Thursday, December 6, 2012

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Post No. 1,934 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 as of 11/2/12 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 11/2/12.

A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall St. Journal & amp;amp, Financial Times, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, Atlanta Journal and Constituion & 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,034.49 up 82.71 or 0.64% from Tuesday's close of 12,951.78. For the year the Dow is up 6.07%. Of the Dow components 22 gained and 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Travelers up $3.47 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up  5.55%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  IBM down 71 cents  and percentage-wise was Walmart down 0.65%.

WSJ pC4 "Blue  Chips climb to 1 month high" by Matt Jarzemsky says US stocks rose as fin'l shares rallied & a measure of service sector activity topped expectations.  Bank of America led the Dow jumping 56 cents.  Travelers was up $3.47 after saying it is resuming stock buybacks.

Fin Times p24 "Apple's reteat deepens as it holds fire ons pecial dividend" by Arash Massoudi says Wall st stocks were muted yesterday despite the sharpest single day sell off in Apple, the world's largest company by market value, in 4 years.  Bank of America was up 5.7%.

NYT pB5 "Remarks by Obama help give markets a lift" by AP says stocks closed higher on Wed their first gain of the week as bank shares rose and comments by Obama made investors optiistic that a deal could be made to avoid the fiscal cliff.

IBD pB2 "NYSE, S&P 500 advance, but Apple, nasdaq slump" by Daivd Saito-Chung says the NYSE coposite led the market's upside Wed amid a torrent of economic data & new headlines on the fed budget impasse but Nasdaq & many leading stocks slumped.

As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.52 up from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.42 (year ago it was 13.19); Thursday's P/E estimate is 12.35 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.35 (year ago it was 12.35) and today's dividend yield is 2.64 down from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.66 (last year it was 2.59). 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 1,697.30 up 10.77 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,686.53. 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 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  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.58 up 36 cents from Tuesday's average of $56.22. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.72 (DIS/UNH) up 28 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $51.44. The lowest volume was 3M 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,077 ($169,730 - $168,653).

Wednesday's MarketWatch 4:10 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. Stocksfinished mostly higher on Wednesday as Wall Street applauded what appeared to be a softening of stances in talks to avert the fiscal cliff. "Stocks are encouraged by the idea there may be a deal, which is not a bad thing for Treasurys either," Kathy Jones, a fixed-income specialist at Charles Schwab, said of Treasury prices rising along with equities. The bond market would prefer it "if we don't have a fight over the debt ceiling that might rattle foreign investors," said Jones. Plus, "any credible plan to reduce the deficit would on the margin slow the economy down," which is also supportive of Treasury prices, she said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.64% added 82.71 points, or 0.6%, to 13,034.49. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.16% rose 2.23 points, or 0.2%, to 1,409.28. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.77% fell 22.99 points, or 0.8%, to 2,973.69, with the index hit as Apple Inc. AAPL -0.05% fell 6.4%

 Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  IBD pA2 "AT&T Q4 sales good for Apple" says AT&T sold 53 mil iPhone 5 smartphones in Q4.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips climb to 1 month high" by Matt Jarzemsky says US stocks rose as fin'l shares rallied & a measure of service sector activity topped expectations. Bank of America led the Dow jumping 56 cents. Travelers was up $3.47 after saying it is resuming stock buybacks.

Fin Times p24 "Apple's reteat deepens as it holds fire ons pecial dividend" by Arash Massoudi says Wall st stocks were muted yesterday despite the sharpest single day sell off in Apple, the world's largest company by market value, in 4 years. Bank of America was up 5.7%.

Boeing:  WSJ pB5 "United balmes genrator for Dreamliner diversion" by Jon Ostrower, IBD pA2 "Boeing"  say a failed electrical generator on a 787 was the cause of United's diversion on Tues. 

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney: WSJ pC10 "High spending Netflix is seeking a blockbuster in Disney" by Miriam Gottfried says Netflix's 3 year deal for exclusive rights to show Disney movies is a big step for it to compete with HBO, Showtime & Starz.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers: WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips climb to 1 month high" by Matt Jarzemsky says US stocks rose as fin'l shares rallied & a measure of service sector activity topped expectations. Bank of America led the Dow jumping 56 cents. Travelers was up $3.47 after saying it is resuming stock buybacks.

