Thursday, June 2, 2011

6/2/11 Thurs pm Dow Closes at 12,248.55 down 41.55 or 0.34%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,248.55 down 41.55 or 0.34% from Wednesday's close of 12,290.14. Of the 30 Dow components 7 gained, Johnson & Johnson was unchanged and 22 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $102.19 +0.95 0.94% 9,121,050 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $101.12 -1.37 1.34% 8,129,097 NYSE and percentage-wise was Walmart WMT $53.55 -0.75 1.38% 14,782,837 .

As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E is 13.98 down up from Wednesday's trailing P/E of 14.30 (year ago it was 14.90); Thursday's P/E estimate is 12.54 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.54 (year ago it was 12.62), and today's dividend yield is 2.43 dpwn from Wednesday's dividend yield of 2.37 (last year it was 2.70). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct6 9, 2007. 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 closing numerator was 1,619.18 down 4.71 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,623.89. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.97 down $0.16 from Wednesday's average closing price of $54.13. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.85 (AXP/JPM) down 0.04 from Wednesday's median closing price of $45.89. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $91.46 +0.02 0.02% 2,745,980 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $11.29 +0.05 0.44% 198,007,370 NYSE.

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) and sold at the close you would have lost $471 ($162,389 - $161,918).

MarketWatch Thursday 6/2/11 4:40 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks finished mostly lower Thursday as Wall Street braced for Friday’s monthly employment report. “People are worried about tomorrow’s number, because it really is a gamble now. The weather impacted in months prior, and then in April we got this little pop, and then ADP threw a wrench into expectations,” said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Canter Fitzgerald, of ADP Employer Services report Wednesday showing companies added fewer workers than forecast in May. After flirting with another triple-digit drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday ended at 12,248.55, down 41.59 points, or 0.3%. Twenty-two of the blue-chip index’s 30 components ended in the red, led by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , its shares hit after some of the country’s largest retailers reported May sales below expectations. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 1.61 points, or 0.1%, to 1,312.94, with telecom the hardest hit and industrials faring the best of its 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 4.12 points, or 0.2%, to 2,773.31. “The important thing about today is if yesterday were the beginning of something big, it would have been all about follow through,” said Pado. Decliners edged just ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume topped 1 billion. Ahead of Wall Street’s open, the Labor Department reported applications for jobless benefits fell slightly last week to 422,000, above the 418,000 expected by analysts in a MarketWatch poll. “The economy is still growing slowly, and we typically seasonally see a dip in the summer. It’s like playing ‘peak-a-boo’ with a baby, you’re surprised things slowed down in the summer?” said Pado of the hand-wringing over the recent spate of downbeat data. A separate report showed factory orders falling 1.2% in April after an upwardly revised 3.8% gain in March. And, Moody’s Investors Service said if there is not any progress on hiking the nation’s statutory debt limit, it anticipates placing the U.S. government’s AAA credit rating under review for a possible downgrade. “Political games are being played, and I think it’s great Moody’s came out and said, ‘you can say what you want, but we didn’t think it would go this far, so we’re telling you right now, if you wait two more weeks you’re going on negative watch; if you drive it to the wire let it be known Treasurys are going to get crushed,” said Pado of the selling that would come the next day, given pension and other money-market funds with the AAA rating would have no other choice but to sell downgraded U.S. debt. “I think it’s good for equities and Treasurys, from the market’s perspective, clarity is always better, and not knowing is a negative,” he added of Moody’s warning. The rating agency also said it is reviewing the senior and subordinated credit ratings of Citigroup Inc. , Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. for possible downgrade. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tallied its worst single-day point drop since June 2010, plunging 279.65 points, or 2.2%, to 12,290.14.
“You have to look at the big picture, and there were three up days after last Wednesday, so in four or five trading days we only lost four to five points, so it wasn’t that big of a deal,” said Pado of the S&P 500, which on Wednesday closed at 1,314.55, down less than two points from where it finished five trading sessions prior. Pado attributes the four-day rise that preceded Wednesday’s drop largely to window-dressing, saying portfolio managers got into a fair amount of cash amid persistence calls for a May correction, then scurried back into equities on fears of not having ownership of large-cap companies when the anticipated pullback failed to come.


Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T T $30.97 -0.20 0.64% 17,434,368 NYSE
Alcoa AA $16.2 +0.11 0.68% 19,682,983 NYSE
American Express AXP $50.09 +0.18 0.36% 6,675,630 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $11.29 +0.05 0.44% 198,007,370 NYSE
Boeing BA $75.69 +0.34 0.45% 3,602,553 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $102.19 +0.95 0.94% 9,121,050 NYSE
Chevron CVX $101.12 -1.37 1.34% 8,129,097 NYSE
CSCO $16.25 -0.13 0.79% 62,653,602 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $66.04 -0.72 1.08% 7,132,295 NYSE
Disney DIS $40.06 -0.34 0.84% 13,409,152 NYSE
DuPont DD $51.17 -0.40 0.78% 6,654,588 NYSE
Exxon XOM $81.33 -0.70 0.85% 18,145,961 NYSE
GE $19.09 -0.04 0.21% 40,245,670 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $36.425 -0.205 0.56% 16,658,394 NYSE
Home Depot HD $35.09 -0.31 0.88% 11,345,620 NYSE
Intel INTC $22.085 +0.085 0.39% 53,445,640 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $166.09 -0.47 0.28% 3,851,766 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $41.61 -0.15 0.36% 45,964,809 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $66.48 unch unch 9,579,861 NYSE
Kraft KFT $34.42 -0.31 0.89% 9,924,389 NYSE
McDonaldMCD $80.75 -0.23 0.28% 4,765,279 NYSE
Merck MRK $36.15 -0.10 0.28% 10,572,944 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $24.22 -0.21 0.86% 51,469,958 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21 -0.05 0.24% 31,546,080 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $66.01 -0.39 0.59% 8,534,817 NYSE
3M MMM $91.46 +0.02 0.02% 2,745,980 NYSE
Travelers TRV $61.18 -0.02 0.03% 2,864,633 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $84.29 -0.01 0.01% 4,391,102 NYSE
Verizon VZ $36.17 -0.10 0.28% 12,699,773 DualListed
Walmart WMT $53.55 -0.75 1.38% 14,782,837 NYSE




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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Thursday's 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 symbol and Wednesday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,290.14 down 279.65 or 2.22% from Tuesday's close of 12,569.79. For the year the Dow is up 6.16%. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 declined. There were no gainers dollar-wise or percentage-wise was NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $101.215 -4.585 4.33% 9,669,821 NYSE.

WSJ pC5 "DJIA takes a plunge, losing 279.65 points" by Steven Russolillo says stocks suffered their biggest declines since the middle of last year, as several downbeat reports prompted fears the economic recovery is running out of steam. The Dow had its biggest point drop since 6/4/10. Caterpillar dropped $4.56 while Alcoa sank 72 cents and Bank of America fell 50 cents. Polycom is charted under Good News as it has agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard's visual collaboration business.

Fin Times p22 "Fin'ls battered afer jobs data signal weak consumer demand" by Telis Demos says US fin'l stocks took their worst beating in ten months after disappointing jobs & manufacturing data dashed hopes the economy's slowdown was over. JPMorgan fell 3.4% and Bank of America fell 4.3%. American Express fell 3.3%.

NYT pB1 "Stocks plunge as data points to a slower economy" by Christine Hauser says gloomy reports on jobs, manufacturing and auto sales sent stocks down by more than 2% on Wed in their biggest declines since last Aug. Yields on 10 year Treasury notes fell below 3% for the first time this year as investors looked for the economy to slow.

USA Today p4B "Sluggish manufacturing, hiring pull stocks into a hole' by Bloomberg says stocks fell Wed sending the S&P 500 to its biggest drop since Aug as manufacturing expanded at the slowest pace in more than a year and employees hired fewer workers than forecast. Caterpillar lost $4.56 and Dupont dropped $1.73.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,623.89 down 48.84 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,672.73. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.13 down $1.63 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.76. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.89 (AXP/JPM) down 1.53 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.42. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $91.44 -2.94 3.12% 3,413,724 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $11.26 -0.49 4.17% 159,316,352 NYSE.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $4,884 ($167,273 - $162,389).

