Monday, September 17, 2012

9/17/12 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 13,553.1 down 40.27 or 0.3%

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Post No. 1,818 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,553/1 down 40.27 or 0.3% from Friday's close of 13,593.57.  Of the Dow components 10 gained (not including United Health which was up), Microsoft was unchanged  and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's up 44 cents and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 0.92%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing down $1.36 and percentage-wise was  Alcoa down 2.64%.


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 0.12914682. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 15.06 up from Saturday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.00 (year ago it was 12.84); Monday's P/E estimate is 12.95 up from Saturday's P/E estimate of 12.55 (year ago it was 11.52) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.52 down from Saturday's dividend yield of 2.54 (last year it was 2.69). 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 1,750.33 down 5.20 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,755.53. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow. Each dollar increase or decrease in the Dow increases or decreases the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.34 down 18 cents from Friday's average closing price of $58.52. The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.53 (HD/DIS) down 25 cents from Friday's median closing price of $55.78 (HD/DIS). 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 $520 ($175,553 - $175,033).

MarketWatch.com 9/17/12 Mon. pm 4:17 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks ended lower Monday for the first day in five, hit by profit-taking and some unease over geopolitical concerns that roiled energy markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.30% ended down 40.27 points, or 0.3%, to 13,553.10; Boeing Co. BA -1.91% and Caterpillar Inc. CAT -1.27% contributed the most to the Dow's loss. The S&P 500 SPX -0.31% ended off 4.58 points, or 0.3%, to 1,461.19. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.17% sank 5.28 points, or 0.2%, to 3,178.67. But the Nasdaq 100 ended higher, lifted by a 1.2% gain in Apple Inc. AAPL +1.23% shares, the index's biggest component.


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
UNHNYSE
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 13,593.57 up 53.51 or 0.4% from Thursday's close of 13,539.86. For the week the Dow is up 286.73 or 2.15% from last Friday's close of 13,306.64. For the year the Dow is up 11.26%.  Of the Dow components 18 gained and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar up $2.28 or 2.51%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck down $1.12 or 2.54 %.

BD pB6 "Stocks advance but show stalling action on S&P 500" by Paul Whitfield says stocks advanced higehr vol Fri, but the S&P showed stalling action.  The current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.  A day after the Fed cheif Bernanke gave the bulls more easy money in the form of qunatitative easing, economic data added more gifts for the bulls by the U. of Michigan consumer sentiment index for early Sept. shoving aside the consensus view & rising to tis highest level in 4 months.



Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,755.53 up 6.91 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,748.62. 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 increase for today by the divisor (0.12914682) you get the increase in today's Dow. Each dollar increase or decrease in the Dow increases or decreases the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.52 up 23 cents from Thursday's average closing price of $58.29. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.78 (HD/DIS) up 33 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $55.45 (HD/DIS). The lowest volume wasTtravelers 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 $683 ($175,553 - $174,870).

MarketWatch.com 9/14/12 Fri. pm 4:16 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Friday sealed a second weekly rise, still basking in the aftermath of central-bank moves. Stocks have been climbing for much of the recent summer, rallying around 4% in the last two weeks. "A good amount of this move was the fact that Europe has moved away from its Lehman moment," said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management. Up for an eighth week in 10, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.40% rose 53.51 points, or 0.4%, to 13,593.37, gaining 2.2% from last week's close. The S&P 500 SPX+0.40% added 5.78 points, or 0.4%, to 1,465.77, rising 1.9% on the week. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.89% advanced 28.12 points, or 0.9%, to 3,183.95, posting a 1.5% weekly rise. Stone downplayed the downgrade by Egan-Jones Ratings Co. of its U.S. sovereign rating to AA- from AA. "People know of it, but it's not S&P or Moody's. I'd be doubtful that would have some sort of major market-moving impact."

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

AT&T:  Barron's p26 "amazing Apple does it again" by Ternan Ray says by Fri morning, Apple's online store sold out of iPhone 5's as did AT&t, one of thee carriers for the iPhone 5 in the US.  the others are Verizon Communications and Sprint-Nextel.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing: WSJ pB4 "Boeing sees demand staying high in '13" by Jon Ostrower says Boeing Comm'l Airplanes CEO Ray Conner says he expected Boeing's orders to remain high in '13, despite the surge in deals over the past 18 months.

 IBD pA2 "Boeing mulls possible 787-10_ says Boeing may do a longer version of its 787 jet.  It already makes a sightly longer 787-9, which accounts for nearly 300 of its 800 orders.  A new model may need redesigned landing gear.

