Friday, January 13, 2012

1/13/12 Fri pm Dow Closes at 12,422.06 down 48.96 or 0.39%

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Post No. 1,421 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 ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 components' SEC filings in each case as of January 1, 2012.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,422.06 up 48.96 or 0.39% from Thursday's close of 12,471.02. For the week the Dow is up 62.14 or 0.50% from last Friday's close of 12,359.92. Of the 30 Dow components 9 gained, 2 (Procter & Gamble and Verizon were unchanged) and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Chevron CVX $106.09 +1.12 1.07% 8,262,538 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM $179.16 -1.39 0.77% 5,265,619 NYSE and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.49 -0.46 1.71% 11,788,519 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.49 up from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.47 (year ago it was 14.88); today's P/E estimate is 11.92 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 11.92 (year ago it was 13.55), and Friday's dividend yield is 2.57 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.57 (last year it was 2.45). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. 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 closing numerator was 1,641.32 down up 6.46 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,647.78. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.71 down up $0.22 from Thursday's average closing price of $54.93. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.96 (DD/HD) up $0.21 from Thursday's median closing price of $45.75. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59. NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $6.61 -0.18 2.65% 336,085,010 NYSE.

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) and sold at the close you would have lost $646 ($164,778 - $164,132).

MarketWatch Friday 1/13/12 5:15 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell Friday, denting weekly gains, after J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. reported a profit drop and as investors fretted a possible Greek default and coming downgrades of euro-area nations. Nick Raich, director of research at Key Private Bank in Cleveland, chalked up the end-of-week slide to “JP Morgan’s earnings, possibly the fear of Greece defaulting and the overhang of will the French lose their triple-A credit rating.’” France’s finance minister confirmed his nation’s rating would be downgraded by one notch, Dow Jones Newswires and other news services reported during the session. After the close of trading, Standard & Poor’s said it had lowered the long-term ratings of Italy, Portugal, and Spain by two notches, and the long-term ratings of Austria and France by one notch. The ratings agency said initiatives taken by European policymakers in recent weeks may fall short of fully addressing systemic stresses in the euro zone. After a 159-point fall, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.39% finished with a loss of 48.96 points, or 0.4%, at 12,422.06. J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -0.03% led the declines that included 21 of its 30 components. The blue chips tallied a second consecutive weekly rise, up 0.5% from last Friday’s close. The first major U.S. bank to report results for the fourth quarter, J.P. Morgan reported revenue fell to $22.2 billion on an adjusted basis, below Wall Street estimates of roughly $23 billion. The bank’s business is diversified, so it “gives you some flavor” for the coming week, when about 25% of the S&P 500 report results, including a slew of financial firms. Read analysis of J.P. Morgan earnings. “The revenue miss was disappointing, but the banking side for J.P. Morgan was good, so depending on whether you’re an asset manager or a commercial bank, that will dictate results,” said Raich. Up 0.9% for the week, the S&P 500 Index SPX -0.49% declined 6.41 points, or 0.5%, to 1,289.09 Friday, with financials hammered hardest among its 10 industry sectors. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.52% lost 14.03 points, or 0.5%, to 2,710.67, a level that has it up 1.4% from last Friday’s close. For each stock rising nearly two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 827 million shares exchanged hands. Composite volume topped 3.6 billion. Oil finished the week at $98.70 a barrel, with February futures CL2G -0.07% down 2.8% from the week-ago close. Gold futures GC2G -0.45% ended their session at $1,630.80 an ounce, up 0.9% from last Friday’s close. U.S. Treasury prices gained, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR -0.11% falling 6 basis points to 1.87%. Greece’s creditor banks are taking a break in discussions with the government in Athens after unsuccessful talks geared at determining the amount investors stand to lose by swapping their bonds. Proposals by a panel representing financial firms failed to yield a “constructive consolidated response by all parties,” according to a statement released Friday by the Institute of International Finance. Read account of breakdown in Greece talks. A report showing consumer sentiment rose in January failed to boost equities. In addition, Italy’s 3-year bond auction was “a mild disappointment to start the day,” said Art Hogan, a market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets, with the country raising 4.75 billion euros, but to tepid demand.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$30.07 +0.05 0.17% 22,070,216 NYSE

