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by Dan Kolber
Post No. 3,178 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.
A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Dailey; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall Street Journal & Financial Times; and Saturday and Sunday'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 closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 18272.56 up 20.32 or 0.11% from Thursday's close of 18252.4. For the week the Dow is up 81.45 or 0.45 from last Friday's close of 18191.11. For the year the Dow is up 2.52%. Of the 30 Dow components 17 gained and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Nike up $1.54 and percentage-wise was Cisco up 1.72%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing down $1.08 and percentage-wise was Microsoft down 0.87%.
IBD pB9 "Stocks keep recent gains, protect fledgling uptrend" by Paul Whitfield says Friday's action was nearly flat in down trade as the current outlook is confirmed uptrend.
FT p12 "Wall street" by Mamta Badkar says US stocks were little changed Friday a day after the S&P hit a new closing high.
WSJ pB5 "S&P 50 finishes week at a record" by Corrie Driebusch says even as money flows into US stocks, there is little enthusiasm about buying shares.
Sat. NYT pB5 "After Thursday's rally, Wall street takes a nap" & Sat. AJC pA11 "S&P 500 index hits new high" by AP says the price of il fell slightly ending a 2nd straight week near $60 a barrel.
As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.14985889030177. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.71 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.69 (last year it was 16.16). Monday's P/E estimate is 16.33 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 16.31 (year ago it was 14.70) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.24 down from Friday's dividend yield of 2.27 (last year it was 2.19). The Dow's all-time high was 18288.63 on March 2, 2015. 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 2738.31 up 3.05 from Thursday's average numerator of 2735.26. 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 (0.14985889030177) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.67 change in the Dow Index.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $91.28 up 10 cents from Thursday's closing average of $91.18. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $87.89 (XOM/CAT) up 4 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $87.85 (XOM/CAT). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was Apple.
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 $305 ($273,831 - $273,526).
5/15/15 Fri. 5:19 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova and Sara Sjolin says U.S. stocks ended the day’s choppy session marginally higher Friday with the main indexes eking out weekly gains.
Investors grappled with weaker-than-expected economic reports which left the timing of the Federal Reserve’s next rate hike still uncertain for investors.A pair of manufacturing data released ahead of the market open, came in below expectations, underlying the recent trend of weakness poking through in the U.S. economy. The preliminary May reading on consumer sentiment fell to the lowest level in seven month, also well below forecasts.John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, said the recent trend of weaker data is worrisome. “I am surprised about extended weakness, but I am not ready to get out of stocks yet, as there is nothing definitive yet to say the economy is going into a recession,” Manley said.The S&P 500 SPX, +0.08% closed 1.63 points, or 0.1%, higher at 2,122.73, a fresh record. The benchmark index gained 0.3% over the week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.11% added 20.32 points, or 0.1%, to 18,272.56, rising 0.5% over the week. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.05% ended the session 2.5 points lower at 5,048.29, but managed a 0.9% gain over the week.“Bond markets now appear to have stabilized, and if anything, they’re paring some of the losses, which is helping overall sentiment,” Erlam said. “The perception that the Fed will be forced to hold off on its first rate hike a little longer, following those weak retail-sales figures on Wednesday, is also supporting equity markets.”Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA, said the moves on Friday reflected calm “that has returned to the bond markets” after a volatile week in fixed-income trading.U.S. stocks have been weaving in and out of losses this week, as investors digested the battered bond markets and a string of mixed data that raised questions about the strength of the U.S. economy. This has spurred speculation the Fed will wait to raise interest rates until later this year, rather than in June, which some market participants had been forecasting.Former Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said the debate over rate-hike timing is focused on a move between September and December.
Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
American Express: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Apple: Barron's p29 "Apple watch botch? Let's try it on" by Tiernan Ray says Apple didn't do a good job on its smartwatch rollout.
FT p10 "Tech and media ventures mobilise for battle" by Richard Waters discusses Verizon's purchase of AOL and the fact that Apple and Google have won the smartphone wars. Verizon's venture into video shows mobile operators' attempts to tap into a rev stream that internet firms have built up.
Boeing: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
IBD ;A2 "Boeing" says Boeing will find out in 2 months whether it or Northrop Grumman will win a $90 bil long range bomber contract from the US.