MarketWatch Wednesday 6/1/11 2:40 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks fumbled, with banks slammed the most, as thoughts of a lower-yield environment took hold and dispiriting data had Wall Street downgrading hopes for the economy. Markets have been riding high thanks to the Fed's extensive quantitative easing since last fall. “What is most concerning here is the pace of the economic fall off, and the risk is growing that the downside isn’t over,” said John Brady, MF Global’s senior vice president of global interest rate products. Treasury prices rallied, pushing the benchmark 10-year note yield below 3% for the first time since early December, while the dollar softened and oil prices fell. “This lower yield environment is going to hurt the banks, which in order to heal balance sheets have been rolling loans off their books, and making new loans at lower yields. The net interest margin for financials is really going to start feeling under pressure,” said Brady. Financial powerhouses J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. were among the blue chips slammed, both off 3% or more. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined 22.13 points, or 1.7%, to 1,323.07 with financials hardest hit among its 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 42.86 points, or 1.5%, to 2,792.44. For every stock rising, nearly four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume topped 607 million as of 2:20 p.m. Eastern. American companies added 38,000 employees to their payrolls in the past month, according to data from ADP Employer Services. Economists had been expecting an increase of 175,000. The Institute for Supply Management reported that growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector slowed, with its closely watched gauge dropping to 53.5% in May from 60.4% in April. On Tuesday, the Dow industrials finished May with a loss of 1.9%, their first monthly drop in six months.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's News:

AT&T T $31.16 -0.40 1.27% 19,082,622 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "LightSquared's wireless network interferes with GPS" by Amy Schatz says the start-up's network could knock out some GPS systems. This delay could be a problem for AT&T which has cited Light-Squared as a viable competitor to regulators in the antitrust review of its purchase of T-Mobile.

Alcoa AA $16.1195 -0.6905 4.11% 19,222,256 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "DJIA takes a plunge, losing 279.65 points" by Steven Russolillo says stocks suffered their biggest declines since the middle of last year, as several downbeat reports prompted fears the economic recovery is running out of steam. The Dow had its biggest point drop since 6/4/10. Caterpillar dropped $4.56 while Alcoa sank 72 cents and Bank of America fell 50 cents. Polycom is charted under Good News as it has agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard's visual collaboration business.

American Express AXP $49.94 -1.66 3.22% 6,824,215 NYSE: Fin Times p22 "Fin'ls battered afer jobs data signal weak consumer demand" by Telis Demos says US fin'l stocks took their worst beating in ten months after disappointing jobs & manufacturing data dashed hopes the economy's slowdown was over. JPMorgan fell 3.4% and Bank of America fell 4.3%. American Express fell 3.3%.

Bank of America BAC $11.26 -0.49 4.17% 159,316,352 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Big banks cash in on commodities" by Caroly Cui says a group of 10 banks, including JPMorgan and Bank of America saw commodities rev increase by 55% in 1Q.

WSJ pC2 "BofA CEO sees no need to raise capital" by David Benoit says Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan denied that it needed to raise more capital to deal with mortgage problems.

WSJ pC5 "DJIA takes a plunge, losing 279.65 points" by Steven Russolillo says stocks suffered their biggest declines since the middle of last year, as several downbeat reports prompted fears the economic recovery is running out of steam. The Dow had its biggest point drop since 6/4/10. Caterpillar dropped $4.56 while Alcoa sank 72 cents and Bank of America fell 50 cents. Polycom is charted under Good News as it has agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard's visual collaboration business.

Fin Times p22 "Fin'ls battered afer jobs data signal weak consumer demand" by Telis Demos says US fin'l stocks took their worst beating in ten months after disappointing jobs & manufacturing data dashed hopes the economy's slowdown was over. JPMorgan fell 3.4% and Bank of America fell 4.3%. American Express fell 3.3%.

Boeing BA $75.4 -2.63 3.37% 4,712,823 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $101.215 -4.585 4.33% 9,669,821 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "DJIA takes a plunge, losing 279.65 points" by Steven Russolillo says stocks suffered their biggest declines since the middle of last year, as several downbeat reports prompted fears the economic recovery is running out of steam. The Dow had its biggest point drop since 6/4/10. Caterpillar dropped $4.56 while Alcoa sank 72 cents and Bank of America fell 50 cents. Polycom is charted under Good News as it has agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard's visual collaboration business.

USA Today p4B "Sluggish manufacturing, hiring pull stocks into a hole' by Bloomberg says stocks fell Wed sending the S&P 500 to its biggest drop since Aug as manufacturing expanded at the slowest pace in more than a year and employees hired fewer workers than forecast. Caterpillar lost $4.56 and Dupont dropped $1.73.

Chevron CVX $102.5 -2.41 2.3% 6,980,489 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $16.38 -0.42 2.5% 61,075,570 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB4 "HP opts to divest high end halo system" by Ben Worthen says Hewlett-Packrd will sell its high end video conferencing business to Polycom ending its support of a system called Halo that failed to find a broad audience. The $89 mil deal further consolidates the video conferencing market as last year Cisco closed a $3.4 bil deal for Tandberg and Microsoft will pay $8.5 bil for Skype.

Coke KO $66.78 -0.03 0.04% 6,390,611 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Coke considering Shanghai listing" by Bloomberg says Coke may list its shares in Shanghai as it accelerates expansion in the world's most populous nation.

Disney DIS $40.4 -1.23 2.95% 11,477,215 NYSE: Fin Times p14 "Miramax bolsters Hulu film stable" by David Gelles, WSJ pB5 Hulu plans to offer Miramax films" by AP, say Hulu, partially owned by Disney, will offer hundreds of Miramax films to some of its subscribers as part of a multi-year deal.

DuPont DD $51.625 -1.675 3.14% 5,500,701 NYSE: USA Today p4B "Sluggish manufacturing, hiring pull stocks into a hole' by Bloomberg says stocks fell Wed sending the S&P 500 to its biggest drop since Aug as manufacturing expanded at the slowest pace in more than a year and employees hired fewer workers than forecast. Caterpillar lost $4.56 and Dupont dropped $1.73.

Exxon XOM $82.07 -1.40 1.68% 15,929,983 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $19.16 -0.48 2.44% 58,382,389 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $36.65 -0.73 1.95% 17,811,123 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "HP opts to divest high end halo system" by Ben Worthen says Hewlett-Packrd will sell its high end video conferencing business to Polycom ending its support of a system called Halo that failed to find a broad audience. The $89 mil deal further consolidates the video conferencing market as last year Cisco closed a $3.4 bil deal for Tandberg and Microsoft will pay $8.5 bil for Skype.

WSJ pB5 "D9: Allthings digital conference" by Ian Sherr says Hewlett-Packard will aggressively market its WebOS operating system to other hardware manufacturers, part of a strategy to push the operating system as an alternative platform for mobile devices.

WSJ pC5 "DJIA takes a plunge, losing 279.65 points" by Steven Russolillo says stocks suffered their biggest declines since the middle of last year, as several downbeat reports prompted fears the economic recovery is running out of steam. The Dow had its biggest point drop since 6/4/10. Caterpillar dropped $4.56 while Alcoa sank 72 cents and Bank of America fell 50 cents. Polycom is charted under Good News as it has agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard's visual collaboration business.

Home Depot HD $35.455 -0.825 2.27% 9,365,810 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $22 -0.51 2.27% 55,039,284 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB4 "Microsoft to limit tablets" by Shara Tibken says Microsoft will restrict the number of computer hardware makers that initially can make tablets using its Windows operating system, requiring 5 chip makers, including Intel, to pair up with one development partner each.

IBM $166.72 -2.21 1.31% 4,428,165 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $41.85 -1.39 3.21% 33,961,453 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Big banks cash in on commodities" by Caroly Cui says a group of 10 banks, including JPMorgan and Bank of America saw commodities rev increase by 55% in 1Q.

Fin Times p22 "Fin'ls battered afer jobs data signal weak consumer demand" by Telis Demos says US fin'l stocks took their worst beating in ten months after disappointing jobs & manufacturing data dashed hopes the economy's slowdown was over. JPMorgan fell 3.4% and Bank of America fell 4.3%. American Express fell 3.3%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $66.51 -0.78 1.16% 9,434,755 NYSE:

Kraft KFT $34.71 -0.26 0.74% 7,111,046 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $81.03 -0.51 0.63% 4,893,449 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $36.25 -0.50 1.36% 9,415,639 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $24.43 -0.58 2.32% 69,266,793 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB4 "Microsoft to limit tablets" by Shara Tibken says Microsoft will restrict the number of computer hardware makers that initially can make tablets using its Windows operating system, requiring 5 chip makers, including Intel, to pair up with one development partner each.

