Wednesday, March 27, 2013

3/27/13 Wed. pm Dow Closes at 14,526.16 down 3.49 or 0.23%

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Post No. 2,114  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 ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 14,526.16 down 3.49 or 0.23% Tuesday's close of 14,559.65.  Of the Dow components 10 gained  and 20 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up 97 cents or 1.74%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1.47 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan down 1.79%.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 16.38 up from yesterday's P/E ratio of 15.83 (year ago it was 14.77); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.90 unchanged from Tuesday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.90 (year ago it was 12.65) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.45 dwon from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.47 (last year it was 2.48). The Dow's all-time high was 14,559.65 on March 26, 2013. 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 1,891.54 down 4.36  from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,895.90. 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 change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change 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 $63.05 down  cents from Tuesday's average of $63.20. The median closing price of   Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.55 (DIS/UNH) up 43 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $56.12. 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 $436 ($189,590 - $189,154).

3/27/13 Wednesday 4:32 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished with limited losses on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 index stalled just points from its record close, as worries over Europe’s debt troubles abated.“The situation in Cyprus was relatively unique; I don’t think they’ll try to replicate that again,” Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners, said of a controversial tax on bank deposits that’s part of Cyprus’s bailout agreement with international lenders.“Europe has its problems, but most of it has been factored” into the U.S. stock market, he added.A day after closing at a record high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.23%  fell 33.49 points, or 0.2%, to 14,526.16.Twenty of the Dow’s 30 components ended in the red, led by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM -1.79% , off 1.8%.
Another Dow component, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT +0.01% , finished marginally higher, a day after the discount retailer said in a securities filing it would likely take a loss from foreign bribery probes being done internally as well as by government agencies.The S&P 500 index SPX -0.06% shed 0.92 point, or less than 0.1%, to end at 1,562.85, leaving if 2.3 points from its all-time closing high.Leading decliners, Cliff Natural Resources Inc. CLF -13.86% dropped almost 14% after its shares were downgraded by Morgan Stanley.The S&P 500 on Tuesday finished less than 2 points from its all-time close, set in October 2007.“It would be nice to break it, and we will break it, but it doesn’t mean anything really,” other than the level represents a resistance level, said Pavlik of the S&P 500’s record level.Bucking the negative trend, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.12%  rose 4.04 points, or 0.1%, to 3,256.52.“Any dip triggered by European issues is met with buyers in the U.S.,” said Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.Powered by easy monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and other global central banks, the U.S. equities market is into the fifth year of its current bull run, with benchmark indexes up between nearly 8% and 11% for the year, leading many strategist to say a move down is in order.“People are still trying to determine if this market is going to experience a pullback. I’m leaning to the belief we’ll probably see some kind of pullback, or correction develop in the next week or so,” said Pavlik.For every seven stocks rising eight fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 596 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 2.9 billion.Stocks fell to their lows of the day shortly after the open, then recovered the bulk of their losses, with little impact from a housing report from a trade group. The National Association of Realtors said its index of pending-home sales declined 0.4% in February to 104.8 following a revised 3.8% hike the previous month.
European stocks tumbled and the euro EURUSD -0.6504%  fell to a four-month low as the euro zone’s outlook faltered on two fronts.In Cyprus, the government is restricting money transfers as it readies for Thursday’s planned reopening of its banks, which have been closed for nearly two weeks as the island nation struggled to reach a deal to avert a meltdown of its financial system.“The official response to the Cyprus crisis has undermined confidence,” noted Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman.Other developments in Europe had Italian politician Pier Luigi Bersani, the head of a center-left alliance, ruling out the formation of a coalition government. He reportedly said that only an “insane person” would want to govern Italy and that the country is a “mess.” Italy has struggled to put together a government since inconclusive elections in late February. Bersani’s remarks raise the prospects of another election in the near term.Strategists said trading conditions could be thin ahead of a three-day Easter weekend. U.S. markets will be closed Friday for Good Friday.
Some of the Federal Reserve’s leading policy doves — Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, Cleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota and Chicago Fed President Charles Evans — spoke on Wednesday.In his prepared remarks, Kocherlakota reiterated his proposal for the central bank to pledge to keep rates low so long as the unemployment rates remains above 5.5%, rather than the 6.5% target currently in use.In a speech to business leaders in Manchester, N.H., Rosengren said the Fed’s $85-billion-a-month asset purchase program is having the desired impact of speeding up the pace the recovery and should be continued through the end of the year.Echoing the theme, Evans also called the Fed’s bond-buying program a success, telling reporters at a news conference that he doesn't want the Fed scaling back the purchases soon.Pianalto, however, said economic conditions could emerge “before long” that would let the Fed slow the pace of its asset purchases.Rosengren and Evans are voting members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee in 2013. Evans has emerged as an important Fed figure after successfully pushing the central bank to adopt economic thresholds for the first rate hike in order to ensure that investors don’t fear a quick tightening of monetary policy once the economy improves. 

