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by Dan Kolber
Post No. 2,979 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 Dec. 20 and a summary of recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 12/20.
A read of the print editions of Monday's Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Friday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 18053.71 up 23.5 or 0.13% from Wednesday's close of 18030.21. For the year the Dow is up 8.9%. Of the Dow components 22 gained and 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's up 95 cents or 1.01%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Visa down $1.01and percentage-wise was Exxon down 0.61%.
IBD pB8 "Stock indexes amble higher, but quality leadership is absent" by Paul Whitfield says stocks danced to a slow beat Friday, rising in quiet post holiday vol as the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.
As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Monday's trailing P/E ratio was 16.95 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.85 (last year it was 16.81). Monday's P/E estimate was 15.93 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 15.71 (year ago it was 15.25) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.40 up from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.16 (last year it was 2.07). The Dow's all-time high was 18053.71 on December 26, 2014. 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 numerator is 2811.25 up 3.66 from Wednesday's numerator of 2807.59. 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 $93.71 up 12 cents from Wednesday's average closing price of $93.59. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $94.26 (CAT/AXP) up 46 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $93.80 (XOM/MCD). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was GE.
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 made $366 ($281,125 - $280,759).
12/26/14 Fri. 4:39 pm MarketWatch by Joseph Andinolfi & Barbara Kollmeyer says Santa continued to shower gifts on stock-market investors, as the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average once again closed at record levels. The Nasdaq Composite closed at its highest level since March 2000. The Dow industrials DJIA, +0.13% closed 23 points, or 0.1%, higher at 18,053, their 38th record close of the year, while the S&P 500 SPH5, +0.09% gained 6.89 points, or 0.3%, to 2,088.7, its 52nd record close. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.70% gained 33.39 points, or 0.7%, to close at 4,806.8. The Dow has gained for seven consecutive trading days, and enjoyed its biggest seven-day point gain since Nov. 4, 2008. The Nasdaq has been up for eight of the last ten weeks, while the S&P 500 has gained for nine of the past ten weeks. However, volumes for all three major indexes were the lowest for the year so far. Naeem Aslam, chief market analyst at AvaTrade, said he expects the stock market’s typical end-of-year rally to continue through next week, as the only important piece of U.S. economic data expected is the weekly jobless claims report on Wednesday. Aslam added that low trading volume will likely help U.S. stocks to continue moving higher. Friday’s records come after markets were closed Thursday for Christmas. On Wednesday, the Dow eked out its 37th record close this year in a shortened Christmas Eve session, ending at 18,030.21, after closing above 18,000 for the first time on Tuesday. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.33% halted a five-day winning streak that had brought it to a record as well, as it lost less than a point to close at 2,081.88 Wednesday. The Dow industrials had the best five-day run before Christmas since 1991, while for the past five trading days of the year, the index is been up 93 times in 117 years, or around 79% of the time. Analysts also said the Dow trading above 18,000 as 2014 closes is an encouraging sign, even as some expect stocks are expected to dip in the New Year. Also see: Santa rally may be deterred by these three factors. European markets are closed until Monday. Asia stocks ADOW, +0.74% mostly rose, with a 2.8% gain for the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +2.77% led by banks. In other markets, the dollar USDJPY, +0.12% held steady above ¥120, while gold prices GCG5, +0.01% finished the week slightly lower, but gained $22.10 Friday, rising to $1,196.30 an ounce. Crude-oil prices CLG5, +1.21% gave up early gains, as West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery fell 2% to $54.73 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOG5, +0.84% futures lost 79 cents, or 1.3%, to close at $59.45. Both are the second-lowest settlement levels of this year, after ones set last week. Chris Faulkner, the chief executive of Breitling Energy, said he believes the “panic button” for Saudi Arabia to cut production is $40 a barrel.
Saturday & Sunday Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: WSJ pC6 "T-Mobile: A good call for the new year" by Miriam Gottfired says shares of Verizon and AT&T bolstered by their hefty dividends have falled by only 3% in '14. AT&T trades at 5.9 times '15 estimates and Verizon trades at 6.6.
American Express: No mentions found.
Boeing: USAT p3B " Boeing 707 altered face of aviation" by John Cox says planes don't fly any faster now than the 707 did.
Caterpillar: No mentions found.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coke: WSJ pB1 "The best and worst of marketing in 014" by Suzanne Vranica includes Procter & Gamble's Always brand, Coke's share a name campaign. But Walmart's phone ad with a dad muttering "I can't breathe" was bad timing.
Disney: No mentions found.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: No mentions found.
GE: WSJ pB6 "GE tries to go with flow in China" by Kathy Chu is an interview with Racel Duan, CEO of GE Chinese Operations.
