10/22/12 Mon pm Dow Closes at 13,345.89 up 2.38 or 0.02%

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Post No. 1,868 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 13,345.89 up 2.38 or 0.02% from Friday's close of 13,348.27. Of the Dow components 16 gained and 14 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $1.11 and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up 1.58% The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Microsoft down 64 cents or 2.23%.









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 14.47 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.70 (year ago it was 13.19); today's P/E estimate is 12.59 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.62 (year ago it was 11.75) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.57 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.67). 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 1,737.85 up 31 cents from Friday's closing numerator of 1,737.54. 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 $57.93 up 1 cent from Friday's closing numerator of $57.92. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.15 (DIS/UNH) up 37 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $53.78 (DIS/UNH). The lowest volume was 3M 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 have made $36 ($173,790 - 173,754).















Monday's MarketWatch 4:43 pm by Kate Gibson says In a late-session turnaround, the U.S. stock market erased losses to end marginally higher Monday, with the technology sector posting the biggest gains as investors considered corporate-earnings reports.The S&P 500 index / SPX +0.04% gained less than a point to finish at 1,433.81, edging into positive territory at the very end of the session.“There’s a little bit of wait-and-see here, we’ve got a lot more earnings to come out with,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill.The S&P 500 had hit an intraday low of 1,422.06. Information technology was the top gainer among its 10 industry groups after getting nailed in recent weeks by disappointing reports from heavy hitters including Google Inc. GOOG -0.46% and Nokia Corp. NOK +2.55% . Telecommunications, energy and consumer discretionary were among the sectors that posted declines for the session. ‘The market is going to look to try and stop the bleeding there [in the technology sector,] especially with Apple; that’s a stock that has had a rough month or so.’After falling 108 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.02% turned higher in the last few minutes of trade to finish up 2.38 points at 13,345.89.Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +1.59% , UnitedHealth Group Inc. / UNH +1.58% and Caterpillar Inc. / CAT +1.45% were among the top gainers in the Dow.Caterpillar shares rose 1.5% after the Dow component and maker of mining and construction equipment reported quarterly earnings above estimates but came in light on revenue while lowering its outlook for the year. “They did pre-announce that they would have to lower guidance, so I don’t think it’s a surprise to the markets,” said Fitzpatrick of Caterpillar’s reduced 2012 forecast. “The market is going to look to try and stop the bleeding there, especially with Apple; that’s a stock that has had a rough month or so,” he said.Thursday is expected to bring reports from Apple Inc. AAPL +3.97% and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -2.59%After the closing bell Monday, Yahoo Inc. YHOO -0.44% reported a jump in quarterly profit.After falling to an intraday low of 2,995.7 — its first dip below 3,000 since Aug. 13, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.38% rose 11.34 points, or 0.4%, to end at 3,016.96.Around 634 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume approached 3.2 billion.In New York, oil for November delivery CLX2 -1.94% fell $1.75 to $88.30 a barrel, while the most-actively traded December futures contract /CLZ2 -1.44% shed $1.62 to $88.82 a barrel. See: Oil slips below $90 with pipeline, Mideast in focus.The U.S. dollar DXY -0.05% erased its losses to edge slightly higher against other currencies. Treasury prices declined with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR +2.94% , used in determining the interest rate on consumer loans, at 1.800%. See: Treasurys drift lower before debate, Fed.Of the week’s economic data, the report on U.S. economic growth in the third quarter is scheduled for release Friday morning, and is expected to climb to 1.8% from the previous 1.3%, according to analysts surveyed by MarketWatch.“There’s been a lot of talk about the global economy being fairly weak, and the U.S. being the safe haven. So if it were to come in below 1.5%, it may cause stocks to stumble,” said Fitzpatrick. Monday's Closing Numbers: Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market