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T AT&T T NYSE

 Alcoa AANYSE

 American Express AXPNYSE

Bank of America BACNYSE

 Boeing BANYSE

Caterpillar CATNYSE

Chevron CVXNYSE

Cisco  CSCONASDAQ-GS

Coke KONYSE

Disney DISNYSE

DuPont DDNYSE

 Exxon XOMNYSE

 GE GENYSE

 Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE

Home Depot HDNYSE

Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS

 IBMNYSE

 JPMorgan JPMNYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE

McDonald's MCDNYSE

Merck MRKNYSE

 NASDAQ-GS

PFENYSE

 PGNYSE

MMMNYSE

MSFTNASDAQ-GS


TRVNYSE

UNHNYSE

 UTXNYSE

VZDualListed

WMTNYSE

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The following are excerpts from Wed. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 14,559.65 up 111.90 or 0.77% from Monday's close of 14,447.75. For the year the Dow is up 11.1% Of the Dow components 20 gained, Alcoa was unchanged and 9 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up $1.66 and percentage-wise was Intel up 2.91%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was DuPont down 16 cents or 0.89%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks turn back to records" by Matt jarzemsky says the Dow reached a new high as investors shrugged of concerns about the eurozone.

NYT pB8 "rising factory orders propel S&P near '07 high" by AP says the S&P rose due to risng home prices & orders for manugfactured goods.

FT p22 "Boeing leads as S&P makes fresh push towards record level" by Stephen Foley says US stocks mustered for anotehr assault on their al time record, determined to push forward desite mixed economic news & concern over Cyprus bailout. Boeing was up 2.1% after strong durable goods data that reflected the recent strenth of comm'l aircraft orders. Intel was up 2.9% after it appears to be close to entering the pay TV market with a set top box of its own.

IBD pB4 "market grabs best gain in weeks as vol eases" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks ramped up Tues but lower vol put a damper on the gains as the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 16.38 up from yesterday's P/E ratio of 15.83 (year ago it was 14.77); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.90 unchanged from Tuesday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.90 (year ago it was 12.65) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.45 dwon from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.47 (last year it was 2.48). The Dow's all-time high was 14,559.65 on March 26, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,895.90 up 14.57 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,881.33. 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 change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.20 up 49 cents from Monday's average of $62.71. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.12 (DIS/UNH) up 54 cents from Monday's median closing price of $55.58. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,457 ($189,590 - $188,970).

3/26/13 Tuesday 3:32 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks gained Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index’s all-time closing high back in play, following economic data that showed improvement in home prices and manufacturing.“I’d say the action in the market considering the news backdrop is pretty good. One reason that the market is struggling at these highs is it never really had a correction this year as yet; the one in February was just 3%,” said Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at RW Baird & Co.Bank bonuses have been paid out and more than half the employees surveyed by recruiter Ambition Group are looking change jobs. Here’s a look at which banking jobs are in high demand.“In a healthy market, everything is going in the same direction — the Dow made a new high, and so far the S&P has failed to do that,” said Bittles.The climb to or near all-time highs has come amid easy monetary policy by the Federal Reserve, which has held interest rates at record lows and has yet to signal an end to its $85 billion in monthly asset purchases.
“The Federal Reserve keeps pumping in liquidity, and the broad market in the U.S. continues to do well. We’ve got an extremely friendly board on the Federal Reserve, and that’s all you need to know,” said Bittles.After rising as much as 108 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.77% was more recently ahead 95.92 points, or 0.7%, at 14,543.67.Less than 4 points from its all-time closing high, the S&P 500 SPX+0.78% climbed 9.64 points, or 0.6%, to 1,561.38, with health care leading gains among its major sectors.Netflix Inc. NFLX+5.43% shares rose 6.4% to $192.34 after a Pacific Crest Securities analyst raised his price target to $225 from $160 on the film-subscription provider.
Monsanto Co. MON+4.42% rallied and shares of Dow component DuPont Co. DD-0.29% fell after the companies resolved a legal battle over rights to genetically modified-seed technology.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.53% rose 11.81 points, or 0.4%, to 3,247.11.
‘We’re past Cyprus, but we’re not past Europe.’

