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by Dan Kolber
Post No. 2,897 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 a summary of recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of Sept. 24, 2014.
A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, New York Times & Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (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 closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 16974.31 down 31.44 or 0.18 % from Tuesday's close of 17005.75. For the year the Dow is up 2.40%. Of the Dow components 14 gained and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Johnson & Johnson up 77 cents and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 1.38%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Visa down $2.05 and percentage-wise was DuPont down 1.69%.
NYT pB10 "Market unruffled by end of Fed's stimulus program" & AJC pA15 "Stocks slip after Fed statement" by AP says the market fell after the Fed said it was shutting down a bond buying program saying the economy no longer needed it.
FT p21 "Wall Street" by Mamta Badkar says the US market turned negative due to Fed's monetary policy decision to stop bond buying.
IBD pB3 "Nasdaq sees mild drop after Fed ends QE3 buys" by David Saito-Chung says Wed's action saw modest losses, higher trade while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 15.97 up from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.81 (last year it was 16.08). Thursday's P/E estimate is 14.92 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 14.92 (year ago it was 14.65) and Thursday's dividend yield is 2.22 down from Wednesday's dividend yield of 2.25 (last year it was 2.10). The Dow's all-time high was 17279.74 on September 19, 2014. 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 numerator is 2643.17 down 4.90 from Tuesday's numerator of 2648.07. 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 (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $88.11 down 16 cents from Tuesday's average closing price of $88.27. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $90.74 (DIS/NKE) down __ from Tuesday's median closing price of $__ (__/__). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was Microsoft.
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 lost $490 ($264,807 - $264,317).
10/29/14 Wed. 5:03 MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova & Barbara Kollmeyer says
the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped a four-day winning streak on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve made official its plans to end the last round of its recession-era stimulus program.
Most major stock benchmarks slipped lower, after an initial knee-jerk bout of panic, in the wake of the Fed’s policy decision, which came just after 2 p.m. Eastern time. Stocks did recover somewhat, but still ended Wednesday’s trading session in the red. Although the Fed said it would keep fed funds rate at zero, investors appeared to be caught off guard by the Fed’s upbeat view on the labor market and inflation. In its accompanying statement after its two-day meeting, the Fed explicitly said it could raise interest rates sooner than markets have forecast, if the economy grows faster than the bank projects. It was the first time the Fed made such explicit remarks about how quickly it could hike rates. Despite the choppy trading, there’s good news to be gleaned from the U.S. central bank’s posture. The Fed’s view implies the U.S. economy is on firmer footing. But the markets had hoped for more signs that a low-rate policy would be maintained for an extended period. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.14% closed 2.75 points, or 0.1%, lower at 1,982.30. The Nasdaq Composite Index, which was already under pressure from Internet stocks COMP, -0.33% lost 15 points, or 0.3%, to 4,549.23. Meanwhile, the Dow industrials DJIA, -0.18% ended down 31.44 points, or 0.2%, at 16,974. Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors, expects more volatility in the next few days as investors fully digest the Fed’s decision, but ultimately believes that the end of QE is a positive for stocks. “The Fed is normalizing policy and the only reason they are doing so now is because they believe the economy is in a good shape. Now the focus is on the interest rate, which is likely to stay at near zero until next June,” Orlando said. Facebook missed profit expectations for the first time in two years. WSJ's Reed Albergotti and Scott Austin discuss the social network's third quarter earnings report. Tech stocks under pressure: Tech stocks were not shaping up for a repeat of Tuesday’s gains. In large part, Facebook is to blame. The social-media giant issued a warning about increased expenses, which overshadowed better-than-expected earnings. Although results in the past year have been impressive and hard to beat, tougher comparisons and higher spending are on investors’ minds, said Pacific Crest Securities’ analyst Evan Wilson, in a note. Facebook Inc. joins Twitter Inc. TWTR, -1.12% in dealing with what’s been a tough week for some Internet stocks. Twitter fell nearly 10% on Tuesday after the social-media company’s results showed slowing growth in new users and analysts downgraded the stock.
Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T:
American Express:
Boeing:
Caterpillar:
Chevron:
Cisco:
Coke:
Disney:
DuPont:
Exxon:
GE:
Goldman Sachs: NYT pB1 "Banker in middle of a fight between Goldman and Libya" by Jennry Anderson says Libya has hired an ex Goldman Sachs employees to explain sophisticated fin'l products in its suit against Goldman .
