollar DXY gained against other global currencies, including the euro EURUSD. The benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR fell, its yield at 1.655%.
The Commerce Department said gross domestic product rose at a 1.7% annual rate from April through June, up from its prior estimate of 1.5%. “It is like a car traveling at 17 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour speed zone,” Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos., wrote of the economy’s performance.“The next potential market-moving event occurs Friday,” Dickson said of Bernanke’s coming talk at an annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Wall Street offered muted reaction to another indication of strengthening in the housing sector, with the National Association of Realtors reporting its index of pending-home sales rose 2.4% in July.“This is just the latest in an ongoing story showing sustained gains in the housing market,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, in emailed research.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
| T |  | NYSE | |||
| AA | | NYSE | |||
| AXP |  | NYSE | |||
| BAC | | NYSE | |||
| BA | | NYSE | |||
| CAT | | NYSE | |||
| CVX | | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | | NYSE | |||
| DIS | | NYSE | |||
| DD | | NYSE | |||
| XOM | | NYSE | |||
| GE | | NYSE | |||
| HPQ | | NYSE | |||
| HD | | NYSE | |||
| INTC | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | | NYSE | |||
| JPM | | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | | NYSE | |||
| KFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE |
| PG | | NYSE | |||
| MMM | | NYSE | |||
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
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The following are excerpts from Wed. morning's Blog.
A read of the print editions of Wednesday'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 Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
Dow Jones Average: 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. For the year the Dow is up 7.25%. 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%.
WSJ pC4 "Dow slips; Nasdaq gains" by Chris Dieterich says stocks ended lower as an upbeat reading on housing prices was offset by a dour report on consumer confidence. Energy stocks rose as Isaack approached the Gulf Coast. Chevron was up 62 cents.
NYT pB8 "With little to act on, markets are muted" by Reuters says the market barely budged after mixsed economic data gave little reason to shift focus away from Bernanke's speech on Fri.
USA today p 3B "Markets flat as investors keep an eye on economic reports" by Bloomberg says investors are waiting for Bernanke's Fri. speech.
IBND pB4 "Indexes tread water again, but some leaders act well" by Vic Reklaitis says stocks seesawed Tues to a narrowly mixed finish for a 2nd straight session as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
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.
Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: No mentions found.
Alcoa: No mentions found.
American Express: No mentions found.
Bank of America: WSJ pC3 "Pauslon assures BofA, clients inc all" by David Benoid says the call was arranged after clients went to their advisers concerned about Paulson's funds.
Boeing: No mentions found.
Caterpillar: No mentions found.
Chevron: WSJ pC4 "Dow slips; Nasdaq gains" by Chris Dieterich says stocks ended lower as an upbeat reading on housing prices was offset by a dour report on consumer confidence. Energy stocks rose as Isaack approached the Gulf Coast. Chevron was up 62 cents.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coke: No mentions found.
Disney: IBD "ESPN" says Disney's ESPN expanded its Major League Baseball contract through '21.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: No mentions found.
GE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB7 "Lexmark to wind down inkjet-printing business" by Shara Tibken, IBD pA3 "Lexmark shares jump nearly 14% as firm exits inkjet manufacturing" by Beinhardt Krause say prices have been falling for printers so Lexmark, Hewlett-Packard and others have relied on sales of ink refills.
AJC pA13 "HP< Dell: PC makers in desperate need of reboot" by Michael Liiedtke, AP says the PC biz is faltering due to changing tech trends since the iPHone was released in '07. HP's market value has plunged 60% to $35 bil.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
Intel: No mentions found.
IBM: IBD pA2 "IBM debuts new mainframes", AJC pA15 "IbM unveils powerful new mainframes" by AP say IBM introduced its zEnterpise EC12 mainframe server.
JPMorgan: No mentions found.
Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.
Kraft: No mentions found.
McDonald's: WSJ pB8 "Costlier food puts restaurants in bind" by Julie Jargon says McDonald's and other restaurant chains are caught between soaring ingredient costs & fears that raising prices will hurt business.
Merck: No mentions found.
Microsoft: AJC pA15 "Samsung previews new Windows 8 desktop PCs" by AP says Samsung will offer 3 different types of desktop computers with a redesigned Windows op system to go on sale this fall.
WSJ pB1 "MIcrosoft's mobile moment: will consumers buy in?" by Spencer Ante, WSJ pA13 "The jury has spoken: think different" by Holman Jenkins say Samsung's loss is Microsoft's opporunity because it can now develop a smartphone without having to worry about being an iPhone knockoff.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
United Techologies: No mentions found.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Walmart: No mentions found.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
| T | | NYSE | |||
| AA | | NYSE | |||
| AXP | | NYSE | |||
| BAC | | NYSE | |||
| BA | | NYSE | |||
| CAT | | NYSE | |||
| CVX | | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | | NYSE | |||
| DIS |  | NYSE | |||
| DD | | NYSE | |||
| XOM | | NYSE | |||
| GE | | NYSE | |||
| HPQ | | NYSE | |||
| HD | | NYSE | |||
| INTC | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | | NYSE | |||
| JPM | | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | | NYSE | |||
| KFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE |
| PG | | NYSE | |||
| MMM | | NYSE | |||
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
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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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