Fin Times p14 "Nokia denies Microsoft rumour" by Andrew Ward says Nokia has denied rumours that its partnership with Microsoft cold lead to a takeover by Microsoft after a profit warning by the Finnish mobile phone maker sent its shares to a 13 year low.

WSJ pB4 "HP opts to divest high end halo system" by Ben Worthen says Hewlett-Packrd will sell its high end video conferencing business to Polycom ending its support of a system called Halo that failed to find a broad audience. The $89 mil deal further consolidates the video conferencing market as last year Cisco closed a $3.4 bil deal for Tandberg and Microsoft will pay $8.5 bil for Skype.

Pfizer PFE $21.05 -0.40 1.86% 41,015,866 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $66.4 -0.60 0.9% 9,390,441 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $91.44 -2.94 3.12% 3,413,724 NYSE:No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $61.2 -0.88 1.42% 3,714,175 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $84.3 -3.47 3.95% 6,713,121 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.27 -0.66 1.79% 14,058,691 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $54.3 -0.92 1.67% 11,049,133 NYSE: AJC pA13 "global focus for Walmart" by Ann D'Innocenizo AP says CEO Mike Duke gave a pep rally at the U. of Ark for 3,500 employees where he said Walmart has increasingly turned to its int'l div to offset a slump in the US.


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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)
Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)
Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Leo Apotheker (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (Oak Brook, Ill)
Merck MRK Kenneth Frazer (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)
3M MMM George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest as of 5/23/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $397 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 269 [4]
3. GE 205.5 [10.5]
4. Chevron CVX 204 [2]
5. IBM 204 [1]
6. Microsoft MSFT 203 [8.5]
7. WalMart WMT 192.5 [3.5]
8. AT&T T 184 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 180 [3]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 169 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 162.5 [8]
12. Coke KO 154.5 [2.5]
13. Intel INTC 125.5 [5.5]
14. Bank of America BAC 116 [10]
15. Merck MRK 114 [3]
16. Verizon VZ 109.5 [3]
17. Cisco CSCO 90.5 [5.5]
18. McDonald's MCD 85.5 [1]
19. United Technologies UTX 79 [1]
20. Disney DIS 78 [2]
21. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 77.5 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 65.5 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 65.5 [.5]
24. Kraft KFT 61.5 [2]
25. American Express AXP 61.5 [1]
26. Home Depot HD 59 [1.5]
27. Boeing BA 56.5 [1]
28. DuPont DD 48 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 26 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 17 [1]


Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/24/11:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/5/11 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/29/11 8K re: sale of $3 bil of Global Notes due '16 & '21
4/20/11 2 8Ks re: first quarter results
4/13/11 Prospectus & 4/1/aa S-4 re: offer to exchange $3.5 bil of 5.35% Global Notes due '40
3/31/11 & 3/21/11 2 8Ks re: purchase of T-Mobile USA, Inc. from Deutsche Telekom for $20 bil
3/29/11 8KA re: replacement of Richard Lindner as CFO with John J. Stephens
3/10/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/29/11 in Little Rock, Ark

Alcoa AA: 5/18/11 8K re: Chris Ayers elected Pres. of AA Blobal Primary Products
5/11/11 8K re: retirement of Joe Gorman from Bd. of Dires
5/6/11 8K re: Issuance of Sustainability Highlights Report
4/29/11 8K re: tender offer for 6% '13 Notes
4/29/11 8K re: grants under Stock Incentive Plan
4/27/11 Proxy materials re: exec comp
4/21/11 10Q & 4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results ending 3/31/11
4/14/11 8K transcript re: 1Q earnings conference call
4/13/11 8K & Prospectus re: issuance of $1.2 bil of 5.4% Notes due '21 & tnender offer for 5.3% Notes due '13
3/7/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 5/6/11 in Pittsburg, PA

American Express AXP: 5/16/11 re: delinquency & write-off stats for period ended 4/30/11
5/5/11 8KA & 8K re: appointment & compensation of David Cornish as Acting Comptroller
5/4/11 10Q quarter ended 3/31/11
4/26/11 8K re: departure of Comptroller & also Deputy Comptroller
4/20/11 8K re: 1Q results ending 3/31/11
4/18/11 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for 1Q ended 3/31/11
3/28/11 8K re new digital payments platform "Serve"
3/24/11 & 3/23 & 3/22 Proxy materials re: 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 5/2/11 at AXP Headquarters in NYC
3/18/11 8K re: Reg. FD disclosures re: its Comprehensive Capital Plan re: share repurchases & dividends
3/15/11 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for 3 months ended 2/28/11
3/4/11 Prelim Proxy Statement re: Shareholder Meeting to be held 5/2/11 in NYC

Bank of Am BAC: 5/11/11 8K re: Voting results of Stockholders Annual Meeting held 5/16
5/5 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/2/11 8K re: update of legal opinion re: Medium-Term Notes
4/28/11 Proxy re: voting at 5/11 Stockholder Meeting and info re: independence of nominee for Board
4/15/11 8K re: shuffling of execs, C. Noski, E. O'Keefe & B. Thompson
4/15/11 re results of 1Q ending 3/31/11
3/3011 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 5/11/11 at BAC Headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.
3/23/11 8K re: submission to Fed Res. Baord of comprehensive capital plan
3/17/11 8K re: issuance of $1.5 bil of 3.625% of Senior Notes due 2016
3/16/11 8K re: election of Mukesh D. Ambani to Board of Directors & Compensation & Benefit Committee & Audit Committee

Boeing BA: 5/3/11 8K re: amending bylaws decreasing Board from 13 to 12
4/27 10Q & 4/27/11 8K re: quarter ended 3/31/11
3/21/11 Annual Report to Sahreholders
3/18/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 5/2/11 in Chicago

Caterpiller CAT: 5/23/11 Proxy re: voting reminder re: 6/8 Meeting of Stockholders
5/23/11 8K re: revisions to 10K fin'l statements
5/19/11 8K re: dealer stats
5/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: info re: sales to dealers
4/29/11 8K re fin'l results quarter ended 3/31/11
4/15/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/8/11 at Little Rock, Ark.
3/8/11 8K re: price changes of products

Chevron CVX: 5/5/11 10Q & 4/29/11 8K re quarter ended 3/31/11
4/14/11 4 Proxy filings re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 5/25/11 at Chevron headquarters in San Ramon, CA.

Cisco CSCO 5/11/11 8K re: results of quarter ended 4/30/11
3/28/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for certain execs
3/22/11 8K-A re: election of Gary B. Moore as COO
3/18/11 8K re: initiation of quarterly cash dividends of 6 cents per share to be paid 4/20

Coke KO 5/2/11 10Q & 4/26/11 8K for quarter ended 4/1/11
4/29/11 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on 4/27
3/10/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 4/27/11 in Atlanta
2/28/11 10K re: Fiscal year ended 12/31/10
2/17/11 8K re: election of Evan G. Greenberg to Board of Directors & Audit Comm.

Disney DIS 5/20/11 8K re: sales of $500 mil 3.75% Global Notes Due '21
5/10 8K & 5/10/11 10Q re: quarter ended 4/2/11
3/25/11 8K re: adoption of exec stock option plan
3/18/11 two 8Ks re: amendment to employment Agreement of CEO Robert A. Iger & other execs.

DuPont DD: 5/24/11 8K re: completion of acquisition of 92.2% of shares of Danisco SA
5/5/11 8K re: tender offer for Danisco
5/3/11 8K re: voting results of 4/27 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/26/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/21/11 8K re results for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/13/11 Proxy re annual meeting of stockholders on 4/27/11 in Wilmington, DE
3/31/11 S-3 shelf registration for debt securities and common stock
3/18/11 Proxy re: Annual Stockholders Meeting to be held on 4/27/11 in Wilmington, DE
3/8/11 8K re: retirement of Samuel W. Bodman & John T. Dillon from Board of Directors due to reaching age 72

ExxonMobil XOM: 5/6/11 Proxy re: add'l material re: advisory vote on exec comp
5/5/11 10Q & 4/28/11 for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: amendment of bylaws making Treasurer also CFO
4/14/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/13/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/25/11 in Dallas, TX