Alcoa AA
$9.8 -0.13 1.31% 32,676,987 NYSE

American Express AXP
$49.76 -0.11 0.22% 5,708,737 NYSE

Bank of America BAC
$6.61 -0.18 2.65% 336,085,010 NYSE

Boeing BA
$74.6 -0.91 1.21% 4,640,012 NYSE

Caterpillar CAT
$102.48 +0.54 0.53% 9,350,229 NYSE

Chevron CVX
$106.09 +1.12 1.07% 8,262,538 NYSE

Cisco CSCO
$19.06 -0.09 0.47% 32,051,037 NASDAQ-GS

Coca-Cola KO
$66.99 -0.58 0.86% 9,972,138 NYSE

Walt Disney DIS
$38.4 -0.33 0.85% 9,877,327 NYSE

DuPont DD
$48.4 +0.30 0.62% 6,027,114 NYSE

ExxonMobil XOM
$84.88 +0.14 0.17% 15,538,772 NYSE

GE
$18.84 -0.09 0.48% 41,990,442 NYSE

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$26.49 -0.46 1.71% 11,788,519 NYSE

Home Depot HD
$43.51 +0.12 0.28% 8,053,015 NYSE

Intel INTC
$25.14 -0.61 2.37% 63,209,294 NASDAQ-GS

IBM
$179.16 -1.39 0.77% 5,265,619 NYSE

JPMorgan Chase JPM
$35.92 -0.93 2.52% 61,524,342 NYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.26 +0.03 0.05% 8,976,557 NYSE

Kraft KFT
$37.77 -0.45 1.18% 10,410,318 NYSE

McDonald's MCD
$100.35 -0.22 0.22% 4,126,690 NYSE

Merck MRK
$38.32 -0.29 0.75% 9,649,320 NYSE

Microsoft MSFT
$28.25 +0.25 0.89% 60,000,025 NASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFE
$21.84 -0.15 0.68% 29,025,905 NYSE

Procter & Gamble PG
$65.81 unch unch 32,018,871 NYSE

3M MMM
$83.6 -0.68 0.81% 3,084,518 NYSE

Travelers TRV
$59.37 -0.43 0.72% 2,087,356 NYSE

United Technologies UTX
$76.08 -1.16 1.5% 3,472,044 NYSE

Verizon VZ
$38.92 unch unch 8,986,261 DualListed

Walmart WMT
$59.54 +0.04 0.07% 7,728,022 NYSE



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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,471.02 up 21.57 or 0.17% from Wednesday's close of 12,449.45. For the year the Dow is up 2.07%. Of the 30 Dow components 22 gained and 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $101.96 +2.32 2.33% 8,128,799 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $9.94 +0.31 3.22% 34,671,883NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Chevron CVX $104.93 -2.84 2.64% 10,990,983 NYSE.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks manage to outrun poor data" by Brendan Conway says stocks eked out a gain as investors shrugged off 3 tepid readings on the state of the US economy to focus on the coming rush of corp earnings. Fin'l stocks which have been among the market's strongest performers this year pared early losses to finish with a gain ahead of JPMorgan's closely watched earnings report as JP Morgan was up 19 cents. Energy stocks were weak after Chevron warned its 4Q earnings will be significantly lower. Chevron fell 2.80.

Fin Times p22 "Chevron slides as 4Q earnings look set to disappoint" by Ajay Makan says Chevron fell 2.6% after the 2nd largest US energy firm said 4Q earnings would be significantly below 3Q results. Exxon fell as much as 1.7% but recovered to end the day down 0.4%. Bank of America topped $7 for the first time since Oct before slipping back for a fall of 1.2% for the day and JPMorgan climbed 0.5% ahead of earnings.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks turn up, snubbing bad news" by Paul Whitfield says stocks tossed aside negative economic news Thurs as the indexes reversed higher. Thursday's action was up in mixed trade as the current outlook is the market is in a confirmed uptrend.

NYT pB7 "Falling oil prices help buoy markets" by AP says a drop in oil prices & strong bond auctions in Europe drove stocks to a slight higher close Thurs.

USA Today p4B "Lower borrowing costs in Europe help boost US stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks rose Thurs sending the S&P 500 higher for a 4th day as a drop in borrowing costs at debt auctions in Europe overshadowed disappointing data on US jobless claims & retail sales.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,647.78 up 2.84 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,644.94. 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 increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase 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 $54.93 up $0.10 from Wednesday's average closing price of $54.83. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.75 (DD/HD) up $0.37 from Wednesday's median closing price of $45.38. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.8 -0.10 0.17% 2,352,219 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $6.77 -0.10 1.46% 347,987,566 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 made $284 (164,778 - $164,494).

