Monday, March 12, 2012

3/12/12 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 12,959.71 up 37.69 or 0.29%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 12,959.71 up 37.69 or 0.29% from Friday's close of 12,922.02. Of the 30 Dow components 21 gained, Travelers was unchanged and 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Exxon XOM $85.59 +1.29 1.53% 17,182,862 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $108.99 -1.23 1.12% 6,085,396 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM
$40.54 -0.49 1.19% 28,588,744 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Monday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.44 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.46 (year ago it was 14.56); Monday's P/E estimate is 12.39 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.45 (year ago it was 12.79) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.52 unchanged from Saturday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.43). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,712.39 up 5.1 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,707.38. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.08 up $0.17 from Friday's average closing price of $56.91. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.18 (DD/HD)up $0.38 from Friday's median closing price of $49.80. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $87.54 +0.74 0.85% 1,813,167 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.975 -0.075 0.93% 156,147,483 NYSE.

If Monday 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 $510 ($171,239 - $170,738).

MarketWatch Monday 3/12/12 4:08 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks managed moderate gains in low volume Monday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.29% to its fourth straight win. The Dow average rose 37.69 points, or 0.3%, to 12,959.71, its longest string of gains since the win streak ended Jan. 20. The S&P 500 SPX +0.02% inched up 0.22 point to 1,371.09. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.16% fell 4.68 points, or 0.2%, to 2,983.66. New York Stock Exchange volume was 611 million with 3 billion NYSE-listed shares trading hands, or about 80% of the last month's average. With a light U.S. economic and corporate calendar, investors traded cautiously ahead of bigger events this week, including Tuesday's Federal Reserve meeting.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$31.4686 +0.2886 0.93% 18,191,385 NYSE

Alcoa AA
$9.88 +0.07 0.71% 19,907,359 NYSE

American Express AXP
$52.73 -0.47 0.88% 3,418,879 NYSE

Bank of America BAC
$7.975 -0.075 0.93% 156,147,483 NYSE

Boeing BA
$73.64 +0.35 0.48% 2,376,248 NYSE

Caterpillar CAT
$108.99 -1.23 1.12% 6,085,396 NYSE

Chevron CVX
$109.76 +0.19 0.17% 3,803,162 NYSE

CSCO
$19.83 +0.03 0.15% 26,062,712 NASDAQ-GS

Coke KO
$70.175 +0.665 0.96% 8,137,589 NYSE

Disney DIS
$42.35 +0.11 0.26% 5,811,045 NYSE

DuPont DD
$51.2295 -0.2705 0.53% 5,754,923 NYSE

Exxon XOM
$85.59 +1.29 1.53% 17,182,862 NYSE

GE
$19.145 +0.105 0.55% 31,767,189 NYSE

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$24.04 -0.14 0.58% 14,856,110 NYSE

Home Depot HD
$48.58 +0.48 1% 8,628,101 NYSE

Intel INTC
$26.985 -0.085 0.31% 23,668,329 NASDAQ-GS

IBM
$200.99 +0.37 0.18% 2,717,782 NYSE

JPMorgan JPM
$40.54 -0.49 1.19% 28,588,744 NYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.095 +0.355 0.55% 6,268,385 NYSE

Kraft KFT
$38.15 +0.20 0.53% 4,547,106 NYSE

McDonald's MCD
$96.72 -0.12 0.12% 3,960,202 NYSE

Merck MRK
$38.08 +0.48 1.28% 9,166,561 NYSE

Microsoft MSFT
$32.04 +0.05 0.16% 33,578,393 NASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFE
$21.555 +0.075 0.35% 33,303,112 NYSE

Procter & Gamble PG
$67.7485 +0.8185 1.22% 8,062,000 NYSE

3M MMM
$87.54 +0.74 0.85% 1,813,167 NYSE

Travelers TRV
$57.61 unch unch 2,323,723 NYSE

United Technologies UTX
$84 +0.45 0.54% 3,249,000 NYSE

Verizon VZ
$39.32 +0.22 0.56% 8,914,745 DualListed

Walmart WMT
$60.69 +0.61 1.02% 6,950,314 NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron'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 Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,922.02 up 14.08 or 0.11% from Thursday's close of 12,907.94. For the week the Dow was down 55.55 or 0.43% from last Friday's close of 12,977.57. For the year the Dow is up 5.77%.Of the 30 Dow components 20 gained and 10 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $200.62 +0.81 0.41% 3,173,243 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $41.03 +0.59 1.46% 33,472,002 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing BA $73.29 -0.88 1.19% 5,533,967 NYSE
and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $24.18 -0.46 1.87% 23,419,882 NYSE.