GE: 5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/2/11 8K re: voting results of 4/27 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/18/11 proxy re: answers to shareholder's question re: CEO's stock options
4/15/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/711 & 3/30/11 Proxy materials re: proposal on exec comp proposal at annual meeting of shareholders on 4/27/11
3/14/11 Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 4/27/11 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 5/7/11 8k re: fin'l results for quarter ended 4/30/11
3/28/11 8K re amendment of by-laws to decrease number of directors from 17 to 13
3/22/11 8K re: info re: status of Hewlett-Packard employees as a result of Japanese earthquake
3/11/11 Proxy Materials re: opposition to ISS voting recommendations re: exec comp.

Home Depot HD: 5/17/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 5/1/11
4/18/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/15/11 proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 6/2/11 in Atlanta
3/31/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: $3 bil of Senior Notes due 2021 & 2041

Intel INTC: 5/24/11 8K re: Voting results of 5/19/11 Annual Meeting of Stockhodlers
5/17/11 8K re: FD disclosures re: investor Meeting
5/11/11 8K re: increase in 3rd Quarter dividend
5/9/11 8K & 5/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 4/2/11
4/20/11 & 4/19/11 8Ks re: financial info & CFO commentary re: results for quarter ended 4/2/11
4/13/11 8K re: fin'l info re: recently closed acquisition of Infineon Wireless & McAfee
4/7/11, 4/5/11 & 4/4/11 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/19/11 at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
3/21/11 8K re: fin'l info re: its McAfeesubsidiary
2/28/11 8K re: completion of acquisition of McAfee

IBM: 5/11/11 8K re: issuance of $1 bil of debt
4/28/11 8K re: voting results of 4/26/11 Meeting of Stockholders
4/26/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/20/11 & 4/19/11 8Ks re: CFO comments re: 1Qtr fin'l results ended 3/31/11
3/25/11 Proxy re: voting at annual meeting of stockholders on 4/26
3/18/11 8K re: settlement with SEC of bribery charges in Asia for $10 mil
3/8/11 8K re: FD disclosure re: presentation at investor briefing
3/7/11 Proxy rel Annual Stockholders Meeting on 4/26 in St. Louis, Mo.

JPMorganChase JPM: 5/24/11 8K re: legal opinion re: $500 mil Floating Senior Medium Term Notes due '16
5/23/11 8K Voting results of Shareholder Meeting held 5/17/11
5/10/11 8K re: legal opinion re: $2 bil of 4.6% Notes due '21
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: legal opinion for $2 bil Floating Senior Medium Term Notes
4/29/11 8K re: registering Global Notes
4/20/11 Proxy brochure entitled "Overview"
4/14/11 8K re: entering into consent orders with Fed. Reserve re: residential mortgage servicing activities
4/13/11 2 8Ks re: first quarter results
4/7/11 3 proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17/11 in Columbus, Ohio
3/24/11 8K re: offering of $500 mil Floating Rate Notes due 2016
3/24/11 & 3/23/11 8Ks re: offering of Global Medium Term Notes

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 5/20/11 8K re: sale of over $4 bil of Notes due '13 - '41
5/2/11 8K re: merger agreement with Synthes
4/29/11 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Meeting of Shareholders
4/27/11 8K re: offer to buy Synthes for $21.3 bil
4/19/11 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 4/28 in New Brunswick, NJ
4/19/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 8K re: settlement between Merck & JNJ re: dispute re: distribution of Remicade & Simponi
4/8/11 8K re: payment of $70,0006,316 fine for violating Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
3/16/11 Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 4/28 in New Brunswick, NJ
3/10/11 8K re: Entering into a consent decree with the FDA regarding its oversight of JNJ's McNeil Unit plants in Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania

Kraft KFT: 5/6/11 10Q & 5/5/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/8/11 8K & 3/14/11 8K re: departure of CFO Timothy R. McLevish to be replaced by David A. Brearton
4/5/11 8K re: entering into revolving credit agreement for $4.5 bil
3/31/11 8K & Proxy re: nomination of Dr. Peter Henry for Board of Dir at 5/24/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Skokie, Ill

McDonald's MCD: 5/23/11 8K re: voting results of 5/19 Shareholder Meeting
5/20/11 8K re: issuance of $400 mil Medium-Term Notes
5/16/11 proxy material re: stock options
5/9/11 8K re: Invetor Release re: April sales
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/3/11 proxy materials re: reminder how to vote
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 Proxy re: talking points
4/13/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/18/11 3 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/19/11 at McDonald's Headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill & proposal to amend cert. of incorp.
3/9/11 8K re: FD disclosure re: comparable sales rising 3.9% in Feb.
3/3/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 5/19/11 at Oak Brook, Ill.