MarketWatch Thursday 1/12/12 4:13 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished with modest gains Thursday, with the S&P 500 Index SPX +0.23% extending its winning run into a fourth session, as investors opted for optimism on Europe's troubles. "We've got this six-month window with all of this huge rollover of debt going on" in Europe, said Sandy Lincoln, chief market strategist at BMO Asset Management. "The market is breathing really shallowly until it gets additional metrix, not only corporate results but guidance," he added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.17% rose 21.57 points, or 0.2%, to 12,471.02. The S&P 500 advanced 3.02 points, or 0.2%, to 1,295.50, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.51% gained 13.94 points, or 0.5%, to 2,724.70.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $30.135 +0.145 0.48% 23,198,029 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Pushing mobile payments" by Greg Bensinger says AT&T, Verizon Wireless & T-Mobile USA in '10 formed a jv known as Isis to roll out a mobile payment network that will one day funnel transaction fees back to the carriers but Isis will begin trials this year.

Alcoa AA $9.94 +0.31 3.22% 34,671,883 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $49.62 +0.67 1.37% 4,858,628 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $6.77 -0.10 1.46% 347,987,566 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Optimism over bankers will be tested" by David Reilly says '12 won't be as bad a year for JPMorgan, Bank of America and other banks as last year but this optimism will be tested today when JPMorgan kicks off bank earnings season.

WSJ pA1 "Bank of America ponders retreat" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Daily Report p6 "Banks gloss over risks, but investors know better" by Jonathan Weil say Bank of America will retreat from some parts of the country if its fin'l problems deepen. Among the 7,400 banks in the US, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are the only coast to coast giants. Bank of America trades for 33% of book.

Fin Times p22 "Chevron slides as 4Q earnings look set to disappoint" by Ajay Makan says Chevron fell 2.6% after the 2nd largest US energy firm said 4Q earnings would be significantly below 3Q results. Exxon fell as much as 1.7% but recovered to end the day down 0.4%. Bank of America topped $7 for the first time since Oct before slipping back for a fall of 1.2% for the day and JPMorgan climbed 0.5% ahead of earnings.

Boeing BA $75.48 +0.74 0.99% 3,494,702 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $101.96 +2.32 2.33% 8,128,799 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $104.93 -2.84 2.64% 10,990,983 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "Stocks manage to outrun poor data" by Brendan Conway says stocks eked out a gain as investors shrugged off 3 tepid readings on the state of the US economy to focus on the coming rush of corp earnings. Fin'l stocks which have been among the market's strongest performers this year pared early losses to finish with a gain ahead of JPMorgan's closely watched earnings report as JP Morgan was up 19 cents. Energy stocks were weak after Chevron warned its 4Q earnings will be significantly lower. Chevron fell 2.80.

Fin Times p22 "Chevron slides as 4Q earnings look set to disappoint" by Ajay Makan says Chevron fell 2.6% after the 2nd largest US energy firm said 4Q earnings would be significantly below 3Q results. Exxon fell as much as 1.7% but recovered to end the day down 0.4%. Bank of America topped $7 for the first time since Oct before slipping back for a fall of 1.2% for the day and JPMorgan climbed 0.5% ahead of earnings.

Fin Times p12 "Chevron" says nearly all of Chevron's earnings may come from upstream operations in 4Q and this is where it shines relative to competition as it was the best performing large integrated producer globally in '11.

CSCO $19.15 +0.08 0.42% 28,565,914 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $67.55 -0.51 0.75% 6,682,096 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Coke, Pepsi attempt to ease OJ fears" by Paul Kiernan, Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Coke alerted FDA to tainted OJ, AJC pA13 "Coke awaits FDa juice decision" by Leon Stafford say Coke said it has trying to reassure consumers after its major US orange juice brands were found to have carbendazim, a fungicide used in Brazil.

Disney DIS $38.75 +0.05 0.13% 8,950,504 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $48.1 +0.80 1.69% 4,911,122 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $84.751 -0.329 0.39% 16,041,454 NYSE: Fin Times p22 "Chevron slides as 4Q earnings look set to disappoint" by Ajay Makan says Chevron fell 2.6% after the 2nd largest US energy firm said 4Q earnings would be significantly below 3Q results. Exxon fell as much as 1.7% but recovered to end the day down 0.4%. Bank of America topped $7 for the first time since Oct before slipping back for a fall of 1.2% for the day and JPMorgan climbed 0.5% ahead of earnings.

GE $18.92 +0.04 0.21% 35,524,545 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.94 +0.305 1.15% 8,846,765 NYSE: USA Today p1B "PC move by HP's ex-CEO was suicidal" by Scott Martin says Hewlett-Packard's share of the US pc market was down 26% last quarter compared to a year earlier due to uncertainty spawned by former CEO Leo Apotheker's decision last year to consider selling its $41 bil computer business.