UnitedHealthcare:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  IBD pA1 "India votes for Walmart" says a non-binding Parliament vote would allow Walmart into India.

Wednesday'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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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) (has announced early retirement)

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 11/2/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $416.5
2. Microsoft MSFT 248
3.WalMart WMT 244.6
4. GE 225
5. IBM 218.5
6. Chevron CVX 212.5
7. AT&T T 201.5
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 195.5
9. Procter & Gamble PG 189
10. Pfizer PFE 183.5
11. Coke KO 166.5
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 161
13. Merck MRK 140
14. Verizon VZ 127
15. Intel INTC 110.5
16. Bank of America BAC 106
17. Home Depot HD 93.5
18. Cisco CSCO 92
19. Disney DIS 89.5
20. McDonald's MCD 87.5
21. United Technologies UTX 71.5
22. American Express AXP 64
23. 3M MMM 61.5
24. UnitedHealth UNH 57
25. Caterpillar CAT 56
26. Boeing BA 53
27. DuPont DD 41
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 27
29. Travelers TRV 26.5
30. Alcoa AA 9.5

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 11/2/12:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 11/2/12 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/24/12 2 8Ks (10/24) re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: in-kind contrib. to pension plans

Alcoa AA: 10/25/12 re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/15/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings call
10/10/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River


American Express AXP: 10/31/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 9/30
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


Bank of Am BAC: 11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
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


Boeing BA: 10/24/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/24/12 8K re: 3Q rsults
10/17/12 8K re: two $2.3 bil credit agreements
8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments


Caterpillar CAT: 11/2/12 10Q 3Q eneded 9/30
10/22/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/12/12 8K re: officer changes
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


Chevron CVX: 11/2/12 8K re; 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: 3Q interim results
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


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


Coke KO: 10/25/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/28
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
9/14/12 8K re: exec changes
8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split

Disney DIS: 10/30/12 8K re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12


DuPont DD: 10/23/12 10Q & 8K & 10/9 8K all re: 9/30 Q results
9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil


ExxonMobil XOM: 11/2/12 8K re: elecgtion of CEO of Xerox, Ursula M. Burns to Bd
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12


GE: 10/19/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: Offering of $7 bil of notes (closing)


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


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: 10/31/12 10Q & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 9/29 Q results
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


IBM: 10/30/12 & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 3Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 8K reL election of Virginia M. Rometty to Chrmn of Bd.
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



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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/16/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12


McDonald's MCD: 11/1/12 10Q & 10/19 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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



Merck MRK: 10/26/12 8K re: 3Q results
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



Microsoft MSFT: 11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results
10/17 & 10/10 & 10/9 Proxy materials re: 11/28 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at Bellevue, Wash
10/9/12 8K re: retirement of Reed Hastings from Bd & other Bd. changes
9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board


Pfizer PFE: 11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
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



Procter & Gamble PG: 10/25/12 10Q & two 8Ks 10/25 re 1Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 re: '12 Annual Shareholder Mtg results
10/9/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents per share payable on 11/15 to 10/19 record holders
10/9/12 re: CEO's speech at Shareholder Mtg
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



3M MMM: 11/1/12 10Q & 10/23 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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



Travelers TRV: 10/18/12 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
7/19/12 10Q & 7/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ender 6/30/12


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 11/2/112 Bd. & officer changes
10/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 9/30
10/2212 8K re: underwriting agreement to sell over $3.4 bil of notes
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: purchase of 90% of Brazil firm Amil Participacoas for $4.9 bil in cash
9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12


United Technologies UTX: 10/26/12 & 10/23/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/11 8K/A re: Goodrich purchase
9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 11/2/12 8K re: tenderoffer for $1.25 bil of its notes
11/2/12 8K re: Agreements ith CWA & IBEW for new 3 year congtracts covering 43,000 workers
10/25 10Q & 10/18 8K & 10/5/ 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17 8K re: transfer $7.5 bil of pension plan obligations to Prudential


WalMart WMT: 9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
8/16/12 8K re: 2 Qtr results
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