T $35.225 0.095 0.27% 18,248,096 NYSE

AA $9.1 0.09 1% 15,096,037 NYSE

AXP $56.705 0.155 0.27% 4,462,541 NYSE

BAC $9.54 0.10 1.06% 125,212,498 NYSE

BA $73.63 0.38 0.51% 4,136,813 NYSE

CAT $84.975 1.115 1.33% 16,539,048 NYSE

CVX $112.63 0.75 0.66% 4,112,542 NYSE

CSCO $18.19 0.1499 0.83% 25,907,709 NASDAQ-GS

KO $37.22 0.18 0.48% 10,415,264 NYSE

DIS $51.76 0.14 0.27% 5,453,284 NYSE

DD $49.7 0.36 0.73% 5,178,288 NYSE

XOM $92.1 0.05 0.05% 9,884,011 NYSE

GE $21.67 0.36 1.63% 80,871,673 NYSE

HPQ $14.705 0.225 1.55% 15,760,122 NYSE

HD $61.925 0.035 0.06% 7,108,192 NYSE

INTC $21.46 0.195 0.92% 36,090,404 NASDAQ-GS

IBM $194.37 1.01 0.52% 3,836,559 NYSE

JPM $42.0325 0.2875 0.68% 26,181,102 NYSE

JNJ $71.75 0.11 0.15% 12,588,454 NYSE

MCD $88.37 0.35 0.39% 7,523,544 NYSE

MRK $46.42 0.61 1.3% 12,392,494 NYSE

MSFT $28 0.64 2.23% 82,756,293 NASDAQ-GS

PFE $25.57 0.19 0.74% 22,200,313 NYSE

PG $68.47 0.10 0.15% 6,631,155 NYSE MMM $92.53 0.41 0.44% 3,119,332 NYSE TRV $73.99 0.48 0.65% 3,229,293 NYSE UNH $56.54 0.88 1.58% 5,655,544 NYSE UTX $77.83 0.16 0.21% 3,655,064 NYSE VZ $44.77 0.39 0.86% 10,687,615 DualListed WMT $75.65 0.03 0.04% 5,415,093 NYSE MarketWatch.com Mon. 10/22/12 4:43 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stock A read of the print editions of Monday'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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.









Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,343.51 down 205.43 or 1.52 % from Wednesday's close of 13,548.94. For the year the Dow is up 9.2%. For the week the Dow is up 15.26 or .01 % from last Friday's close of 13,328.25. Of the Dow components all 30 declined. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's down $4.14 or 4.46%.









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 14.47 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.70 (year ago it was 13.19); today's P/E estimate is 12.59 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.62 (year ago it was 11.75) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.57 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.67). 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.









Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,737.54 down 26.75 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,764.29. 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 $57.92 down 89 cents from Thursday's closing numerator of $58.81. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.78 (DIS/UNH) down 44 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $54.22 (DIS/UNH). The lowest volume was 3M 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 $2,675 ($176,429 - 173,754).