Goldman Sachs: WSJ pC3 "Morgan Stanley-MUFG Hybrid tops Japan M&A derby" by Atsuko Rukase says Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley topped Goldman Sachs as the No. M&A advisor in Japan for '14.
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: IBD pA2 "PS, Xbox struggle after hack" says a Christmas Day cyberattack hobbled the online infrastructure of Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox.
Nike: No mentions found.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
UnitedHealthcare: No mentions found.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Visa: No mentions found.
Walmart: No mentions found.
Friday'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 |
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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 Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)
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 Greg Hayes (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 12/20/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $396.52
2. Microsoft MSFT 392.85
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 295.45
4. Wal-Mart WMT 274.49
5. GE 257.28
6. Procter & Gamble PG 248.73
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 231.48
8. Chevron CVX 213.49
9. Pfizer PFE 201.24
10. Verizon VZ 195.12
11. Coke KO 183.75
12. Intel INTC 175.85
13.AT&T T 173.97
14. Merck MRK 169.86
15. Visa V 164.40
16. Disney DIS 157.51
17. IBM 156.87
18. Cisco CSCO 142
19. Home Depot HD 134.33
20. 3M MMM 106.04
21. United Technologies UTX 105.38
22. UnitedHealth UNH 98.37
23. American Express AXP 96.71
24. McDonald's MCD 90.72
25. Boeing BA 89.99
26. Goldman Sachs GS 87.52
27. Nike NKE 81.71
28. DuPont DD 66.40
29. Caterpillar CAT 55.52
30. Travelers TRV 35.05
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/20/14:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T:
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom
10/24/14 8K re: completion of sale of Ct. wireline operations to Frontier Comm
3 8Ks (10/22; 10/22 & 9/30/14) re: 3Qtr result
American Express AXP:
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares
10/28/14 10Q & 10/15/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 9/30/14
Boeing BA:
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback
10/31/14 8K re: issuance of senior notes
10/22/14 10Q & 10/22/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: credit agreements
Caterpillar CAT:
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan
10/31/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sales to retail and OEM
10/14/14 8K re: retirement of Group Presidents Stuart Levenick & Steven Wunning
Chevron CVX:
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14
Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg
10/29/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/26/14
10/1/14 8K re: Guidelines for '14 Equity Plan
Disney DIS:
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14
10/3/14 8K re: CEO Robert Iger's amended employment contract
DuPont DD:
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan
10/28/14 CEO letter to shareholders
10/28/14 & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
GE:
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
Goldman Sachs GS:
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/23/14 8K re: legal opinion re: debt issuance
Home Depot HD:
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system
10/20/14 8-K/A re: promotion of Craig A. Menear to CEO
10/14/14 8K re: resignation of Marvin R. Ellison, EVP
Intel INTC:
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook
10/29/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3rd Qtr ended 9/27/14
IBM:
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan
10/28/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/20) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: closing of Lenovo's purchase of IBM's x86 server business
10/20/14 8K re: sale of IBM's global comm'l semiconductor tech business to Globalfoundries
JPMorgan Chase JPM:
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
11/3/14 & 2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '19
10/2/14 8K re: cyberattack
10/2/14 8K re: adjustment of warrant price
Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil
10/30/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
10/2/14 8K re: agreement to purchase Alios Biopharma
McDonald's MCD:
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
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.
Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/27/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/15/14 8K re: issuance of notes
10/2/14 8K re: completion of sale of Consumer Care Business to Bayer for 414.2 bil
Microsoft MSFT:
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg
10/23/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/21/14 & 10/20/14 & 10/20/14 Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Mtg at 12/3/14 at 8 am at Meydenbauer ctr., Bellevue, WA
Nike NKE:
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14
10/7/14 10Q & 9/30/14 8K & 9/25/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 8/31/14
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.
Pfizer PFE:
11/6/14 10Q for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
Procter & Gamble PG:
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes
10/24/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/24) 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: voting results of 10/14 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
10/14/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents payable 11/17 to record holders on 10/24/14
3M MMM:
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes
10/30/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
Travelers TRV:
10/21/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/10/14 2 8Ks re: realignment of 2 of 3 business segments
United Technologies UTX:
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO
10/24/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
UnitedHealth Group UNH:
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK
10/28/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
Visa V:
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 11/21/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14
10/29/14 8K re: 4Qtr & full year ended 9/30/14 results
10/22/14 8K re: 1/28/15 Annual Stockholders Mtg & dividend of 48 cents payable 12/2 to record holders on 11/14/14
WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board
10/30/14 8K re: Closing of Walmart Seiyu stores in Japan
10/17/14 8K re: issuance of notes
THE END FOR NOW
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