Sat. WSJ pB5 "Stocks lose steam but finish in the black" by Christian Berthelsen & Chris Dieterich says stocks hung on to book modest gains, though a fin'l industry group's ruling the Greece's debt restructuring constituted a de facto default undercut a stronger rise earlier in the day on upbeat jobs data. JPMorgan led the blue chips higher rising 59 cents.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks boast modest gains, but NYSE shows stalling" by Paul Whitfield says stocks finished the week with small gains in mixed volume Fri although the NYSE composite showed stalling action. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,707.38 up 1.87 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,705.51. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.91 up $0.06 from Thursday's average closing price of $56.85. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.80 (DD/HD)up $0.34 from Thursday's median closing price of $49.46. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $86.8 0+.09 0.1% 1,957,444 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $8.05 -0.01 0.12% 194,644,526 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 made $187 ($170,738 - $170,551).

MarketWatch Friday 3/9/12 4:48 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose for a third session Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq tallying a fourth week of gains, after another strong monthly jobs report illustrated the recovery continues. The U.S. jobs market generated 227,000 positions on the month, providing the economy with one of its best stretches of the recovery. “It’s very positive that we’ve had three up days in a row after our first triple-digit selloff (this year) on Tuesday. It takes the threat that (Tuesday) was the beginning of a correction phase off the table, perhaps,” said Hank Smith, chief investment officer at Haverford Investments. “The economy, while still growing at a below-average rate, is still improving,” said Smith of February’s jobs data. “The revisions up the prior two months were a very important part of this jobs report,” he added. Off 0.4% from last Friday’s close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.11% settled with a second weekly drop. The Dow rose 14.08 points, or 0.1%, to 12,922.02, with two-thirds of its 30 components gaining ground. ‘There is no investor that I know of that doesn’t believe Greece hasn’t defaulted on its debt.”Hank Smith, Haverford Investments Up for a fourth consecutive week, the S&P 500 SPX +0.36% climbed 4.96 points, or 0.4%, to 1,370.87, giving it a weekly rise of just under 0.1%.
Also pulling into positive terrain for a fourth straight week, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.60% gained 17.92 points, or 0.6%, to 2,988.34. For every stock that fell, more than two rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where 719 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.6 billion. The U.S. dollar DXY +1.01% gained, especially against the euro EURUSD +0.34% , while bond prices fell, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR 0.00% used in determining the rate on mortgages and other consumer loans rising to 2.03%. Read more on bonds and read more on currencies. “The wild card here is the price of oil. If we have another spike upwards, that would have a much bigger impact on the consumer,” said Smith, who believes the recent escalation in gasoline prices had less of an impact on consumers who got a “real dividend from a mild winter, with heating bills dramatically down from where there were a year ago.”
Crude-oil futures CLJ2 +0.79% rose 82 cents, or 0.8%, to end at $107.40 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Read more on oil futures. Ahead of the opening bell, the Labor Department’s said nonfarm payrolls climbed by 227,000 last month, more than expectations. The agency also revised higher jobs growth for December and January. “It’s another confirming data point that the healing process is well under way. I think it points to stronger gains ahead,” Matthew Kaufler, portfolio manager at Federated Investors. “Confidence is getting restored. It’s fragile still, but less so than six months ago, or a year ago. The fear and uncertainty on the part of corporate America towards hiring and the future, and taking on incremental expense, is starting to abate,” Kaufler added. Stocks lost only a bit of steam after the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc., or ISDA, said a restructuring credit event had occurred with Greece’s use of collective-action clauses, or CACs, to amend the terms of Greece-issued bonds. The ISDA’s determination was not a surprise, and the losses investors were forced to take on under Greece’s use of CACs would trigger payouts on $3 billion of default insurance, also in line with market expectations. “There is no investor that I know of that doesn’t believe Greece hasn’t defaulted on its debt,” said Smith of the market’s tepid reaction. Paving the path toward a second rescue package, Greece confirmed a deal with its private creditors to reduce its public debt and avoid default, although concern about the euro zone isn’t expected to disappear. The action in Greece was largely priced into the equity market on Thursday, said Kaufler, who called the accomplishment “a first step on a journey toward restructuring and reform.” Greek leaders now must still “follow through on their promises, and their track record is a volatile one,” he added. Friday marked the third anniversary of the bull market. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.36% is up 102% since closing at 676.53 on March 9, 2009, on the belief that the economy is healing after its worst hit since the Great Depression. “I think we were overdone three years ago when we hit bottom. The markets tend to overshoot in both directions,” said Kaufler.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T 31.18 +0.18 0.58% 19,135,771 NYSE: NYT pB4 "AT&T's boast about using 4G seems a stretch" by Brian X. Chen says after Apple said its new ipad wold be available on AT&T and Verizon's 4g TE AT&T said it had the largest 4G network in the nation but Verizon actually has the largest.

Barron's p35 "Speed trap ahead for US telcos" by Tiernan Ray says Verizon Communications' wireless unit has been the leading proponent in the US for long term evolution or LTE, faster wireless connections, and one day is expected to be deployed by every phone company around the globe. Verizon & AT&T are far ahead of others as Verizon has 200 mil US customers with LTE vs. 75 mil for AT&T.

Barron's p36 "Apple's new, new thing" by Mark Veverka says there is potential for tablets running Microsoft Windows 8 but the delivery of such devices to retailers is 9 months out and Apple is giving Microsoft and Google competition with the new version of the iPad. It is Apple's first device that uses 4G LTE and both will run on Verizon & AT&T's US. networks.

Alcoa AA $9.81 +0.04 0.41% 21,397,219 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Faulty signals for aluminum view" by Clementine Wallop says prices for aluminum are surging but supply is outrunning demand due to cutbacks in production. Alcoa in Jan said it would close 12% of its smelting capacity.

American Express AXP $53.2 +0.25 0.47% 4,328,340 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $8.05 -0.01 0.12% 194,644,526 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Mortgage deal built on tradeoffs" by Nick Timiraos says the banks that are settelemnt to the $25 bil mortgage abuse settlement, including Bank of America and JPMOrgan resisted initial gov proposals that they absorb the hit for write-downs of loans held by the loans held by the banks. Only 5% of the underwater borrowers will be eligible for help via the settlement.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "BofA willing to trim mortgages" says BofA will shave $850 mil off penalties it owes from the $25 bil settlement by knocking an average $100,000 off the principal for as many as 200,000 borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth.

Boeing BA $73.29 -0.88 1.19% 5,533,967 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Boeing orders dwart Airbus' says Boeing notched a net 385 jet orders over Jan - Feb vs. 91 for its European rival including a record list price $22.4 bil order from Indoenesia's Lion Air for 230 narrow body 737s.

Caterpillar CAT $110.22 -0.06 0.05% 6,518,223 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $109.57 -0.46 0.42% 5,703,296 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Chevron plays catch up in shale gas" by Isabel Ordonez says Chevron is expanding drilling despite low prices for natural gas due to demand in foreign markets.

CSCO $19.8 +0.12 0.61% 24,831,135 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $69.51 +0.24 0.35% 18,304,240 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Coca-Cola beverage maker adds Truvia to Sprite in France" by Betsy McKay says Coke is putting a sweetener made with stevia into Sprite in France, its first move to use the natural zero calorie ingredient.

Disney DIS $42.24 +0.22 0.52% 6,892,072 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Estimated box office figures" says Disney's John Carter was 2nd for the weekend grossing 30.6 mil behind Universal's The Lorax.

DuPont DD $51.5 +0.42 0.82% 6,108,338 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $84.3 -0.53 0.62% 17,041,512 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $19.04 +0.01 0.05% 37,337,434 NYSE: Barron's pM12 "Monetizing fear wih GE puts" by Steven Sears says investors should consider selling puts on GE to take advantage of the fear premium because even if GE declines the seller still keeps the premium and has a dividend paying stock.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $24.18 -0.46 1.87% 23,419,882 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $48.1 +0.28 0.59% 8,775,160 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pB7 "Home Depot, Grainger etch tight patterns" by Paul Whitfield says Home Depot is one of two stock among 6 building and maintenance related stocks inthe retail sector that is near an actionable buy point as its earnings grew 25% and 22% in the past 2 fiscal years and it is expected to have 16% EPS growth when the current fiscal year ends in Jan '13.

Intel INTC $27.09 +0.25 0.93% 28,038,658 NASDAQ-GS: NYT pB4 "In new landscape a new Intel chip" by Quen Hardy says Intel issued the specs on its new Xeon E5 processor, a chip meant ffor use in the servers of big data centers.

IBM $200.62 +0.81 0.41% 3,173,243 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA7 "IBM's Watson moves from Jeopardy to real game" by Brian Deagon says Citigroup will use Watson to help process and analyze data and other firms will be using Watson, for example, in the health care arena.