MarketWatch.com Fri. 10/19/12 4:43 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stock fell sharply Friday, with the major indexes suffering their worst single-day drop since June, after disappointing earnings from heavy hitters, particularly in the tech sector.“We’ve had some household names disappointing on revenue, earnings or guidance. We had about 80 companies reporting this week: financials that did better and technology that did worse,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets LLC in New York.“Since this is the worst day we’ve had in months, it reminds us that we haven’t had much volatility or downward pressure since the bottom in June,” Hogan added.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -2.19% declined 67.25 points, or 2.2%, to 3,005.62, with Friday’s slide pushing the index into negative turf for a second consecutive week, the most recent one down 1.3%. Weighing on the Nasdaq, shares of Apple Inc. AAPL +0.02% dropped 3.6%.Francesco Guerrera and former SEC chairman David Ruder discuss his memories of the stock-market crash of 1987, and Chuck Jaffe says that while the stories of the crash are fresh, the actual losses have been forgotten.Next week about 140 S&P 500 SPX -1.66% companies are scheduled to report, with the coming earnings to include companies from a broader range of sectors, including consumer, energy and industrials. If those sectors follow in technology’s wake, there would be more reason for concern, Hogan said.Retaining a weekly rise of 0.3%, the S&P 500 index dropped 24.15 points, or 1.7%, to 1,433.19, with consumer discretionary taking the biggest hit of its 10 major industry groups.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.52% slumped 205.43 points, or 1.5%, to 13,343.51, shaving its gain for the week to 0.1%.McDonald’s Corp. MCD -4.46% paced blue-chip losses that included all but one of its 30 components. The fast-food chain’s shares sank 4.5% after it missed consensus estimates for the third quarter.“The earnings season is not great right now, but the fundamentals haven’t changed; the U.S. economy is still improving, and it hasn’t gotten worse in Asia or Europe,” said David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds. After a strong run, “the market is taking a pause,” Kelly said.Also weighing on the Dow, Microsoft Corp. MSFT -2.90% fell 2.9% after the software maker reported earnings beneath Wall Street’s expectations, and General Electric Co. GE -3.42% retreated 3.4% after its third-quarter revenue came in short of forecasts. Wall Street’s focus is where it should be, on corporate earnings, which are “starting to slow down as expected in a typical third quarter,” said Chip Cobb, senior vice president at BMT Asset Management in Bryn Mawr, Penn. “It’s mildly disappointing because you want every quarter to be better than the last,” Cobb added.Off the Dow, Honeywell International Inc.’s HON +1.74% shares rose 1.7% after the diversified manufacturer cut its 2012 sales forecast but reported quarterly income that beat forecasts.For every stock rising, more than three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where almost 946 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.9 billion.Oil and gold prices also fell, with crude futures CLX2 -2.11% off $2.05 at $90.05 a barrel and gold futures GCZ2 -1.27% losing $20.70 to $1,724 an ounce.The dollar DXY +0.37% gained against other global currencies, including the euro EURUSD +0.03% , while Treasury yields fell, with the benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR -3.75% used in figuring the rate of home mortgages and other consumer loans down to 1.770%.Housing dataA trade group reported Friday that sales of existing homes declined 1.7% in September from a 7.8% rise the prior month. The data from the National Association of Realtors was in line with expectations, but as with Thursday, economic reports and events in Europe both took a back seat to corporate results. “Home sales did fall, but the supply of homes also fell, and if you look at the inventory of new and existing homes combined, there are 2.4 million total homes for sale in the U.S., the lowest since July 2002,” said Kelly.Homes for sale “peaked at 4.4 million in July of 2007, so we’re 2 million lower than just after the peak of the housing bubble,” said Kelly, who noted the lower supply should drive prices up, increase housing starts as well as household net worth, and lead to more confidence and bank lending.The heads of the 17-nation euro zone on Friday agreed to continue their pursuit of a banking supervisor. “The fact they for the most part have continued to give us moderately positive guidance has allowed us to focus attention on back here. Unless we have Spain or France saying ‘hey, we’re not going to play,’ then it’s a concern,” said Cobb, of the ongoing efforts to keep the borrowing costs of both nations under control in order to keep them in the euro zone.Friday’s sharp retreat comes 25 years after the worst single-session stock drop in history, with the Dow losing 23% of its value on Oct. 19, 1987. Stocks on Thursday fell for the first session this week after Google Inc.’s GOOG -0.20% third-quarter earnings came in below expectations.









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









AT&T: WSJ pB2 "Happening this week" says on Mon Caterpillar reports; on Tues DuPont reports; on Wed AT&T reports earnings ; on Friday Merck reports earnings.









Alcoa: No mentions found.









American Express: No mentions found.









Bank of America: No mentions found.









Boeing: No mentions found.









Caterpillar: WSJ pC1 "Is Caterpillar filling in or digging out? by Spencer Jakab says Caterpillar reports 3Q results Mon and analysts expect earnings of $2.21 per share vs. $1.71 a year ago.









WSJ pB2 "Happening this week" says on Mon Caterpillar reports; on Tues DuPont reports; on Wed AT&T reports earnings ; on Friday Merck reports earnings.









Chevron: No mentions found.









Cisco: No mentions found.









Coke: No mentions found.









Disney: NYT pB1 "Disney's digital struggle" by Brooks Barnes says Disney is overhauling Disney.com in an attempt to succeed online.









DuPont: WSJ pB2 "Happening this week" says on Mon Caterpillar reports; on Tues DuPont reports; on Wed AT&T reports earnings ; on Friday Merck reports earnings.