Merck MRK: 5/9/11 10Q & 4/29/11 8K re: quarter ended 3/31/11
4/15/11 8K re: settlement between Merck & JNJ re: dispute re: distribution of Remicade & Simponi
4/14/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/13/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/11 at North Branch, NJ
4/5/11 Schedule to tender offer to shareholders of Inspire Pharmaceuticals
3/24/11 8K re: termination of agreement between Merck & Sanofi-Aventis re: Sanofi's right to buy Merck's Merial animal health subsidiary

Microsoft MSFT: 5/10/11 8K re: purchase of Skype for $8.5 bil in cash
4/28/11 10Q & 4/28/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
2/8/11 8K re: underwriting agreement for $750 mil of 2.5% Notes due 2016


Pfizer PFE: 5/12/11 10Q & 5/3/11 8K for quarter ended 4/3/11
5/3/11 8K re: voting results of shareholder Meeting held on 4/28
4/14/11 & 4/11/11 Proxy & 3/22/11 2 Proxy filings re: 4/28/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Dallas, TX
4/4/11 8K re: selling Capsugel subsidiary to KKR
3/24/11 Annual report to shareholders

Procter & Gamble PG: 5/12/11 8KA re: election of Margaret Whitman to Board
5/4/11 8K re: retirement of Ed Shirley as Vice Chair, Beauty & Grooming
4/29/11 10Q & 4/28/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/11/11 8K re: declaration of 9% quarterly dividend increase
4/5/11 8K re: sale of Pringles to Diamond
3/24/11 8K re: P&G & Teva Pharmaceutical Industries partnership for OTC medicines
3/1/11 8K re: resignation of Rajat KJ. Gupta from Board of Directors
2/11/11 8K re: election of Meg Whitman to Board of Directors

3M MMM: 5/18/11 2 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for General Counsel & CEO respectively
5/16/11 8K re: election of Inge Thulin as EVP & COO
5/11/11 8K re: voting results from 5/10/11 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
5/5/11 10Q & 4/26/11 for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/26/11 Porxy material re: how to vote at 5/10 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/7/11 8K re: results of first quarter 2011
4/6/11 8K re: executive changes re: chief accounting officer
3/29/11 Proxy material to correct errors re: prior filing re: stock ownership of directors & officers
3/24/11 annual report to shareholders
3/23/11 2 proxy filings re: 5/10/11 annual meeting of stockholders in St. Paul, Minnesota
3/15/11 8K re: retirement of CFO Patrick D. Cambell to be replaced by David W. Meline

Travelers TRV: 4/21/11 10Q & 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/12/11 anual report to shareholders
4/12/11 2 proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/26/11 at Hartford, CT

United Technologies UTX: 4/25/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/20/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/19/11 8K re proposal to amend long term incentive plan
2/25/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 4/13/11 in Phoenix, AZ

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/10/11 8K re: voting results from 5/5/11 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/28/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/11/11 8K re: Verizon completion of Terremark acquisition
4/8/11 Schedule to tender offer re: Terremark acquisition
4/4/11 Proxy re; compensation proposal
3/25/11 Prospectus re: $6.25 bil notes
3/21/11 Proxy re: 5/5/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Indianapolis, Indiana
3/7/11 8K re: election of Lowell C. McAdam to Board of Director (he is Pres/COO)

WalMart WMT: 5/17/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 4/30/11
4/19/11 annual report to shareholders
4/18/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting o shareholders on 6/3/11 at U. of Ark in Fayetteville, Ark.
4/15/11 8K & 4/13/11 Prospectus re: issuance of $5 bil of notes
3/30/11 10K for fiscal year ended 1/31/11