IBD pB2 "Weekly top 10"  lists at 10 "Airbus  parent talks merger", Barron's p16 "Week review"  say the combined EADS and BAE system shad a combined '11 rev of $90 bil vs. Boeing's $68.7 bil.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:    Barron's p24 "Long-term bull, short-term bear" by Lawrence C. Strauss is an interview with jason DeSena Trennert, Managing Partner, Strategas Research Partners who likes Merck, McDonald's and IBM because they have strong balance sheets and IBM's dividend-payout ratio of 22% can increase.    Cisco Systems' decision to increase its dividend greatly last month may be seen as a watershed even as a lot of tech firms now understand that in the absence of killer apps or programs, raising dividends can stabilize stock prices.  McDonald's dividend payout ratio is 50% and Merck's i 74%.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  Barron's p16 "Week review" says Apple and Exxon, the 2 largest US firms by market value, reached new highs.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pB1"HP tries on a sleeker look" by Ben Worthen says taking a cue from Apple, CEO Whitman is trying to make better design central to HP's turnaround.  HP is trying to overhaul or develop more than a dozen PC lines that run a new version of Microsoft's Windows op system including a tablet for businesses.

Home Depot:  IBD pA2 "Home Depot closes in China" says it will close its last 7 stores in China to focus on Internet sales & specialty stores.  850 jobs will be lost.  Retailers have been stung by China's economic slowdown.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  Barron's p24 "Long-term bull, short-term bear" by Lawrence C. Strauss is an interview with jason DeSena Trennert, Managing Partner, Strategas Research Partners who likes Merck, McDonald's and IBM because they have strong balance sheets and IBM's dividend-payout ratio of 22% can increase.    Cisco Systems' decision to increase its dividend greatly last month may be seen as a watershed even as a lot of tech firms now understand that in the absence of killer apps or programs, raising dividends can stabilize stock prices.  McDonald's dividend payout ratio is 50% and Merck's i 74%.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:    Barron's p11 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli& p17 "Week Preview" say the keepers fo the Dow Jones Industrial Average dispelled any notion that they aspirce to juice the senior benchmark's performance or liveliness by choosing UnitedHealth Group (ticker: UNH) to replace Kraft Foods 9/24 (actually on Friday 9/21 actually the market closes).  Managed-care provider UnitedHealth is a relatively tame stock, trading at levels first reached 7 years ago.  Its not particularly geared to broad economic trends although it captures the huge and largely government-linked health-care sector.  It is among the 10 bigggest companies by market value outside the Dow, though evidently the index committee was loath to add high-priced tech, energy, or bank candidates that are larger.

Barron's p34 "Research reports" says Credit suisse has a report on Kraft on 9/10 "outperform" saying good things about the 10/1 split-up into Mondelez and Kraft Foods.

McDonald's:   Barron's p24 "Long-term bull, short-term bear" by Lawrence C. Strauss is an interview with jason DeSena Trennert, Managing Partner, Strategas Research Partners who likes Merck, McDonald's and IBM because they have strong balance sheets and IBM's dividend-payout ratio of 22% can increase.    Cisco Systems' decision to increase its dividend greatly last month may be seen as a watershed even as a lot of tech firms now understand that in the absence of killer apps or programs, raising dividends can stabilize stock prices.  McDonald's dividend payout ratio is 50% and Merck's i 74%.

Merck:    Barron's p24 "Long-term bull, short-term bear" by Lawrence C. Strauss is an interview with jason DeSena Trennert, Managing Partner, Strategas Research Partners who likes Merck, McDonald's and IBM because they have strong balance sheets and IBM's dividend-payout ratio of 22% can increase.    Cisco Systems' decision to increase its dividend greatly last month may be seen as a watershed even as a lot of tech firms now understand that in the absence of killer apps or programs, raising dividends can stabilize stock prices.  McDonald's dividend payout ratio is 50% and Merck's i 74%.

Microsoft:    WSJ pB1"HP tries on a sleeker look" by Ben Worthen says taking a cue from Apple, CEO Whitman is trying to make better design central to HP's turnaround.  HP is trying to overhaul or develop more than a dozen PC lines that run a new version of Microsoft's Windows op system including a tablet for businesses.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth Group:  Barron's p11 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says the keepers fo the Dow Jones Industrial Average dispelled any notion that they aspirce to juice the senior benchmark's performance or liveliness by choosing UnitedHealth Group (ticker: UNH) to replace Kraft Foods 9/24 (actually on Friday 9/21 actually the market closes).  Managed-care provider UnitedHealth is a relatively tame stock, trading at levels first reached 7 years ago.  Its not particularly geared to broad economic trends although it captures the huge and largely government-linked health-care sector.  It is among the 10 biggest companies by market value outside the Dow, though evidently the index committee was loath to add high-priced tech, energy, or bank candidates that are larger.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:   Barron's p26 "amazing Apple does it again" by Ternan Ray says by Fri morning, Apple's online store sold out of iPhone 5's as did AT&t, one of theee carriers for the iPhone 5 in the US.  the others are Verizon Communications and Sprint-Nextel.

Walmart:       USA Today p1B "Discounters turn 50" byJayne O'Donnell says in 1962 Walmart, Target, and Kmart were born and have influenced they way we shop.              


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 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)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN) on Dow 9/24/12

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.

UnitedHealth UNH:


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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