Exxon: No mentions found.









GE: No mentions found.









Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.









Home Depot: No mentions found.









Intel: WSJ pB1 "Microsoft's mobile strategy ripples through indsutry" by Don Clark et al.WSJ pB1 "Moment of truth for Windows whiz" by Shira Ovide, WSJ pB6 "Microsoft dives into the retail scene" by Shira Ovide et al, Fin Times p21 "price worres as launch looms for Windows 8" by Sarah Mishkin, USA Today p1B "Much rides on Windows 8" by Byron Acohido, Daily Report p5 "Is Microsoft poised to win the tablet war?" by William Caraher say how Windows 8 does, which will be launched Fri, will determine the copany's future. Microsoft's move to release a 2nd version of Windows using power saving chip tech from mobile phones has crated tensions with long time chip partner Intel.









IBM: No mentions found.









JPMorgan: No mentions found.









Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.









McDonald's: No mentions found.









Merck: WSJ pB2 "Happening this week" says on Mon Caterpillar reports; on Tues DuPont reports; on Wed AT&T reports earnings ; on Friday Merck reports earnings.









Microsoft: WSJ pB1 "Microsoft's mobile strategy ripples through indsutry" by Don Clark et al.WSJ pB1 "Moment of truth for Windows whiz" by Shira Ovide, WSJ pB6 "Microsoft dives into the retail scene" by Shira Ovide et al, Fin Times p21 "price worres as launch looms for Windows 8" by Sarah Mishkin, USA Today p1B "Much rides on Windows 8" by Byron Acohido, Daily Report p5 "Is Microsoft poised to win the tablet war?" by William Caraher say how Windows 8 does, which will be launched Fri, will determine the copany's future. Microsoft's move to release a 2nd version of Windows using power saving chip tech from mobile phones has crated tensions with long time chip partner Intel.









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: No mentions found.









Walmart: No mentions found.









Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:















Symbol

Last Sale

Change

% Change

Share Volume

Market



T

$35.32

0.70

1.94%

27,552,442

NYSE



AA

$9.01

0.20

2.17%

15,811,488

NYSE



AXP

$56.86

0.75

1.3%

8,103,188

NYSE



BAC

$9.44

0.03

0.32%

168,776,274

NYSE



BA

$74.01

0.25

0.34%

5,405,424

NYSE



CAT

$83.86

2.76

3.19%

9,840,420

NYSE



CVX

$113.38

1.275

1.11%

7,153,736

NYSE



CSCO

$18.0401

0.5649

3.04%

63,699,223

NASDAQ-GS



KO

$37.4

0.44

1.16%

19,779,361

NYSE



DIS

$51.9

0.52

0.99%

8,448,541

NYSE



DD

$49.34

1.08

2.14%

6,365,557

NYSE



XOM

$92.15

1.33

1.42%

15,912,747

NYSE



GE

$22.03

0.78

3.42%

107,416,687

NYSE



HPQ

$14.48

0.32

2.16%

20,819,299

NYSE



HD

$61.89

0.09

0.15%

10,771,856

NYSE



INTC

$21.265

0.405

1.87%

55,557,318

NASDAQ-GS



IBM

$193.36

1.60

0.82%

6,614,424

NYSE



JPM

$42.32

0.69

1.6%

29,642,292

NYSE



JNJ

$71.86

0.66

0.91%

18,339,587

NYSE



MCD

$88.72

4.14

4.46%

19,426,827

NYSE



MRK

$47.03

0.93

1.94%

12,965,734

NYSE



MSFT

$28.64

0.855

2.9%

90,209,602

NASDAQ-GS



PFE

$25.76

0.275

1.06%

40,269,393

NYSE



PG

$68.57

0.90

1.3%

10,120,211

NYSE



MMM

$92.94

1.80

1.9%

3,803,170

NYSE



TRV

$73.51

0.43

0.58%

4,277,384

NYSE



UNH

$55.66

0.35

0.62%

5,691,207

NYSE



UTX

$77.99

1.24

1.57%

4,106,032

NYSE



VZ

$45.16

0.62

1.35%

13,423,225

DualListed



WMT

$75.62

0.94

1.23%

6,927,101

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)