IBD pA22 "Aerospace climbs into a supercycle" by James Detar says GE's GE Aviation business makes engines form Boeing and Airbus including the Dreamliner.
Barron's pM14 "Research reports" edited by Paul Farrell says Canaccord Genuity has a buy on Boeing as of 5/12 due to continued strength in underlying fundamentals and its better than expected performance in its recent quarter.
Caterpillar: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Chevron: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Cisco: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Coke: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Disney: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
DuPont: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
IBD pA2 "DuPont" was cited for 11 violations totaling $99,000 for a Nov. '14 gas leak that killed 4 workers near Houston.
Barron's p14 "Week review" & Charting the market at pM2 says DuPnt defeated Pelt's proxy bid for 4 seats on the board and Verizon will buy AOL for $4.4 bil.
Exxon: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
GE: No mentions found.
Goldman Sachs: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
Intel: No mentions found.
IBM: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil. IBM's CEO is listed under high paid female CEOs.
JPMorgan: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Johnson & Johnson: Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Tuesday Walmart reports earnings and on Wednesday Johnson & Johnson gives a pharmaceutical business review.
Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Microsoft: Barron's p23 "Memo to Microsoft: forget windows and return to your roots" by Tiernan Ray, Sun AJC pE15 "Internet Explorer replaced by Microsoft edge" by Omar L. Gallaga say the new Microsoft remains a firm too obsessed with windows.
Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Nike:Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
3M: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Travelers: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
UnitedHealth: Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Verizon: FT p10 "Tech and media ventures mobilise for battle" by Richard Waters discusses Verizon's purchase of AOL and the fact that Apple and Google have won the smartphone wars. Verizon's venture into video shows mobile operators' attempts to tap into a rev stream that internet firms have built up.
FT p16 "AOL/Verizon: prophets without profits" says Verizon's purchase of AOL is the latest in a string of ad tech deals that include Yahoo's purchase of BrightRoll & Comcast's purchase of Freewheel.
Barron's p14 "Week review" & Charting the market at pM2 says DuPnt defeated Pelt's proxy bid for 4 seats on the board and Verizon will buy AOL for $4.4 bil.
Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Visa: No mentions found.
Walmart: Barron's p15 "Week preview", Sun. AJC pD5 "Watch Walmart earnings report" by Tom Hudson, Miami Herald say on Tuesday Walmart reports earnings and on Wednesday Johnson & Johnson gives a pharmaceutical business review.
Sun. NYT pBu1 "it's still their party" by David Geller has a sidebar listing the top pay of CEO's of firms with market cap of over $1 bil based on proxies for 2014 filed by 4/30 of this year with the top Dow CEO's as follows: Microsoft's CEO at $84 mil, Disney 44 mil, Exxon 28 mil, JPMorgan 28 mil, Boeing $23 mil, American Express $23 mil, Goldman Sachs 22 mil, Merck $21 mil, Johnson & Johnson $20 mil, Travelers 19 mil, Procter & Gamble 19 mil, Walmart 19 mil, GE 19 mil, Chevron 19 mil, Verizon 18 mil, Coke 18 mil, Pfizer 18 mil, IBM 18 mil, Cisco 16 mil, Caterpillar 15 mil, UnitedHealth 15 mil, Nike 15 mil, 3M 14 Mil & DuPont $13 mil.
Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| AAPL | ▼ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| 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)
Apple: Tim Cook (Cupertino, CA)
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) to be replaced 7/26 by Chuck Robbins
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 M. 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 Steve Easterbrook (Oak Brook, Ill)
Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)
Nike NKE 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)
UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)
United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)
Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)
Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 3/22/15 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Apple AAPL $733.34
2. Exxon Mobil XOM $354.62
3. Microsoft MSFT 351.78
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 284.72
5. Wal-Mart WMT 268.87
6. GE 255.65
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 229.36
8. Procter & Gamble PG 228.84
9. Pfizer PFE 209.91
10. Verizon VZ 205.94
11. Chevron CVX 201.24
12. Disney 184.28
13. Coke KO 177.49
14. Merck MRK 166.26
15. IBM 160.99
16. Home Depot HD 153.44
17. Cisco CSCO 145.18
18. Intel INTC 144.28
19. UnitedHealth UNH 113.62
20. Boeing BA 108.83
21. United Technologies UTX 108.37
22. 3M MMM 105.68
23. McDonald' s MCD 93.28
24. Nike NKE 88.10
25. Goldman Sachs GS 87.21
26. American Express AXP 84.29
27. DuPont DD 67.31
28. Caterpillar CAT 49.21
29. Visa V 42.35
30. Travelers TRV 35.26
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/22/15 for the prior 90 day period:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
American Express AXP:
3/16/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. thru 2/15/15
3/11/15 8K re: increase of quarterly dividend & repurchase of up to $6.6 of shares
3/2/15 8K re: issuance of preferred shares
2/24/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/17/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months thru 1/15
2/12/15 8K re: end of exclusive deal w/Costco
1/21/15 8K re: 4Q & FY '14 earnings
1/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off delinq. stats. for 3 mos ended 12/31/14.
Apple AAPL:
3/13/15 8K re: amdmt. to employee stock purchase plan
2/9/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/28/15 8K re: change to fin'l stmts due to change of reporting
1/28/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: Qtr. ended 12/27/14
1/22/15 2 14A Proxies re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders on 3/10/15 at 9 am at HG at Cupertino, CA
Boeing BA:
3/13/15 14A Def. Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 4/27/15 at 9 am at Field Museum, Chicago
2/20/15 8K re: issuance of senior notes
2/12/15 10K & 1/28/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/10/15 8K re: retirement of Linda Z. Cook from Board
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
Caterpillar CAT:
3/19/15 8K re: sales thru 2/15
2/19/15 8K re: sales thru 1/15
2/17/15 & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/26/15 8K re: 3 mos ended 12/31/14 retail sales stats
Chevron CVX:
3/3/15 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
2/20/15 10K & 1/30 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/3/15 8K re: election of Jeanette L. Ourada, Corp. VP & Comptroller
1/30/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
Cisco CSCO:
3/19/15 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/18/15 & 2/11/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 1/24/15
Coke KO:
3/2/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders 11 am, Cobb Galeria Centre, Atlanta
3/10/15 & 3/3/15 8Ks re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
2/25/15 10K & 2/10/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/20/15 8K re: retirement from Board of James D. Robinson & Peter V. Ueberroth
2/18/15 8K re: Amdmt to employee stock option plans
Disney DIS:
3/13/15 8K re: voting results of 3/12 Annual Shareholders Mtg
2/11/15 Def14A re: shareholder proposals
2/5/15 8K re: Agreement for COO Thomas O. Stagg
2/3/15 10Q & 2/3/15 8K re: Qtr ended 12/27/14
1/16/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders at 10 am 3/12/15 at Palace of Fine Arts, SF
DuPont DD:
3/17/15 - 3/19/15 Def. Proxy 14A re: Trian's proposal to add Directors
2/5/15 8K re: election to Board of Edward D. Breent & James L. Gallogly
2/5/15 10K & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/27/15, 1/15/15, 1/14/15, 1/13/15, 1/9/15 (five) 14A Proxy: re: Nelson Peltz's Trian's proposal to break-up DuPont
1/12/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
ExxonMobil XOM:
3/10/15 8K re: 3/4/15 analyst meeting
3/6/15 8K re: issuance of Floating rate Notes
2/25/15 10K & 2/24/15 8K & 2/2/15 8K re: 10K for FY ended 12/31/14
GE:
3/10/15 def. 14A Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg 4/22/15 10am at Cox Conv. Ctr. Oklahoma City
2/27/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/11/15 8K re: Amdmt By-laws re: proxy access by 3% holders
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
Goldman Sachs GS:
3/11/15 8K re: revised '15 Capital Plan
3/9/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Claes Dahlback
2/23/15 10K & 1/16/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/15
2/8/15 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
1/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/16/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
Home Depot HD:
2/24/15 8K re: FY & Qtr ended 2/1/15
1/16/15 8K re: replacement of Chairman of Board Francis S. Blake with Craig A. Menear
Intel INTC:
3/12/15 8K re: 1Qtr guidance
2/13/15 10K & 1/15/15 8K re: FY ended 12/27/14
1/15/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/27
IBM:
3/19/15 Def. Proxy 14A Stockholders Annual Mtg at 10 am 4/.28/15 at Statehouse Conv. Ctr., Little Rock, Ark & nomination of Alex Gorsky, CEO, Johnson & Johnson & Peter R. Voser to Board
2/24/15 10K & 1/20/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/5/15 8K re: issuance of debt securities
1/30/15 8K re: compensation amounts for execs for 2014
1/21/15 & 1/20/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/7/15 8K re: exec promotions and amendment to bylaws to increase Board to 14 & election of Peter R. Voser to Bd
JPMorgan Chase JPM:
3/20/15 8K & 3/6/15 8K re: redemption of Bear Stearn Notes
3/6/15 8K re: release of '15 Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test results
2/27/15 8K re: redemption of Capital securities
2/25/15 8K re: 2/24/15 Investor Day Conf.
2/24/15 10K for FY ended 12/31/14
2/17/15 8K re: redemption of notes
2/12/15 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares
1/23/15 8K re: closing of note offering
Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
3/11/15 Def. 14A Proxy for Annual shareholder Mtg a 10:30 am on 4/23/15 at State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ
3/2/15 8K re: sale of Cordis Business for $1.99 bil to Cardinal Health
2/24/15 10K for FY ended 12/28/14
1/20/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/28/14 fin'l results
McDonald's MCD:
3/20/15 8K re: stock award to execs
3/9/15 8K re: Feb. global sales
3/3/15 8K & 2/3/15 8K re: election of Stephen Easterbrook as CEO
2/24/15 10K for FY ended 12/31/14
2/10/15 8K re: Global sales for Jan.
2/4/15 8K re: TRC mini-tender offer
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
Merck MRK:
2/27/15 10K & 2/4/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/10/15 8K re: issuance of Floating rate Notes
Microsoft MSFT:
2/12/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/26/15 10Q & 1/26/15 8K re: fin'l results for qtr ended 12/31/14
Nike NKE:
3/19/15 8K for Qtr ended 2/28/15
2/12/15 8K re: election & retirement of VPs
1/7/15 10Q & 12/2214 8K re: results of qtr ended 11/30
Pfizer PFE:
3/12/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: 4/23/15 Annual Shareholder Mtg at Short Hills, NJ
2/27/15 10K & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/15
2/10/15 8K re: $5 bil share buyback program
2/6/15 8K re: purchase of Hospira, Inc.
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:
2/19/15 8K re: Consumer analysts Group conf. on 2/19/15
2/10/15 8K re: appointment of ex-Home depot CEO Frank S. Blake to Board
1/27/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/13/15 8K re: quarterly div. of 0.6436 cents payable 2/17 to record holders as of close of business
3M MMM:
2/23/15 8K purchase of Polypore's separation Media business
2/12/15 10K & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/31/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
Travelers TRV:
2/12/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/22/15 8K re: qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
United Technologies UTX:
3/13/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders on 3/2/15 2pm at PGA Nat'l Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
3/1/13/15 8K re: repurchase of $2.6 bil of stock
2/5/15 10K for FY ended 12/31/15
3/12/15 8K re: reviewing possible spin-off of Sikorsky Aircraft Business
1/26/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/23/15 8K re: separation agreement for ex-CEO Louis Chenevert
1/15/15 8K re: departure of exec Alain M. Bellemare
UnitedHealth Group UNH:
3/6/15 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare Conf on 3/10 in Miami
2/17/15 8K re: exec. comp. changes
2/10/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/6/15 8K re: Leenik Global Healthcare Conf. on 2/11
1/21/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
3/12/15 8K & 2/26/15 8K & 2/25/15 8K 2/12/15 8K re: results of exchange offer
2/23/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/18/15 8K re: EVP changes
2/5/15 8K re: election of Mark T. Bertolini to Board
2/5/15 8K re: sale of assets, purchase of wireless towers & $5 bil stock buybacks
1/30/15 8K re: results of bidding for AWS-3 spectrum licenses in FCC auction
1/22/15 & 1/16/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/14/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Robert W. Lane
Visa V:
2/27/15 8K & two 1/29/15 8Ks: re: amd. by-laws to allow 4 for 1 stock splits
2/2/15 8K re: exec. changes
1/29/15 10Q & 1/29/15 8K re: 1Qtr ended 2/31/14 fin'l results
1/29/15 8K, 1/21/15 Proxy & 1/14/15 Proxy re: amendment of Cert of Incorp. for stock split
1/28/15 8K re: dividend of 48 cents payable 3/3 for record holders on 2/13
WalMart WMT:
2/19/15 8K re: 4Q results
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
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