Home Depot:
Intel:
IBM:
JPMorgan:
Johnson & Johnson:
McDonald's:
Merck:
Microsoft: AJC pA14 "Microsoft wrapping up layoffs, cuts 3,000" says all of the 18,000 job cuts have been done representing 14% of the global workforce of 128,076.
NYT pB4 "Microsoft jumps into the growing market for wearable fitness technology" by Nick Wingfield says Microsoft will sell a wrist worn fitness dive, Microsoft Bank, and a related online service, Microsoft Health that will analyst data from the band.
Nike:
Pfizer:
Procter & Gamble:
3M:
Travelers:
United Technologies:
UnitedHealth:
Verizon:
Visa: AJC pA14 "Visa profit drojps, but beat expectations" says Visa's 4Q profit fell 10% due to litigation expenses.
Walmart:
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| AXP | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| BA | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| CAT | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| CVX | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | ▲ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| DIS | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| DD | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| XOM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| GE | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| GS | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| HD | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| INTC | ▲ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| JPM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| MCD | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| MRK | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | ▲ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| NKE | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| PFE | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| PG | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| MMM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| TRV | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| UTX | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| UNH | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| VZ | ▼ | DualListed | |||
| V | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| WMT | ▲ | NYSE |
Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:
AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
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)
Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA) (Craig Menear Takes Over as CEO on 11/1)
Intel INTC Brian Krzanich (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 Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)
Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)
Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)
Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (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)
Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)
Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of close of business 9/24/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $408.64
2. Microsoft MSFT 387.93
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 306.4
4. GE 260.18
5. Wal-Mart WMT 248.39
6.Chevron CVX 232.43
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 231.78
8. Procter & Gamble PG 230.8
9. Verizon VZ 207.55
10. Pfizer PFE 192.19
11. Coke KO 185.39
12. IBM 191.85 58
13. AT&T T 183.
14. Merck MRK 174.12
15. Intel INTC 172.05
16. Disney DIS 153.54
17. Visa V 134.71
18. Cisco CSCO 127.38
19. Home Depot HD 125.2
20. United Technologies UTX 97.05
21. McDonald's MCD 93.28
22. 3M MMM 93.88
23. American Express AXP 93.12
24. Boeing BA 92.66
25. Goldman Sachs GS 85.98
26. UnitedHealth UNH 85.71
27. Nike NKE 70.19
28. DuPont DD 66.66
29. Caterpillar CAT 63.55
30. Travelers TRV 32.14
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of close of business 9/24/14:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T:
8/1/14 10Q & 7/24/14 8K & 7/23/14 8K re: qtr ended 6/30
7/1/14 S-4 re: purchase of DirecTV
American Express AXP:
9/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months end 8/31/14
8/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months end 7/31/14
7/30/14 10Q & 7/29/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
7/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 6/30/14
Boeing BA:
7/23/14 10Q & 7/23/14 8K re: 2Qtr ended 6/30/14
Caterpillar CAT:
9/19/14 8K re: info re: retail sales of OEMs
9/16/14 8K re: credit agreement with Citibank up to $3.15 bil
8/20/14 8K re: rolling 3 month retail sales stats
8/1/14 10Q & 7/24/14 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/14
7/23/14 8K re: rolling 3 mos. retail sales stats.
Chevron CVX:
8/14/14 8K re: voluntary dismissal of shareholder derivative lawsuit
8/6/14 10Q & 8/1/14 8K & 7/10/14 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/14
Cisco CSCO:
9/12/14 8K re: departure of director Marc Benioff & reduction of board to 10
9/9/14 10K & 8/13/14 8K re: results for year ended 7/26/14
8/14/14 8K re: restructuring plan & lay-offs of 6,000 or 8% of global workforce
7/31/14 8K re: resignation from BoD of Gregory Q. Brown