—Bruce Bittles, RW Baird & Co.
For every stock falling nearly two gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 347 million shares traded as of 3:05 p.m. Eastern.Composite volume approached 2.1 billion.Equities at first advanced on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 to within a point of its record from October 2007. But the initial optimism over Cyprus averting a collapse of its financial system faded on worries about what the bailout plan meant for other euro nations.“We’re past Cyprus, but we’re not past Europe. It’s going to be on again and off again, and the next problem will be more interesting, as what they did in Cyprus threatens bank depositors everywhere,” said Bittles, referring to the potentially adverse implications of the rescue plan in Cyprus. Banks in the island nation will stay shuttered until Thursday, when they will be subject to capital controls to stem a potential run on deposits.On Tuesday, the Commerce Department reported orders for durable goods climbed 5.7% in February, with the number exceeding expectations of about 5%.And, the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities rose 8.1% in January from the year-ago period.A separate report from the Commerce Department had sales of new homes down 4.6% in February, although weather likely factored into the largest drop in two years.The Conference Board’s index of consumer confidence in March fell to 59.7 from a revised three-month high of 68 the prior month.

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

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T: WSJ pB4 "T-Mobile fills iPhone void" by Thomas Gryta, NYT pB1 "T-Mobile shaeks up its service" by Brian X. Chen say TMobile USA will begin selling the iPhone next month and have been trying to lure AT&T customers whose contracts have lapsed. At AT&T & Verizon the most popular phone plans cost close to $100 a month with a 2 year contract. If T Mobile does not get market share from Verizon and AT&T it will become a small niche player like Leap or US Cellular.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: WSJ pC2 "AmEx, Wells in card pact" by Andrew R. Johnson, FT p12 "Amex/Walmart say American Express is adding paper checks & deposit insurance to the Bluebird prepaid card it markets with Walmart Stores.

Bank of America: WSJ pC1 "Banks looking at $100 bil tab" by Suzanne Kapner says JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Citigroup togetehr have paid $61.3 bil over the past 3 years to settle credit crisis and mortgage claims and their legal tab will be over $100 bil.

Boeing: FT p22 "Boeing leads as S&P makes fresh push towards record level" by Stephen Foley says US stocks mustered for anotehr assault on their al time record, determined to push forward desite mixed economic news & concern over Cyprus bailout. Boeing was up 2.1% after strong durable goods data that reflected the recent strenth of comm'l aircraft orders. Intel was up 2.9% after it appears to be close to entering the pay TV market with a set top box of its own.

USAT p3B lists Boeing as a story stock due to its test flight of its 787.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: WSJ pB9 "Shell obtains clearance for China shale project" by Brian Spegele says Chevron has drilled at least one exploratory well in China and plans more but it is slower in China than in N. America due to lack of infrastructure & geological data.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: WSJ pB6 "DuPont to pay Monsanto udner patent truce" by Ian Berry, NYT pB8 "Monsanto and DuPont settle fight over patent licensing" by Andrew Pollack, IBD pA2 "Monsanto gets $1.75 bil win" say DuPont will pay Monsanto this amount as part of a series of licensing agreements for genetically modified seed technology that spell a rruce in the rivals' bitter patent disputs. DuPont will be able to offer soybean seeds with Monsanto traits.

Exxon:No mentions found.

GE: WSJ pB8 "Field trip: learning from startups" by Rachel Emma Silverman says GE has invested in some 60 startups since starting a vc initiative earlier this year.

Hewlett-Packard:No mentions found.

Home Depot:No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pB2 "Oracle overhauls server line" by Don Clark says Oracle on Tues unveiled a set of midrange & high end server systems powered by a faster version of the Spar microprocessor line invetned by Sun taking aim a IBM whose Power line of microprocessors has long held the speed title for integer calculations. Most servers sue x86 chips from Intel or ADM and while Oracle also sells x86 machines, its latest ahrdware appeals to those that use Sun Sparc systems.

FT p22 "Boeing leads as S&P makes fresh push towards record level" by Stephen Foley says US stocks mustered for anotehr assault on their al time record, determined to push forward desite mixed economic news & concern over Cyprus bailout. Boeing was up 2.1% after strong durable goods data that reflected the recent strenth of comm'l aircraft orders. Intel was up 2.9% after it appears to be close to entering the pay TV market with a set top box of its own.

IBM: WSJ pB2 "Oracle overhauls server line" by Don Clark says Oracle on Tues unveiled a set of midrange & high end server systems powered by a faster version of the Spar microprocessor line invetned by Sun taking aim a IBM whose Power line of microprocessors has long held the speed title for integer calculations. Most servers sue x86 chips from Intel or ADM and while Oracle also sells x86 machines, its latest ahrdware appeals to those that use Sun Sparc systems.

JPMorgan: WSJ pC1 "Banks looking at $100 bil tab" by Suzanne Kapner says JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Citigroup togetehr have paid $61.3 bil over the past 3 years to settle credit crisis and mortgage claims and their legal tab will be over $100 bil.

NYT pB1 "JPMorgan Chase faces a full court press of fed ivnetigations" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Ben Protess says at leasat 8 fed agencies are investigating JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson:No mentions found.

McDonald's:No mentions found.

Merck:No mentions found.

Microsoft: FT p15 "Dell the unlikely target for financiers" by David Gelles says Microsoft is one of the backers of one of the proposed offers to buy Dell (from Silver Lake).

IBD pA2 Microsoft hit with complaint" says a Spanish trade group representing users of Linux filed a compalint vs. Microsoft with the European Comm saying Microsoft made it hard for computers with Sindows 8 OS to switch to Linux.

Pfizer: WSJ pB3 "Drug makers' push into injectables could ease shortages" by Jonathan D. Rockoff says the number of drug shortages fell to 84 last year. Pfizer resumed production of some cancer injectables that were in short supply.

Procter & Gamble:No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers:No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:No mentions found.

United Technologies:No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pB4 "T-Mobile fills iPhone void" by Thomas Gryta, NYT pB1 "T-Mobile shaeks up its service" by Brian X. Chen say TMobile USA will begin selling the iPhone next month and have been trying to lure AT&T customers whose contracts have lapsed. At AT&T & Verizon the most popular phone plans cost close to $100 a month with a 2 year contract. If T Mobile does not get market share from Verizon and AT&T it will become a small niche player like Leap or US Cellular.

Walmart: WSJ pC2 "AmEx, Wells in card pact" by Andrew R. Johnson says American Express is adding paper checks & deposit insurance to the Bluebird prepaid card it markets with Walmart Stores.

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
AT&T TNYSE
Alcoa AANYSE
American Express AXPNYSE
Bank of America BACNYSE
Boeing BANYSE
Caterpillar CATNYSE
Chevron CVXNYSE
Cisco CSCONASDAQ-GS
Coke KONYSE
Disney DISNYSE
DuPont DDNYSE
Exxon XOMNYSE
GENYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE
Home Depot HDNYSE
Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMorgan JPMNYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE
McDonald's MCDNYSE
Merck MRKNYSE
Microsoft MSFTNASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFENYSE
Procter & Gamble PGNYSE
3M MMMNYSE
Travelers TRVNYSE
UnitedHealth UNHNYSE
United Technologies UTXNYSE
Verizon VZDualListed
Walmart 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 retirement in May '13)

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 Frazier (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 3/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402.61
2. GE 242.37
3. WalMart WMT 239.61
4. Microsoft MSFT 234.12
5. IBM 227.26
6. Chevron CVX 227.10
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 214.40
8. Procter & Gamble PG 208.94
9. Pfizer PFE 201.66
10. AT&T T 197.75
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 186.19
12. Coke KO 172.95
13. Verizon VZ 133.57
14. Merck MRK 129.60
15. Bank of America BAC 122.23
16. Cisco CSCO 111.07
17. Intel INTC 104.01
18. Home Depot HD 102.10
19. Disney DIS 99.89
20. McDonald's MCD 96.06
21. United Technologies UTX 82.62
22. 3M MMM 71.60
23. American Express AXP 68.90
24. Caterpillar CAT 59.85
25. Boeing BA 58.44
26. UnitedHealth UNH 54.85
27. DuPont DD 44.93
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 39.35
29. Travelers TRV 30.50
30. Alcoa AA 9.03

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/12/13 8K re: closing of sale of various Notes
2/4/12 8K re: the increased of the Board of Dirs from 12 to 13 & election of Micahel B. McCalister to Bd.
1/25/13 8K re: agreement to buy spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 bil
1/24/13 2 8Ks & 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q results
12/18/12 8K re: issuance of long term Global Notes
12/17/12 8K re: sales of 1 bil in Euros of 3.5% of Global Notes due 2032
12/12/12 8K re: extension of $5 bil revolving credit agreement
12/11/12 8K re: closing of sale of $4bil of Global Notes
12/4/12 8K re: underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20

