Friday, October 31, 2014

10/31/14 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 17390.52 up 195.1 or 1.13% a New High

 
http://www.dowjonesmonitor.com/
by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,900 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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Friday at 17390.52 up 195.10 or 1.13% from Thursday's close of 17195.42. Of the Dow components  26  gained and 4  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise was Visa up $4.78 and percentage-wise was 1.13%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Walmart down 21 cents or 0.27%. 

As of the open of  the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Friday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.20 up from Thursday's   trailing P/E ratio of 15.97  (last year it was 15.97).  Friday's P/E estimate is 14.92 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 14.92 (year ago it was 14.65) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.23 up from  Thursday's dividend yield of 2.22  (last year it was 2.10). The Dow's all-time high was 17390.52 on October 31,  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 2707.98 up 30.38  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2677.60.  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 $90.27 up $1.02 from Thursday's  average closing price of $89.25.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.16  (DIS/NKE) up  55 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $91.61 (DIS/NKE). The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Intel.

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  $3,038  ($270,798 - $264,317).

10/31/14 Fri. 4:16 MarketWatch by Barbara Kollmeyer & Anora Mahmudova says the U.S. stock market rallied on Friday, sending the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average into record territory, after a surprise stimulus plan from the Bank of Japan was announced. Some analysts noted that the recovery from the recent pullback, which sent the S&P 500 down nearly 8% early this month, was the second fastest recovery since 2010. The main benchmarks finished the week and the month higher. The measures announced by Japan appeared to encourage investors, who have been looking for regions like Europe and Asia to take further steps toward boosting flagging growth, as the Federal Reserve wraps its own stimulus program. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.17%   closed at a record high, having rung up a new closing high every month since June 2013, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. The benchmark index gained 23.27 points, or 1.2%, to 2,017.92 on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.13%  also closed at a record level, having hit an intraday high in morning session. The blue-chip index rose 194.71 points, or 1.1%, to 17,390.13, and recorded its biggest weekly gain in nearly two years. The Dow swung wildly during October - moving triple-digits 16 times out of 23, but still ended the month higher. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.41%  rallied 64.60 points, or 1.4%, to 4,630.74 and closed at the highest level since March 2000. Global stocks were boosted by the Bank of Japan’s surprise increase in its stimulus, with the Nikkei 225 index soaring nearly 5%. The BOJ board voted 5-4 in favor of increasing the central bank’s annual asset purchases to 80 trillion yen, from a prior target range of ¥60 trillion to ¥70 trillion, amid worries about dwindling inflation and downbeat economic data.
Investors did not dwell on softer-than-expected economic reports on consumer spending and labor costs. Consumer spending in the U.S. fell in September for the first time in eight months, while employment costs rose for the second straight quarter to mark the biggest back-to-back gain since 2008. “The U.S. sends 4.5% of it exports to Japan, and so any action that can: (a) ward off the threat of deflation and the crippling effect that has on consumer expenditure; (b) give a boost to the Japanese economy, which is the world’s third largest, has to be seen as a strong positive for future earnings potential,” said Stephen Pope, managing partner at Spotlight Ideas.More data at month’s end: The final October reading on the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer-sentiment index rose to the highest level since July 2007. Separately, Chicago PMI rose to a one-year high in October, helped by gains in new orders, MNI Indicators said Friday.Stocks to watch: GoPro Inc. GPRO, +12.97% surged after results topped Wall Street estimates. AbbVie Inc. ABBV, +3.73%  shares rallied after the company said sales and profit beat analyst forecasts. Madison Square Garden Co. MSG, +2.27%  shares rose after its fiscal first quarter revenue far surpassed analyst estimates. The company is currently considering splitting itself in two. Starbucks Corp. SBUX, -2.28%  is down after its first-quarter outlook fell below forecasts. Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.95%  hit an intraday record in morning trade and shares gained 34% since the start of the year. Gold sinks as dollar soars: Gold prices GCZ4, -2.31%  were trading at levels not seen since 2010, dropping nearly $34 to $1,164.30, with the dollar USDJPY, +2.83%  trading around ¥112.01. Oil CLZ4, -0.54%  also pulled back 1.5%. Asian markets were higher, with the Nikkei NIK, +4.83%  closing at its highest level in nearly seven years, on the back of the Japanese stimulus. European stocks SXXP, +1.84%  rallied along with global stocks.

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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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Friday'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 Thursday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Thursday at 17195.42 up 221.11 or 1.30% from Wednesday's close of 16974.13. For the year the Dow is up 3.73%. Of the Dow components  25  gained and 5  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise was and percentage-wise was Visa up $21.99 or 10.24%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Intel down $1.34 or 3.95%. 

WSJ pC1 "Outage powers stocks in flash blast" by Bradley Hope, Alexandra Scaggs, Dan Strumpf says US stocked extended their late Oct rally in a session that was marred by a glitch that forced the NYSE for the first time to conduct afternoon trading from a disaster recovery center in Chiago.  Visa, charted under Good News' spurred a broad advance.

MYT pB9 "Upbeat economic and corporate news lift market" by Reuters says Visa accounted for 140 points of the 221 point gain in the Dow.

FT p23 "wall Street" says US stocks were muted after the Fed set a more hawkish tone at its meeting wed and following a better than expected 3.5% rise in 3Q US GDP.  Visa climbed 9% leading the S&P after it beat 4Q profit estimates and unveiled a $5bn share buyback program.

IBD pB3 "Stocks shake weak start, post respectable gains" by Paul Whitfield says the Dow rose 1.3% mostly due to Visa's 10% gain as Thursday's action was up in lower vol while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

AJC pA17 "Visa leads Dow advance" by AP says the market closed higher Thurs as big firms turned in decent quarterly results.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2677.60 up 34.43  from  Wednesday's   numerator of 2643.17.  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  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $89.25 up $1.14 from Wednesday's  average closing price of $88.11.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $91.61  (DIS/NKE) up  87 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $90.74 (DIS/NKE). The lowest volume was  3M and the highest volume was Intel.

If  Thursday 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  $3,443  ($267,760 - $264,317).

10/30/14 Thurs. 4:05 MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says   the Dow Jones Industrial Average dominated Thursday's trading session, by rallying more than 200 points, owing most of its gains to a jump in Visa Inc. Broader benchmarks also rose, after a pair of upbeat economic reports a day after the Federal Reserve officially announced the conclusion of its bond-purchasing initiative. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.30% closed 221.24 points, or 1.3%, higher at 17,195.55. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.62% flirted with the 2,000 level, but closed just below, adding 12.34 points, or 0.6%, to 1,994.64. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.37% ended 16.91 points, or 0.4%, higher at 4,566.14.

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

AT&T:

American Express:    WSJ pC8 "charging ahead with Visa and MasterCard" by John Carney says Visa and MasterCard jumped Thurs after both reported stronger than expected 3Q results.  Apple Pay, the new digital payment system, depends on existing payment systems including Visa and American Express.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron:  WSJ pC1 "No treats for Exxon and Chevron" by Spencer Jakab says chevron and Exxon release 3Q results today.  Forecasts for both firms are down due to lower oil prices.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont:  WSJ pC1 "Activit smudges DuPont paint deal" by Ryan Dezember says Trian fund says DuPont did a bad deal when it sold its paint div to Carlyle for $4.9 bil

Exxon: WSJ pC1 "No treats for Exxon and Chevron" by Spencer Jakab says chevron and Exxon release 3Q results today.  Forecasts for both firms are down due to lower oil prices.

GE: No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pB1 "Big banks brace for penalties in probes"  by Christina Rexrode, Emily Glazer, Devlin Barrett says JPMorgan is among the banks that may settle with regulators regarding foreign exchange issues in US and Europe.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB2 "McDonald's hacks at its bureaucracy" by Julie Jargon says McDonald's is eliminating layers of management & creating a new US organizational structure to respond to falling sales and profits due to changing consumer tastes.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  USAT p2B "Microsoft band joins healthy rivalry" by Edward C. baig says Microsoft has launched its new $199 Microsoft band fitness tracket and a companion digital service called Microsoft Health that can work across multiple mobile platforms.

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.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Visa:  WSJ pC1 "Card firms r ide shift to plastic" by Saabira Chaudhuri, FT p12 "Visa/MasterCard: growth is priceless"< USAT p3B "Story stocks  Visa"   say Visa's 3Q profit was $1.07 bil down from $1.19 bil a year ago.  Revenue increased 8.6% to $3.23 bil.

WSJ pC8 "charging ahead with Visa and MasterCard" by John Carney says Visa and MasterCard jumped Thurs after both reported stronger than expected 3Q results.  Apple Pay, the new digital payment system, depends on existing payment systems including Visa and American Express.

WSJ pC1 "Outage powers stocks in flash blast" by Bradley Hope, Alexandra Scaggs, Dan Strumpf says US stocked extended their late Oct rally in a session that was marred by a glitch that forced the NYSE for the first time to conduct afternoon trading from a disaster recovery center in Chiago.  Visa, charted under Good News' spurred a broad advance.

FT p23 "wall Street" says US stocks were muted after the Fed set a more hawkish tone at its meeting wed and following a better than expected 3.5% rise in 3Q US GDP.  Visa climbed 9% leading the S&P after it beat 4Q profit estimates and unveiled a $5bn share buyback program.

IBD pB3 "Stocks shake weak start, post respectable gains" by Paul Whitfield says the Dow rose 1.3% mostly due to Visa's 10% gain as Thursday's action was up in lower vol while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Walmart:  WSJ pB2 "Walmart targets Amazon" by Shelly Banjo" says Walmart is testing a program to match online prices from rivals such as Amazon this holiday season.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
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 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

NO MAS AMIGOS


10/31/14 Fri. am Visa Posts Strong Results & Drives Dow Up 140 of its 221 Gain

 
http://www.dowjonesmonitor.com/
by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,899 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  Friday'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 Thursday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Thursday at 17195.42 up 221.11 or 1.30% from Wednesday's close of 16974.13. For the year the Dow is up 3.73%. Of the Dow components  25  gained and 5  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise was and percentage-wise was Visa up $21.99 or 10.24%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Intel down $1.34 or 3.95%. 

WSJ pC1 "Outage powers stocks in flash blast" by Bradley Hope, Alexandra Scaggs, Dan Strumpf says US stocked extended their late Oct rally in a session that was marred by a glitch that forced the NYSE for the first time to conduct afternoon trading from a disaster recovery center in Chiago.  Visa, charted under Good News' spurred a broad advance.

MYT pB9 "Upbeat economic and corporate news lift market" by Reuters says Visa accounted for 140 points of the 221 point gain in the Dow.

FT p23 "wall Street" says US stocks were muted after the Fed set a more hawkish tone at its meeting wed and following a better than expected 3.5% rise in 3Q US GDP.  Visa climbed 9% leading the S&P after it beat 4Q profit estimates and unveiled a $5bn share buyback program.

IBD pB3 "Stocks shake weak start, post respectable gains" by Paul Whitfield says the Dow rose 1.3% mostly due to Visa's 10% gain as Thursday's action was up in lower vol while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

AJC pA17 "Visa leads Dow advance" by AP says the market closed higher Thurs as big firms turned in decent quarterly results.

As of the open of  the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Friday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.20 up from Thursday's   trailing P/E ratio of 15.97  (last year it was 15.97).  Friday's P/E estimate is 14.92 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 14.92 (year ago it was 14.65) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.23 up from  Thursday's dividend yield of 2.22  (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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2677.60 up 34.43  from  Wednesday's   numerator of 2643.17.  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  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $89.25 up $1.14 from Wednesday's  average closing price of $88.11.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $91.61  (DIS/NKE) up  87 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $90.74 (DIS/NKE). The lowest volume was  3M and the highest volume was Intel.

If  Thursday 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  $3,443  ($267,760 - $264,317).

10/30/14 Thurs. 4:05 MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says   the Dow Jones Industrial Average dominated Thursday's trading session, by rallying more than 200 points, owing most of its gains to a jump in Visa Inc. Broader benchmarks also rose, after a pair of upbeat economic reports a day after the Federal Reserve officially announced the conclusion of its bond-purchasing initiative. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.30% closed 221.24 points, or 1.3%, higher at 17,195.55. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.62% flirted with the 2,000 level, but closed just below, adding 12.34 points, or 0.6%, to 1,994.64. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.37% ended 16.91 points, or 0.4%, higher at 4,566.14.

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

AT&T:

American Express:    WSJ pC8 "charging ahead with Visa and MasterCard" by John Carney says Visa and MasterCard jumped Thurs after both reported stronger than expected 3Q results.  Apple Pay, the new digital payment system, depends on existing payment systems including Visa and American Express.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron:  WSJ pC1 "No treats for Exxon and Chevron" by Spencer Jakab says chevron and Exxon release 3Q results today.  Forecasts for both firms are down due to lower oil prices.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont:  WSJ pC1 "Activit smudges DuPont paint deal" by Ryan Dezember says Trian fund says DuPont did a bad deal when it sold its paint div to Carlyle for $4.9 bil

Exxon: WSJ pC1 "No treats for Exxon and Chevron" by Spencer Jakab says chevron and Exxon release 3Q results today.  Forecasts for both firms are down due to lower oil prices.

GE: No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pB1 "Big banks brace for penalties in probes"  by Christina Rexrode, Emily Glazer, Devlin Barrett says JPMorgan is among the banks that may settle with regulators regarding foreign exchange issues in US and Europe.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB2 "McDonald's hacks at its bureaucracy" by Julie Jargon says McDonald's is eliminating layers of management & creating a new US organizational structure to respond to falling sales and profits due to changing consumer tastes.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  USAT p2B "Microsoft band joins healthy rivalry" by Edward C. baig says Microsoft has launched its new $199 Microsoft band fitness tracket and a companion digital service called Microsoft Health that can work across multiple mobile platforms.

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.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Visa:  WSJ pC1 "Card firms r ide shift to plastic" by Saabira Chaudhuri, FT p12 "Visa/MasterCard: growth is priceless"< USAT p3B "Story stocks  Visa"   say Visa's 3Q profit was $1.07 bil down from $1.19 bil a year ago.  Revenue increased 8.6% to $3.23 bil.

WSJ pC8 "charging ahead with Visa and MasterCard" by John Carney says Visa and MasterCard jumped Thurs after both reported stronger than expected 3Q results.  Apple Pay, the new digital payment system, depends on existing payment systems including Visa and American Express.

WSJ pC1 "Outage powers stocks in flash blast" by Bradley Hope, Alexandra Scaggs, Dan Strumpf says US stocked extended their late Oct rally in a session that was marred by a glitch that forced the NYSE for the first time to conduct afternoon trading from a disaster recovery center in Chiago.  Visa, charted under Good News' spurred a broad advance.

FT p23 "wall Street" says US stocks were muted after the Fed set a more hawkish tone at its meeting wed and following a better than expected 3.5% rise in 3Q US GDP.  Visa climbed 9% leading the S&P after it beat 4Q profit estimates and unveiled a $5bn share buyback program.

IBD pB3 "Stocks shake weak start, post respectable gains" by Paul Whitfield says the Dow rose 1.3% mostly due to Visa's 10% gain as Thursday's action was up in lower vol while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Walmart:  WSJ pB2 "Walmart targets Amazon" by Shelly Banjo" says Walmart is testing a program to match online prices from rivals such as Amazon this holiday season.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
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 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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