Coke KO:
9/22/14 & 9/19/14 8Ks re: close of public offering of long term notes
8/20/14 8K re: purchase of 16.7% state in Monster
7/30/14 10Q & 7/22/14 8K re: qtr ended 6/27/14
Disney DIS:
8/5/14 10Q for quarter ended 6/28/14
8/5/14 & 8/5 8K re: 10Q for 3Qtr ended 6/28/14
DuPont DD:
8/5/14 8K re: election of Ulf M. Mark Scheider
7/22/14 10Q & 7/22/14 8K re: qtr ended 6/30/14
ExxonMobil XOM:
8/6/14 10Q & 7/31/14 8K re: 2Qtr ended 6/30/14
8/6/14 8K re: retirement of P.T. Mulva as VP/controller to be replaced by D.S. Rosenthal
GE:
7/31/14 10Q & 7/18/14 8K re: qtr ended 6/30/14
Goldman Sachs GS:
8/25/14 8K re: settlement with FHFA re: sale of residential mortgage backed securities to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
8/7/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K re: 2Qtr ended 6/30/14
Home Depot HD:
9/18/14 8K re: update on guidance due to data breach
9/8/14 8K re: breach od payment data systems
8/27/14 10Q & 8/19/14 8K results for quarter ended 8//14
8/21/14 8K re: election of Craig A. Menear as CEO &Pes. and Frank Blake taking on as chairman eff. 11/1/14 & amendment of by-laws to split CEO & Chairman positions
Intel INTC:
7/25/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/28/14
IBM:
7/29/14 10Q & 7/18/14 8K & 7/17/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
7/29/14 8K re: election of CEO of JNJ Alex Gorsky & Peter R. Voser to BoD
JPMorganChase JPM:
9/19/14 8K re: redemption of subord. notes
9/12/14 8K re: cyberattack vs. JPM
9/10/14 8K re: closing of public offering of $3 bil sub. notes due'24
8/4/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K & 7/15/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
7/2/14 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon having throat cancer
7/1/14 8K re: reduction of warrant exercise price
Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
8/1/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K re: Qtr ended 6/29/14
7/21/14 8K re: $5 bil share repurchase program
McDonald's MCD:
9/22/14 8K re: raising quarterly div. by 5% to 85 cents payable 12/15 to record holders 12/1
9/9/14 8K re: global sales decreased 3.7% in Aug.
8/27/14 8K re: salary increase of Pres. of Asia, Mid E. & Africa
8/22/14 8K re: election of Make Andres as Pres. - USA replacing Jeff Stratton eff. 10/15
8/11/14 8K re: global sales decreased 2.5% in July
8/4/14 & 7/22/14 & 7/18/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
Merck MRK:
9/29/14 8K re: 2Q results
Microsoft MSFT:
9/17/14 8K election of Teri List-Stoll & Charles W. Scharf (CEO of Visa) to Board eff 10/1 & increase of Board to 12 & retirement from Board of Dave Marquadt & Dina Dublon
8/19/14 8K re: dividend increase to 31 cents up 11% payable 12/111 to holders on 11/20
7/31/14 10K for year ended 6/30/14
7/31/14 8K re: increased BoD to 11 & election of John W. Stanton
7/22/14 8K re: 4Q results
7/17/14 8K re: restruction & related charges
Nike NKE:
9/23/14 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
Sec. 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 9/18/14 at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Or.
7/25/14 10K for year ended 5/31/14
Pfizer PFE:
8/7/14 10Q for qtr ended 6/29/14
7/29/14 8K re: 2Q results
Procter & Gamble PG:
8/29/14 Proxy re: 10/14/14 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 9 a.m. at Duke Energy Convention Ctr. Cincinnati,Oh
8/8/14 10K for yr. ended 6/30/14
8/1/14 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
7/8/14 8K re: quarterly div. of 64 cents per share payable 8/15 to record holders of 7/18
3M MMM:
8/12/14 8K re: election of Sandra Barbour to Board
8/8/14 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 yr. revolving credit agreement with JPMorgan
7/31/14 10Q & 7/24/14 re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
Travelers TRV:
9/10/14 2 8Ks re: realignment of 2 of 3 business segments
8/11/14 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: timing of shareholder proposals
7/22/14 10Q & 8K re: qtr ended 6/30/14
United Technologies UTX:
7/25/14 10Q & 7/22/14 8K for qtr. ended 6/30/14
UnitedHealth Group UNH:
9/12/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation at Merrill Global Healthcare Conf. London 9/17
9/5/14 8K re: FD disclosure re: presentation at Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conf. NYC 9/9
8/4/14 & 8/1/14 8K & 7/17 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
9/11/14 8K re: strong customer growth
9/4/14 8K/A committee Board assignments for Dir. Shellye L. Archambeau
8/20/14 8K re: results of exchange offer of Verizon/Alltel securities
8/6/14 2 8Ks re: terms of exchange offer re: Alltel
Visa V:
9/11/14 8K re: deposit of $450 mil in litigation escrow account
7/24/14 10Q & 7/24/14 8K re: qtr ended 6/30/14
7/23/14 8K re: quarterly div. of 40 cents payable 9/3 to record holders as of 8/15.
WalMart WMT:
9/5/14 10Q & 8/14/14 8K re: results for qtr ended 7/31/14
7/24/14 8K re: election of Greg Foran as Pres/CEO of Walmart USA to replace Bill Simon
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