Alcoa AA: 3/1/12 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/13 at Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh
2/19/13 & 2/15/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
1/14/13 8K & 1/9/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/9/13 8K re: William F. Oplinger becoming CFO effective 4/1/13

American Express AXP: 2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/22/13 8K re: election of Anne Lauvergeon & Samuel J. Palmisano (former IBM CEO) as Dirs.
2/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for the 3 months ending 1/31/13
2/6/13 8K re: semin-annual presentation to Fin'l Community
1/17/13 8K & 1/10/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/13 8K re: delingq. 7 write-of stats 3 mos. ended 12/31/12
12/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-of stats for 3 months ended 11/30/12
12/12/12 8K re: results of notes exchange offer
11/28/12 8K results of private exchange offer
11/27/12 8K re: terms of privte exchange offer
11/15/12 8K re: write-off credit stats Aug., Sept., Oct
11/13/12 8K re: announcement of private offer


Bank of Am BAC: 2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/31/13 8K re: Robert W. Scully retiring from Bd. of Dirs.
1/23/13 8K re: stocks options to certain directors
1/17/13 & 1/7/13 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30

Boeing BA: 2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/30/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/23/13 8K re: suspension of SEC reporting for Boeing Capital Corp. sub.
1/17/13 8K re: FAA grounding of 787s
1/11/13 8K re: review of safety of 787
12/19/12 8K re: award of stock options to execs
12/17/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & resumption of share buyback program

Caterpillar CAT: 2/20/13 8K re: Jan. dealer stats.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/28/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
1/18/13 8K re: goodwill impairment of Chinese acquisition
12/20/12 8K re: supplemental info re: sales of machines & power systems
12/17/12 8K re: retirement from Bd. of Eugene V. Fife due to mandatory retirement age
11/20/12 8K re: 3 months dealer stats
11/6/12 8K re: executive compensation for Group Pres.
11/6/12 Prospetus for exchange offer of debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q eneded 9/30


Chevron CVX: 3/1/13 8K re: resignation of Chuck Hagel as Dir. to become Sec'y of Defense
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/4/13 8K re: compensation to officers
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)
12/5/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil of notes
11/6/12 10Q Qtr. ended 9/30/12
11/2/12 8K re: 3Q results


Cisco CSCO: 2/19/13 10Q & 2/13/13 8K re: 2 Qtr ended 1/26/13 results
2/1/13 8K re: election of Gregory Q. Brown, CEO of Motorola to Bd. of Dirs.
1/8/13 8K re: contract with Wim Elfrink, EVP
12/21/12 & 12/19/12 8Ks re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
11/20/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: Qtr. ended 10/27
11/16/12 8K re: amdmt to exec. comp. plan

Coke KO: 2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/21/13 8K re: retirment of Donald R. Keough & James B. Williams as Directors
2/20/13 8K re: stock option plan for execs
2/12/13 8K results for year & 4Q ended 12/31/12

Disney DIS: 2/26/13 Proxy re: supplemntal info re: what a great job CEO Robert Iger is doing
2/14/13 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/5/13 10Q & 2/5/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 12/29/12 results
1/18/13 Proxy re: annual shareholders meeting 3/6/13 in Phoeniz, Arizona
1/11/13 8K re: stock plan for directors
11/29/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil Global Notes
11/21/12 10K & 11/8/12 8K re: results year ended 9/29

DuPont DD: 2/7/13 8K re: closing of sale of Performance Coating biz to Carlyle Group of $4.9 bil cash
1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/27/13 Iran Notice
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/19/13 8K re: replacement reserves for 2012
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q results for year ended 12/31/12
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results
12/4/12 8K re: grant of bonus to CEO tillerson of $4.5 mil
11/30/12 8K re: retirement of SVP D.D. Humphreys
11/6/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
11/2/12 8K re: elecgtion of CEO of Xerox, Ursula M. Burns to Bd
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results