Home Depot HD $43.3934 -0.0666 0.15% 7,653,244 NYSE: AJC pA13 "Home Depot to hrie 1,500 in Atlanta area" by Joel Provano, Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 Home Depot adds spring jobs" , USAT p1B "Job Market, say HD will add 70,000 seasonal workers for spring, its largest season. Home Depot had 4% growth in rev in Q3 to $17.33 bil.

Intel INTC $25.75 -0.05 0.19% 42,266,609 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $180.735 -1.585 0.87% 6,118,569 NYSE: NYT pB1 "New storage device is very small, at 12 atoms" by John Markoff says IBM has used nanomaterials to store data on a tiny device.

JPMorgan JPM $36.8 +0.14 0.38% 35,453,122 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Optimism over bankers will be tested" by David Reilly says '12 won't be as bad a year for JPMorgan, Bank of America and other banks as last year but this optimism will be tested today when JPMorgan kicks off bank earnings season.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks manage to outrun poor data" by Brendan Conway says stocks eked out a gain as investors shrugged off 3 tepid readings on the state of the US economy to focus on the coming rush of corp earnings. Fin'l stocks which have been among the market's strongest performers this year pared early losses to finish with a gain ahead of JPMorgan's closely watched earnings report as JP Morgan was up 19 cents. Energy stocks were weak after Chevron warned its 4Q earnings will be significantly lower. Chevron fell 2.80.

WSJ pA1 "Bank of America ponders retreat" by Dan Fitzpatrick says Bank of America will retreat from some parts of the country if its fin'l problems deepen. Among the 7,400 banks in the US, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are the only coast to coast giants.

NYT pB5 "DealBook online" by Susanne Craig says Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan CEO, shook up management by ousting the head of strategy & business development.

Fin Times p22 "Chevron slides as 4Q earnings look set to disappoint" by Ajay Makan says Chevron fell 2.6% after the 2nd largest US energy firm said 4Q earnings would be significantly below 3Q results. Exxon fell as much as 1.7% but recovered to end the day down 0.4%. Bank of America topped $7 for the first time since Oct before slipping back for a fall of 1.2% for the day and JPMorgan climbed 0.5% ahead of earnings.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.16 +0.03 0.05% 6,393,439 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $38.23 +0.30 0.79% 5,325,102 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $100.56 +0.63 0.63% 3,597,592 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $38.611 +0.201 0.52% 8,574,486 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $28 +0.28 1.01% 48,946,355 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Microsfot inks LG Andorid deal" says LG Electronics will license Microsoft patents for use in its tablets and smartphones based on Google's Andorid and Chrome operating systems.

Pfizer PFE $21.97 +0.07 0.32% 24,832,775 NYSE: NYT pB4 "Sales of Lipitor are leveling off" by AP says Pfizer's Lipitor at end of Dec were at 37% of market share a steep plunge after the start of generic competition.

Daily Report p1 "Judge Shoob rejects claims against Mylan" by Victor Li says this in a suit against Mylan and Pfizer involving a wrongful death.

Procter & Gamble PG $65.81 +0.13 0.2% 8,815,311 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "US looks at Diamond Foods" by Justin Scheck says Fed prosecutors are joining the SEC in examining '11 payments to Walnut growers by Diamond Foods which could jeopardize its acqusition of Pringles from Procter & Gamble.

MMM $84.28 +0.51 0.61% 3,632,754 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $59.8 -0.10 0.17% 2,352,219 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $77.24 +0.54 0.7% 3,659,692 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $38.92 +0.02 0.05% 8,972,201 DualListed: WSJ pB7 "Pushing mobile payments" by Greg Bensinger says AT&T, Verizon Wireless & T-Mobile USA in '10 formed a jv known as Isis to roll out a mobile payment network that will one day funnel transaction fees back to the carriers but Isis will begin trials this year.

Walmart WMT $59.5 +0.10 0.17% 7,155,891 NYSE: Fin Times p17 "Target seeks to refocus its image" by Barney Jopson says Target's holiday sales fell short of expectations because it lost customers to Walmart as the world's biggest retailer by sales amid intense competition, moved aggressively to cut prices.

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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 Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Virginia M. Rometty (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (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 Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 1/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $406 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 218 [8.5]
3. IBM 216 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 212 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 204.5 [3.5]
6. GE 189 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
9. AT&T T 179 [6]
10. Pfizer PFE 166.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 159 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 126.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 123.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 113.5 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 102.5 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 97 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 67.5 [2]
19. United Technologies UTX 66 [1]
20. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 65 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 58.5 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
24. Bank of America BAC 56.5 [10]
25. American Express AXP 54.5 [1]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 51 [2]
28. DuPont DD 42 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:

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

AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results

Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11

Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price

Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director

Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11

Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA

Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes

Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract

DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.

Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes

IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference

McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend

Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp

Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy

3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes

United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan