Monday, October 1, 2012

10/1/12 Mon pm Dow Closes at 13,515.11 up 77.98 or 0.58%

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Post No. 1,833 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 13,515.11 up 77.98 or 0.58 % from Friday's close of 13,437.13.  Of the Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined . The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $3.02 and percentage-wise was UnitedHealthcare Group up 1.89 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar down 57 cents   and percentage-wise was Microsoft down 0.91%.


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 0.130216081. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.64 down from Saturday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.69 (year ago it was 12.17);  Monday's P/E estimate is 12.75 down from Saturday's P/E estimate of 12.95 (year ago it was 11.15) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.51 up from Saturday's dividend yield of 2.50 (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 1,759.88 up 10.15  from Friday's closing numerator of 1,749.73. 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 (0.130216081) you get the increase in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.66 up 34 cents from Friday's closing numerator of $58.32. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.27    (DIS/UNH) up 32 cents from Friday's median closing price of $53.85 (DIS/UNH). 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would havemade $1,015  ($175,988 - $174,973).

MarketWatch.com Mon. 10/1/12 4:53   pm by Myra Saefong & Polya Lesova says US stocks finished mostly higher Monday, after data showing activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector rose to its highest level in four months, but closed off session highs as traders reacted to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments on monetary policy. The Nasdaq Composite fell for a second-straight session as most technology stocks gave up early gains. Pimco's head of global equities Neel Kashkari says slowing global economic growth points investors toward shares of industry leaders. He talks about three stocks to consider now. “I don’t see a lot of conviction or breadth” in U.S. equities trading, said Matthew Tuttle, chief investment officer at Tuttle Wealth Management LLC. “I would be a little concerned about [Tuesday] barring any new good news out of somewhere before we open.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.58% closed up 77.98 points, or 0.6%, at 13,515.11, with all but four of the index’s 30 components finishing higher. It added to gains immediately after the ISM data, rising as much 161 points, but the blue-chip benchmark gave up much of that rise following a speech by Bernanke in Indianapolis, after which he took audience questions.
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc.UNH +1.89% , up 1.9%, and American Express Co. AXP +1.53% , up 1.5%, led the Dow’s gainers. “The ISM giveth, and Bernanke taketh away,” said Michael Gayed, co-portfolio manager of the ATAC Inflation Rotation Fund ATACX -0.64% . “Looks like the testimony effectively is a game of hot potato, as [Bernanke] argues that the fiscal side has to get more proactive to help push the economy forward. Defending QE while attacking inert fiscal policies seems to be the order of the day.” The S&P 500 index SPX +0.27% gained 3.82 points, or 0.3%, to 1,444.49. The consumer staples and health-care sectors led the advance on the index. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.09% closed modestly lower, down 2.70 points, or 0.1%, at 3,113.53, after having hit a session high of 3,146.99. Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL -1.16% , the index’s biggest component, fell 1.2%. Seasonal factors provided some support to equities Monday. The “first day of the month tends to be pretty powerful as people pour money into 401(k)s,” and money managers are “getting crushed by their benchmarks so they are being forced into a ‘risk on’ position,” said Tuttle. In his speech to the Economic Club of Indiana, Bernanke attempted to answer some of the fierce criticism and public unease facing the Fed’s third round of bond purchases, known as QE3.
Bernanke tried to demystify the purchases, saying the basic monetary-policy strategy “is the same as it has always been.” “The difference is that, with short-term interest rates nearly at zero, we have shifted to tools aimed at reducing longer-term interest rates more directly,” he said.
Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, said last week that the Fed’s third round of quantitative easing, announced last month, is unlikely to result in much benefit for growth or employment. The comments poured cold water on the idea that Bernanke has built a broad consensus among his Fed colleagues. “You had a lot of excitement about QE infinity until Fed President Plosser took some air out of the sails,” said Art Hogan, equity strategist at Lazard Capital Markets in New York. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans on Monday said the latest decision to buy more bonds is a “step in the right direction.” Contributing to the market’s rally earlier Monday, the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing gauge rose to 51.5 last month from 49.6 in August, the highest reading since May. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected the index to come in at 49.7.“It looks like the strong ISM beat didn’t mean very much given the substantial intraday pullback in equities, most notable in small-cap stocks,” said Gayed. “We may be in the early stages of a minor correction unless improvement in terms of intermarket trends occurs fast.”
Also Monday, the Commerce Department reported that construction spending fell 0.6% in August, well below analysts’ expectations of a 0.5% gain. The rebound in the ISM manufacturing index “will boost hopes that some of the recent slowdown in economic growth was just a summer phenomenon,” said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, in a note. An ISM figure above 50 indicates expansion, while a figure below 50 indicates contraction. “But while GDP growth may accelerate a bit, a major improvement is not on the cards,” he said, adding that the headline index is still consistent with annualized growth in gross domestic product of no more than 1.5% to 2%. “The weak global economy and growing concerns over the domestic fiscal cliff will prevent a major rebound in U.S. economic growth.” Wall Street found support early on in the session from strength in European markets. The pan-European Stoxx 600 indexXX:SXXP +1.43% gained 1.4%.Advancers edged ahead of decliners on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, where 672 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.4 billion. In other trading, goldGCZ2 +0.23% and oilCLX2 +0.16% futures advanced, while the dollar DXY -0.09% fell against most other major currencies. The euro EURUSD +0.0037% rose 0.3% to $1.2890. The S&P 500 index is up 15% year to date, after ending the third quarter with a gain of 5.8%.

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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
 
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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The following are excerpts from Mon. 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 13,437.13 down 48.84 or 0.36% from Thursday's close of 13,485.97. For the week the Dow Jones lost 142.34 points or 1.05%. For the year the Dow is up 9.98%.  Of the Dow components 25 gained, GE was unchanged and 4 declined . The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.52 and percentage-wise was Cisco up 1.6 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was McDonald's down $1.53 cents and percentage-wise was Intel down 1.86%.

IBD pB6 "Stock market slides again to close out positive Q3" b y Paul Whitfield says Fri's stock session delivered the 4th down day of the week as the 3rd quarter drew to a close.  Friday's action was down in rising volume as the current outlook remains a confirmed uptrend.

Sat. WSJ pB5 "Stocks finish strong quarter with a flop" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks ended their biggest monthly advance since June on a down note amid worries about Spain's credit rating & signs of more bumps in the economic recovery in the US.



Frisday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,749.73 down 6.36 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,756.09. 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 (0.130216081) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.32 down 22 cents from Thursday's closing numerator of $58.54. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.85 (DIS/UNH) down 57 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $54.42 (DIS/UNH). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $636 ($175,609 - $174,973).

MarketWatch.com Fri. 9/28/12 4:15 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks fell Friday as an unexpected contraction in a gauge of business activity in the Midwest had Wall Street cutting still-sizeable third quarter and September gains. "We had a heck of a good quarter and month for stocks beyond what anyone thought," said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group. "Now we're having a step backward as some of the QE3-inspired gains dissipate." The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA-0.36%declined 48.84 points, or 0.4%, to 13,437.13, up 4.3% for the third quarter and 2.7% for the month. The S&P 500 SPX-0.45%declined 6.48 points, or 0.5%, to 1,440.67, up 5.8% for the quarter and 2.4% for September. The Nasdaq Composite COMP-0.65% lost 20.37 points, or 0.7%, to 3,116.23, leaving it up 6.2% for the quarter and 1.6% for September. September, historically a poor month for Wall Street, this year marked a fourth month of consecutive gains.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB1 "Start-up skirts cellphone data plans" by anton Troianovski says a start up, Freedom Pop, is a low cost wireless carrier and could cause competition to AT&T and Verizon.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:    WSJ pC1 "Odd debt rule to lose bite" by Michael Rapoport says a rule that has been criticized by JPMorgan's Dimon is on the verge of being rolled back.  It is the debit value adjustment rule and it caused Bank of America to take a $1.9 bil loss in 3Q.

 NYT pB2 "Attacks on 6 banks frustrate customes" by Nicole Perlroth says 6 major US banks, including Bank of Ameica and JPMorgan, were hit in a wave of computer attacks last week by a group claiming Mid Eastern ties.

Barron's p14 "The big bang", IBD pA1 "BofA settles Merrill Lynch suit" say Bank of America will pay $2.43 bil to settle claims it misled investors ahead of its '08 Merrill buyout.  It's the largest investor class action settlement from the fin'l crisis.  Lead plaintiffs included Texas & Ohio public pension funds.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  Barron's p14 "Week review" p14,   IBD pB2 "GE raises outlook, CAT warns" say GE rasied its industrial rev expectations to 10% last week, the high end of its previous range.   On Mon Caterpillar slashed its EPS estimate to $12 - $18 from 15-20 on an anemic economy.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE:  IBD pB2 "GE raises outlook, CAT warns" says GE rasied its industrial rev expectations to 10% last week, the high end of its previous range.   On Mon Caterpillar slashed its EPS estimate to $12 - $18 from 15-20 on an anemic economy.

Hewlett-Packard:    WSJ pC16 "Whne it comes to retail, Microsoft barely scratches surface" by Rolfe Winkler says  unlike Apple's iPad, Microsoft's Surface tablet will run Microsoft office aps and will ship in 4Q.  Microsoft has less than 30 retail stores in the US vs. Apple's 372 stores in 12 nations.  IPads are also sold at other stores including Walmart.  Dell and Hewlett-Packards have hug distribution capability and could help Microsoft sell the Surface.

Barron's p13 "Can anyone fix Hewlett-Packard?" by Tiernan Ray says on Oct 3, CEO Meg Whitman addresses her first annual analysts meeting.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "Odd debt rule to lose bite" by Michael Rapoport says a rule that has been criticized by JPMorgan's Dimon is on the verge of being rolled back.  It is the debit value adjustment rule and it caused Bank of America to take a $1.9 bil loss in 3Q.

NYT pB2 "Attacks on 6 banks frustrate customes" by Nicole Perlroth says 6 major US banks, including Bank of Ameica and JPMorgan, were hit in a wave of computer attacks last week by a group claiming Mid Eastern ties.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pC16 "Whne it comes to retail, Microsoft barely scratches surface" by Rolfe Winkler says  unlike Apple's iPad, Microsoft's Surface tablet will run Microsoft office aps and will ship in 4Q.  Microsoft has less than 30 retail stores in the US vs. Apple's 372 stores in 12 nations.  IPads are also sold at other stores including Walmart.  Dell and Hewlett-Packard have hug distribution capability and could help Microsoft sell the Surface.

NYT pB1 "Fostering tech talent in schools" by Nick Wingield explains how Microsoft is encouraging the next generation of engineers.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon:   WSJ pB1 "Start-up skirts cellphone data plans" by anton Troianovski says a start up, Freedom Pop, is a low cost wireless carrier and could cause competition to AT&T and Verizon.

Walmart:   WSJ pC16 "Whne it comes to retail, Microsoft barely scratches surface" by Rolfe Winkler says  unlike Apple's iPad, Microsoft's Surface tablet will run Microsoft office aps and will ship in 4Q.  Microsoft has less than 30 retail stores in the US vs. Apple's 372 stores in 12 nations.  IPads are also sold at other stores including Walmart.  Dell and Hewlett-Packards have hug distribution capability and could help Microsoft sell the Surface.


Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

mbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE


PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
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)

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)

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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