GE: 2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/15/13 8K re: increase of number of Directors from 18 to 19 & election of Francisco D. Souza , CEO of Cognizant Technologies, as Director
2/12/13 8K re: sale of GE's 49% interest in NBC Universal to Comcast for $12 bil cash & 4 bil stock
1/18/13 8K re: 4Q results
12/13/12 8K re: revised segment fin'l info for prior 2 qtrs.
11/7/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/21/13 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 1/31/13 results
1/31/13 Proxy re: annual stockholders meeting 3/20/13, Mt. View, CA
12/27/12 10K for year ended 10/31/12
11/20/12 8K re: results year ended 10/31

Home Depot HD: 2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13
11/21/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: 4Q ended 10/28
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Ron L. Sargent from BOD

Intel INTC: 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12
1/18/13 & 1/17/13 8Ks re: 4Q and 2012 results
12/14/12 8K re: issuance of $175 mil of 4.2% due 2042
12/11/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
12/6/12 & 12/4/12 8Ks re: issuance of $6 bil of Notes
12/4/12 8K re: adoption of FASB standard
11/19/12 8K re: retirement of Paul S. Otellini at May Annual Mtg. of Shareholders

IBM: 2/28/13 2 8Ks re: investor briefing
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: underwriting of Notes
2/1/13 8K re: exec comp for officers
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q earnings call transcript
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/4/13 8K re: retirement of Michael E. Daniels, SVP
11/16/12 8K re: sale of 1.375% Notes
11/5/12 8K re: bae salary of $1.5 mil for CEO Virginia Rometty

JPMorganChase JPM: 2/28/13 8K re: Investor Day presentation
2/28/13 Iran Notice
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/5/13 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares
1/25/13 8K re: closing of sale of notes
1/16/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/16/13 8K re: internal report re: trading loss
1/9/13 8K re: leaving of James E. Staley, Chrm. of Corporate & Inv. Banking Unit
12/5/12 8K re: Mark W. O'Donovan is now Controller
12/4/12 8K re: slides from U.S. fin'l services inv. conf.
12/4/12 8K re: reorganization
11/21/12 8K re: Marianne Lake is now CFO, other appointments
11/8/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 2/25/13 8K re: charge to net income due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/22/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q & 2012 results and earnings call
12/3/12 8K re: CEO Alex Gorsky replaces Bill Weldon as Chiar of BOD eff. 12/28
11/9/12 8K re: Eugene Washington is on BOD
11/9/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30

McDonald's MCD: 2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: comp for officers
2/8/13 8K re: sales decrease of 1.9% in Jan
1/31/13 8K re: quarterly cash dividend
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/13/12 8KA & 12/11/12 re global sales
12/4/12 8K & 11/15/12 8K re: Jeff Stratton succeeds Janice Fields as Pres. of McDonald's USA
11/9/12 8K re: global sales decreased 1.8% in Oct.
11/1/12 10Q & 10/19 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30


Merck MRK: 2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: paying $215 mil to settle class action lawsuits related to ENHANCE Study
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
11/29/12 8K re: Amendment to Control seperation Benefits Plan
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30

Microsoft MSFT: 1/24/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 12/31/12
11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
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


Pfizer PFE: 2/28 & 3/1/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
2/28/13 Iran Notice
1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
1/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 12/31/12
1/8/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents a share
1/8/13 8K re: election of Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's to BoD replacing Jon Rodgers

3M MMM: 3/1/13 8K re: realignment of 3M's business groups and effect on results
2/14/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/6/13 8K re: election of Muhtar Kent, Coke CEO, as Director
1/24/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/12/12 8K re: fin'l outlook for 2013 and eps estimate
11/1/12 10Q &

Travelers TRV: 3/1/13 10K/A & 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/5/12 8K re: estimate of losses due to Hurricane Sandy

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 2/28/13 8K re: sale of Notes
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/17/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil
11/26/12 8K re: annual inv. conf.
11/2/112 Bd. & officer changes

United Technologies UTX: 2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/17/12 8K re: completion of sale of ind'l products biz for $3.46 to finance purchase of Goodrich which closed earlier in the year

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson, Pres & CEO of Walgreen, as Director
1/25/13 8K re: sale of spectrum to AT&T
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results (& 1/18/13 & 1/7/13 4Q updates)
12/10/12 8K re: purchase of single premium annuity contract
from Prud'l to settle $7.5 bil of pension liabilities
12/8/12 8K re: election of EVP Merchandizing
11/13/12 8K re: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless disgtri buted $18.5 bil to the two owners, Verizon Communications & Vodaphone
11/8/12 8K re: disclsoure of Wells Fargo Tech, Media & telecom Conf.
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


WalMart WMT: 2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
12/4/12 10Q & 11/15/12 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31
9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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