Post No. 2,140 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 as of April 1, 2013 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 1, 2013.
A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's and Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times; & Saturday's New York Times & Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 14,865.06 down 0.08 or 0.00% from Thursday's close of 14,865.14. For the year the Dow is up 13.44% Of the Dow components 11 gained and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot up $1.69 or 2.35%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1.85 and percentage-wise was Alcoa down 1.32%.
Sat. WSJ pB6 "Reversal helps Blue Chips gaing round for the week" by Kaitlyn Kiernana says US tocks taded in negative territoryfor most fo the dy Fri before paring losses late in the session to finish the week with strong gains. JPMorgan fell 30 cents after it reported 1Q ernings that show signs of sof demand. Since closing a a 2 1/2 week low on 4/3, JPM's stock has rallied 5.3 up til the result.
IBD pB8 "Stocks step back Friday, but stay positive for week" by Paul Whitfield says stocks stuttered Fri losing ground but keeping most of the week's gains. Friday's action was down in lower volume while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
Sat NYT pB7 "Gloom in commodities amrkets ends a rally" by AP says a 4 day rally in the stock market came to an end Fri as signs of a slowinge conomy rattled commodity markets, weighing down energy & mining companies.
FT p11 "Gains from fin'ls fail to offset poor economic data" by Arash Massoudi says a batch of poor economic data sparked a mild retreat on Wall St Fri even as JPMorgn and Wells Fargo reported strong quarterly results, capping off a week marked by otherwise robust gains with losses. JPMorgan beat analysts' earnings forecast for 1Q. Hewlett-Packard dropped 4.9% after its Chiar stepped dwon.
As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B5 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's closing trailing P/E ratio is 16.28 unchanged from Friday's opening P/E ratio of 16.28 (year ago it was 14.43); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 13.05 unchanged from Friday' s opening P/E estimate of 13.05 (year ago it was 12.45) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.40 unchanged from Friday's opening dividend yield of 2.40 (last year it was 2.52). The Dow's all-time high was 14,865.14 on April 11, 2013. 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 1,935.67 down 0.01 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,935.68. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.52cents uunchanged from Thursday's average of $64.52. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $61.76 (DIS/UNH) up 1 cent from Thursday's median closing price of $61.75. 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 broken even ($193,568 - $193,568).
4/12/13 Friday 4:11 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished fractionally lower Friday to break a streak of record-setting-high days as they pared steep losses following weak retail sales and consumer confidence data earlier in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.08 point to close at 14,865.06. The S&P 500 shed 4.52 points, or 0.3%, to close at 1,588.85, with energy and materials stocks dragging the most. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 5.21 points, or 0.2%, to close at 3,294.95. For the week, the Dow Industrials finished 2.1% higher, with the S&P 500 up 2.3% and the Nasdaq advancing 2.8%.
Saturday's Dow News & Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
NYSE: IBD pA2 "T-Mobile USA sells first iPhones" says this happened just as AT&T rolls out instore marketign for Facebook's new HTC built phone.
Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
WSJ pB3 "Verizon delays upgrades" by Thomas Gryta says Verizon Wirelss will make contract customers wait longer before they can upgrade their phone with a subsidized device, pushing the time to 24 months from 20 months after signing a 2 year contract. This will be longer than AT&T and Sprint which generally allow upgrades after 20 months.
Alcoa AA
NYSE
American Express AXPNYSE: Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Bank of America BACNYSE
Boeing BANYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Caterpillar CATNYSE
Chevron CVXNYSE: Sat. NYT pB6 "Consultant recnts in Chevron pollution case in Ecuador" by Clifford Krauss says the consulting firm Stratus Consulting is recanting some of its reports and some are saying it is being coerced to do so.
Cisco CSCONASDAQ-GSBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Coke KONYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
DISNYSE
DuPont DDNYSE
Exxon XOMNYSE
GENYSE: Barron's pM17 "GE" says Barclays issued a report on GE as overwieght on 4/8/13 saying it likes GE's purchase of Lufkin Industries as it will broaden GE's artificial lift capabilities and is within its $1 bil to $4 bil target size range.
Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE: IBD pA5 "Plummeting PCs, iffy economy challenge tech's Q1" by Brian Deagon says last wed's news that 1Q PC shipments fell 14% from year ago hurt shares of Hewlett-Packard, Intel Microsoft and others. Troubles at Intel can be partly attributed to Windows 8 which launched on 10/26 and failed to spark PC sales. IBM reports results on Thurday after the close.
Barron's charts Hewlett-Packard at PM6 due to IDC's reports that PC shipments fell 14% in 1Q.
Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
FT p11 "Gains from fin'ls fail to offset poor economic data" by Arash Massoudi says a batch of poor economic data sparked a mild retreat on Wall St Fri even as JPMorgn and Wells Fargo reported strong quarterly results, capping off a week marked by otherwise robust gains with losses. JPMorgan beat analysts' earnings forecast for 1Q. Hewlett-Packard dropped 4.9% after its Chiar stepped down.
Sat NYT pB1 "When shareholder democracy is sham democracy" by James B. Stewart says Hewlett-Packard and other companies do not oust directors even when they fail to get 50% approval.
Home Depot HDNYSE: IBD pB12 "Home Depot rebuilds after housing bust" by Scott Stoddard says Home Depot's stock is up 19% after hitting a new high Friday and has outperformed the S&P. It said in Feb. it was boosting its quarterly dividend by 34% to 39 cents a share.
Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS: IBD pA5 "Plummeting PCs, iffy economy challenge tech's Q1" by Brian Deagon says last wed's news that 1Q PC shipments fell 14% from year ago hurt shares of Hewlett-Packard, Intel Microsoft and others. Troubles at Intel can be partly attributed to Windows 8 which launched on 10/26 and failed to spark PC sales. IBM reports results on Thurday after the close.
IBMNYSE
JPMorgan JPMNYSE: IBD pB2 "First big bank earnings mixed", IBD pA1 "JPMorgan, Wells Fargo lending activity sluggish" by Marilyn Alva, Barron's p14 "Banks disappoint", Sat. NYT pB1 "Signs of easier moneyf or mortgages" by Tara Siegel Bernard, Sat. NYT pB1 "JPMorgan, Wells Fargo struggle" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Shayndi Raice, WSJ pB14 "JPMorgan, Wells Fargo face reset on refis" by David Reilly, say JPMorgan's rev fell 3% from last year to $25.8 bil due to a slowdown in mortgage banking which income fell 31% from a year ago to $673 mil. JPMorgan's consumer banking income fell 12% to $2.6 bil while comm'l banking was flat.
Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
FT p11 "Gains from fin'ls fail to offset poor economic data" by Arash Massoudi says a batch of poor economic data sparked a mild retreat on Wall St Fri even as JPMorgn and Wells Fargo reported strong quarterly results, capping off a week marked by otherwise robust gains with losses. JPMorgan beat analysts' earnings forecast for 1Q. Hewlett-Packard dropped 4.9% after its Chiar stepped down.
Sat. WSJ pB6 "Reversal helps Blue Chips gaing round for the week" by Kaitlyn Kiernana says US tocks taded in negative territoryfor most fo the dy Fri before paring losses late in the session to finish the week with strong gains. JPMorgan fell 30 cents after it reported 1Q ernings that show signs of sof demand. Since closing a a 2 1/2 week low on 4/3, JPM's stock has rallied 5.3 up til the result.
Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE: Barron's p7 "Up & Down Wall St" by Randall W. Forsyth says Johnson & Johnson is among those stocks trading at or near its all time high.
McDonald's MCDNYSE: IBD pA2 "McDonald's" says Steve Easterbrook was rehired as global chief brand officer.
Merck MRKNYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Microsoft MSFTNASDAQ-GS: IBD pA5 "Plummeting PCs, iffy economy challenge tech's Q1" by Brian Deagon says last wed's news that 1Q PC shipments fell 14% from year ago hurt shares of Hewlett-Packard, Intel Microsoft and others. Troubles at Intel can be partly attributed to Windows 8 which launched on 10/26 and failed to spark PC sales. IBM reports results on Thurday after the close.
Pfizer PFENYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Procter & Gamble PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
Travelers TRVNYSE
UnitedHealth UNHNYSE
United Technologies UTXNYSE
Verizon VZDualListed: WSJ pB3 "Verizon delays upgrades" by Thomas Gryta says Verizon Wirelss will make contract customers wait longer before they can upgrade their phone with a subsidized device, pushing the time to 24 months from 20 months after signing a 2 year contract. This will be longer than AT&T and Sprint which generally allow upgrades after 20 months.
Walmart WMTNYSE: Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:
Saturday's Dow News & Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
NYSE: IBD pA2 "T-Mobile USA sells first iPhones" says this happened just as AT&T rolls out instore marketign for Facebook's new HTC built phone.Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
WSJ pB3 "Verizon delays upgrades" by Thomas Gryta says Verizon Wirelss will make contract customers wait longer before they can upgrade their phone with a subsidized device, pushing the time to 24 months from 20 months after signing a 2 year contract. This will be longer than AT&T and Sprint which generally allow upgrades after 20 months.
Alcoa AA
NYSEAmerican Express AXP
NYSE: Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.Bank of America BAC
NYSEBoeing BA
NYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.Caterpillar CAT
NYSEChevron CVX
NYSE: Sat. NYT pB6 "Consultant recnts in Chevron pollution case in Ecuador" by Clifford Krauss says the consulting firm Stratus Consulting is recanting some of its reports and some are saying it is being coerced to do so.Cisco CSCO
NASDAQ-GSBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.Coke KO
NYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.DIS
NYSEDuPont DD
NYSEExxon XOM
NYSEGE
NYSE: Barron's pM17 "GE" says Barclays issued a report on GE as overwieght on 4/8/13 saying it likes GE's purchase of Lufkin Industries as it will broaden GE's artificial lift capabilities and is within its $1 bil to $4 bil target size range.Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ
NYSE: IBD pA5 "Plummeting PCs, iffy economy challenge tech's Q1" by Brian Deagon says last wed's news that 1Q PC shipments fell 14% from year ago hurt shares of Hewlett-Packard, Intel Microsoft and others. Troubles at Intel can be partly attributed to Windows 8 which launched on 10/26 and failed to spark PC sales. IBM reports results on Thurday after the close.Barron's charts Hewlett-Packard at PM6 due to IDC's reports that PC shipments fell 14% in 1Q.
Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
FT p11 "Gains from fin'ls fail to offset poor economic data" by Arash Massoudi says a batch of poor economic data sparked a mild retreat on Wall St Fri even as JPMorgn and Wells Fargo reported strong quarterly results, capping off a week marked by otherwise robust gains with losses. JPMorgan beat analysts' earnings forecast for 1Q. Hewlett-Packard dropped 4.9% after its Chiar stepped down.
Sat NYT pB1 "When shareholder democracy is sham democracy" by James B. Stewart says Hewlett-Packard and other companies do not oust directors even when they fail to get 50% approval.
Home Depot HD
NYSE: IBD pB12 "Home Depot rebuilds after housing bust" by Scott Stoddard says Home Depot's stock is up 19% after hitting a new high Friday and has outperformed the S&P. It said in Feb. it was boosting its quarterly dividend by 34% to 39 cents a share.Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
Intel INTC
NASDAQ-GS: IBD pA5 "Plummeting PCs, iffy economy challenge tech's Q1" by Brian Deagon says last wed's news that 1Q PC shipments fell 14% from year ago hurt shares of Hewlett-Packard, Intel Microsoft and others. Troubles at Intel can be partly attributed to Windows 8 which launched on 10/26 and failed to spark PC sales. IBM reports results on Thurday after the close.IBM
NYSEJPMorgan JPM
NYSE: IBD pB2 "First big bank earnings mixed", IBD pA1 "JPMorgan, Wells Fargo lending activity sluggish" by Marilyn Alva, Barron's p14 "Banks disappoint", Sat. NYT pB1 "Signs of easier moneyf or mortgages" by Tara Siegel Bernard, Sat. NYT pB1 "JPMorgan, Wells Fargo struggle" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Shayndi Raice, WSJ pB14 "JPMorgan, Wells Fargo face reset on refis" by David Reilly, say JPMorgan's rev fell 3% from last year to $25.8 bil due to a slowdown in mortgage banking which income fell 31% from a year ago to $673 mil. JPMorgan's consumer banking income fell 12% to $2.6 bil while comm'l banking was flat. Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.
FT p11 "Gains from fin'ls fail to offset poor economic data" by Arash Massoudi says a batch of poor economic data sparked a mild retreat on Wall St Fri even as JPMorgn and Wells Fargo reported strong quarterly results, capping off a week marked by otherwise robust gains with losses. JPMorgan beat analysts' earnings forecast for 1Q. Hewlett-Packard dropped 4.9% after its Chiar stepped down.
Sat. WSJ pB6 "Reversal helps Blue Chips gaing round for the week" by Kaitlyn Kiernana says US tocks taded in negative territoryfor most fo the dy Fri before paring losses late in the session to finish the week with strong gains. JPMorgan fell 30 cents after it reported 1Q ernings that show signs of sof demand. Since closing a a 2 1/2 week low on 4/3, JPM's stock has rallied 5.3 up til the result.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
NYSE: Barron's p7 "Up & Down Wall St" by Randall W. Forsyth says Johnson & Johnson is among those stocks trading at or near its all time high.McDonald's MCD
NYSE: IBD pA2 "McDonald's" says Steve Easterbrook was rehired as global chief brand officer.Merck MRK
NYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.Microsoft MSFT
NASDAQ-GS: IBD pA5 "Plummeting PCs, iffy economy challenge tech's Q1" by Brian Deagon says last wed's news that 1Q PC shipments fell 14% from year ago hurt shares of Hewlett-Packard, Intel Microsoft and others. Troubles at Intel can be partly attributed to Windows 8 which launched on 10/26 and failed to spark PC sales. IBM reports results on Thurday after the close.Pfizer PFE
NYSEBarron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.Procter & Gamble PG
NYSEMMM
NYSETravelers TRV
NYSEUnitedHealth UNH
NYSEUnited Technologies UTX
NYSEVerizon VZ
DualListed: WSJ pB3 "Verizon delays upgrades" by Thomas Gryta says Verizon Wirelss will make contract customers wait longer before they can upgrade their phone with a subsidized device, pushing the time to 24 months from 20 months after signing a 2 year contract. This will be longer than AT&T and Sprint which generally allow upgrades after 20 months.Walmart WMT
NYSE: Barron's p37 "Payouts already set to surpass 2012" by Shirley A. Lazo says 7 Dow firms paid higher dividends in Jan - March: AT&T, Boeing, GE, Home Depot, 3M, Merck and Pfizer. Cisco, Coke, JPMorgan and Walmart hiked their dividends too but Cisco, Coke and Walmart pay this quarter while JPMorgan will pay in July. American Express and Hewlett-Packard have signaled bigger dividends, but haven't announced.*******************
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 4/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.73
2. WalMart WMT 246.37
3. GE 240.41
4. Microsoft MSFT 239.6
5. IBM 237.72
6. Chevron CVX 230.73
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 227.9
8. Procter & Gamble PG 210.5
9. Pfizer PFE 207.48
10. AT&T T 201.49
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 180.51
12. Coke KO 180.23
13. Verizon VZ 140.48
14. Merck MRK 133.59
15. Bank of America BAC 131.79
16. Cisco CSCO 111.41
17. Intel INTC 108
18. Home Depot HD 103.20
19. Disney DIS 102.55
20. McDonald's MCD 99.97
21. United Technologies UTX 85.64
22. American Express AXP 74.52
23. 3M MMM 73.35
24. Boeing BA 64.92
25. UnitedHealth UNH 58.64
26. Caterpillar CAT 56.97
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 46.35
28. DuPont DD 45.93
29. Travelers TRV 31.82
30. Alcoa AA 9.11
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/1/13:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 3/13/13& 3/5 8Ks re: closing of sale of global notes
3/1/13 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4/26/13 Cheyenne, WY
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
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: 3/25/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to 150 mil shares and qtr div of 20 cents payable 5/10 to record holders as of 4/5
3/18/13 Proxy re: annual mtg of sharehodlers 4/29/13 at NYC HQ
3/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats Dec. thru Feb. '13
3/14/13 8K re: buback of up to $4bil of shares & qtr div. of 23 cents
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
Bank of Am BAC: 3/28/13 Proxy re: Anual mtg of stockhodlers 5/8/13 Charlotte Marriott, N.C.
3/15/13 8K re: Mukesh D. Ambani retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/14/13 8K re: Red ok'd capital plan
3/5/13 8K re: error in 10K consents
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
Boeing BA: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
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
Caterpillar CAT: 3/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 12/12
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
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)
Cisco CSCO: 3/26/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
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
Coke KO: 3/21/13 8K re: transfer of Indian & SW Asian business units to Pacific segments
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 annual shareholder meeting at Cobb Galleries, Atlanta
3/5/13 8K re: closing of sale of $500 mil floating rate notes due '15
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: 3/20/13 8K re: $1.5 bil 364 day credit agreement
3/8/13 8K re: change to exec bonus plan
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
DuPont DD: 3/26/13 8K re: settlement with Monsanto of patent litigation
3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/24 Stockholders Meeting at DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
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: 3/26/13 8K re: financial presentation
3/12/13 8K re: analyst meeting
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
GE: 3/20/13 8K re: bonsues to execs
3/19/13 8K re: closing of sale of GE's 49% interest in Comcast
3/18/13 8K re: selection of Jan R. Hauser as VP, Controller]
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 Annual Shareholder mtg at Morial Conv. Ctr, New Orlean
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
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockhodlers meeting on 3/20
3/12 Proxy materials
3/11/13 10Q for qtr ended 1/31/13
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
Home Depot HD: 3/28/13 10K for year ended 2/3/13
3/6/13 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13
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
IBM: 3/11/13 Proxy re 4.30/13 annual meeting of stockholders at Von Braun Ctr., Huntsville, Al
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
JPMorganChase JPM: 3/22/13 Proxy re: 5/21/13 annual shareholders mtg at Highland Oaks Campus, Tampa
3/15/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to $6 bil and payment of 30 cent dividend on 3/19
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
Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 3/13/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Shareholder mtg at Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
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
McDonald's MCD: 3/13/13 8K re: decrease of global sales by 1.5% in Feb.
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
Merck MRK: 3/7/13 8K re: Peter S. Kim retirement as Pres. Merck Research Labs
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
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
Pfizer PFE: 3/14/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Annual mtg of shareholders, Hilton Short Hills, NJ
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
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: 3/27/13 Proxy re: 5/14/13 Shareholder Mtg. at Rivercentre, St. Paul, Min
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
Travelers TRV: 3/21/13 8K re: Lawrence G. Graev retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/21/13 Proxy re 5/22/13 Shareholder Mtg, Marriott, Hartford, Ct.
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
UnitedHealth Group UNH: 3/11/13 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare conference presentation
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
United Technologies UTX: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual meeting of shareholders, Oglethorpe Aud, Savannah, Ga.
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 3/18/13 Proxy re: 5/2/13 Annual Mtg of shareholders, Doubletree, Tulsa, OK
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)
WalMart WMT: 3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
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