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 10,4/12 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 $426.5 [4.5]



2. Microsoft MSFT 252 [8.5]



3.WalMart WMT 251 [3.5]



4. GE 242.5 [10.5]



5. IBM 240.5 [1]6. Chevron CVX 230 [2]



7. AT&T T 221 [6]



8. Procter & Gamble PG 191.5 [3]



9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 191 [3]



10. Pfizer PFE 189.5 [7.5]



11. Coke KO 172.5 [4.5]



12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 159 [4]



13. Merck MRK 140.5 [3]



14. Verizon VZ 134.5 [3]



15. Intel INTC 112.5 [5]16. Cisco CSCO 100 [5.5]



17. Disney DIS 94.5 [2]



18. Home Depot HD 93 [1.5] 19. McDonald's MCD 92 [1]



20. Bank of America BAC 101.5 [10.5]



21. United Technologies UTX 71.5 [1]



22. American Express AXP 66 [1]



23. 3M MMM 65 [.5]



24. UnitedHealth UNH 60 [1]



25. Caterpillar CAT 56 [.5]



26. Boeing BA 52.5 [1]



27. DuPont DD 46.5 [1]



28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 29.5 [2]



29. Travelers TRV 26.5 [.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 10/4/12:









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









Alcoa AA: 10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River



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















American Express AXP: 10/1/12 8K re: settlement re: U.S. card practices with regulators



9/17/12 8K re: delinq & write-off stats for June, July & Aug



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















Bank of Am BAC: 9/28/12 8K re: settlement re: $1.6 bil regarding Merrill Lynch purchase



8/23/12 8K re: 4 new directors: Sharon Allen, Jack Bovender, Linda Hudson & David Yost



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



























Boeing BA: 8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments



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: 9/28/12 8K re: price increases



9/21/12 8K re: Aug. dealer stats



9/17/12 8K re: credit agreement for $100 mil



9/7/12 S-4; 8/28/12 8K & 8/20/12 8K all re: exchange offer for debentures









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: 10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board



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 : 10/4/12 8K re: appointment of Gary B. Moore as Pres & other exec appointments



9/26/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/15/12 at Santa Clara,CA



9/19/12 8K re: departure of Jerry Yang from Board



9/12/12 10K for year ended July 28 '12



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: 9/14/12 8K re: exec changes



8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split



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















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: 9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil



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





















Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/3/12 8K e: earnings outlook for '13 fiscal year



9/10/12 10Q & 8/22/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/31/12



8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill



6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12





















Home Depot HD: 9/21/12 8K re: election of mark Vadon to Board



8/22/12 10Q for qtr ended 7/29/12



8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29



8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement















Intel INTC: 9/12/12 8K re: closed pruchase of ASWML Holding for $3.1 bil



9/7/12 8K re: lowering 3Q rev outlook



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





















IBM: 9/25/12 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as Chair of Board



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





















JPMorganChase JPM: 9/24/12 8K re: offering of $3 bil of 3.25% Note due '22



9/19/12 8K re: clsoing of 2.9% Notes due '17



8/27/12 8K re: isswuance of 5.5% non-cumulative Pref shares, Series O



8/20/12 8K re: closing of $2.5 bil 2% Notes due '17



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





















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





















McDonald's MCD: 9/28/12 8K re: adoption of accoutning standard



9/24/12 8K re: quarterly cash div



9/12/12 8K re: sales increase of 3.7% in Aug.



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





















Merck MRK: 9/13/12 8K re: closing of sale of notes



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: 9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board



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: 9/21/12 14A proxy re: candidate for Board



9/6/12 8K re: FD disclosure re: Barcaly's Back to School consumer conf.



8/24/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/9/12 in Cincinnati



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: 10/3/12 8K re: $1.5 bil revolving credit agreement



10/1/12 8K re: contract to purchase Ceradyne Inc. for $35 per share



8/29/12 K re: $150 mil credit agreement



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















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 Group UNH: 9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference



8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12















United Technologies UTX: 9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board



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















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: 9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12



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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