JPMorgan JPM $41.03 +0.59 1.46% 33,472,002 NYSE: Fin times p13 "US bank dividends set to double" by Tom Braithwaite says JPMorgan is expected to pay more than 70% of its earnings in the form of dividends & share buybacks - closer to pre-'08 levels in '12.

WSJ pB1 "Mortgage deal built on tradeoffs" by Nick Timiraos says the banks that are settelemnt to the $25 bil mortgage abuse settlement, including Bank of America and JPMOrgan resisted initial gov proposals that they absorb the hit for write-downs of loans held by the loans held by the banks. Only 5% of the underwater borrowers will be eligible for help via the settlement.

Barron's pM15 "Research reports" says Sterne Agee did on report on JPMoran on 2/29 that has it as a neutral saying while JPMorgan was a clear winner through the fin'l crisis and emerged with a more robust model, the slowing global economy, ongoing regulatory reform, onerous capital requirements and low interest rates will weigh on JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.74 -0.11 0.17% 8,281,341 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $37.95 +0.04 0.11% 5,969,091 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $96.84 -0.12 0.12% 7,781,098 NYSE: Barron's pM3 "Stocks end mixed, as small caps shine" by Vito J. Racanelli says McDonald's is the pasat decade's best run restaurant company yet its shares fell 3.3% last week on news that its global Feb same store sales rose 7.5%. MCD has become a victim of its own success. McDonald's deserves a premium as it is now trading at a p/e of 17 times estimate eps of $5.72.

Merck MRK $37.6 0.205 0.55% 44,512,110 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $31.99 +0.02 0.06% 32,768,315 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p36 "Apple's new, new thing" by Mark Veverka says there is potential for tablets running Microsoft Windows 8 but the delivery of such devices to retailers is 9 months out and Apple is giving Microsoft and Google competition with the new version of the iPad. It is Apple's first device that uses 4G LTE and both will run on Verizon & AT&T's US. networks.

Pfizer PFE $21.48 +0.025 0.12% 39,358,929 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Pfizer" says Pfizer got a preliminary offer from Bayer for its animal health business.

Procter & Gamble PG $66.93 +0.03 0.04% 5,705,953 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $86.8 0+.09 0.1% 1,957,444 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $57.61 +0.51 0.89% 2,460,657 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technoogies UTX $83.55 +0.02 0.02% 2,508,422 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $39.1 -0.12 0.31% 11,749,716 DualListed: NYT pB4 "AT&T's boast about using 4G seems a stretch" by Brian X. Chen says after Apple said its new ipad wold be available on AT&T and Verizon's 4g TE AT&T said it had the largest 4G network in the nation but Verizon actually has the largest.

Barron's p35 "Speed trap ahead for US telcos" by Tiernan Ray says Verizon Communications' wireless unit has been the leading proponent in the US for long term evolution or LTE, faster wireless connections, and one day is expected to be deployed by every phone company around the globe. Verizon & AT&T are far ahead of others as Verizon has 200 mil US customers with LTE vs. 75 mil for AT&T.

Barron's p36 "Apple's new, new thing" by Mark Veverka says there is potential for tablets running Microsoft Windows 8 but the delivery of such devices to retailers is 9 months out and Apple is giving Microsoft and Google competition with the new version of the iPad. It is Apple's first device that uses 4G LTE and both will run on Verizon & AT&T's US. networks.

Walmart WMT $60.08 +0.31 0.52% 6,275,537 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Walmart" says Walmart finally won S. African court approval for its $2.4 bil buyout of Massmart, a deal first announced in '10.

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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 (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon to be replaced by Alex Gorsky (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 Inge Thulin replaces George W. Buckley on 2/24(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 3/7/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $404.5 [5]
2. IBM 229 [1]
3. Microsoft MSFT 268 [8.5]
4. Chevron CVX 216.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 205 [3.5]
6. GE 198.5 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. AT&T T 183 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 161 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 155.5 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 152.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 137 [5]
14. Merck MRK 113.5 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 110 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 104.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 102 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
19. United Technologies UTX 75 [1]
20. Disney DIS 75 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 73 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 70 [.5]
23. Kraft KFT 67 [2]
24. American Express AXP 61 [1]
25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48 [2]
28. DuPont DD 47 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/7/12:

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

AT&T T: 2/29/12 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 5/15/12
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 4/27/12 Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
2/13 8K re: sale of $3 bil Global Notes
1/26/12 two 8Ks re redemption of 6.3% Sr. notes & reduction of Citibank lending commitment to $3 bil
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results and stock buybacks

Alcoa AA: 2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders
3/1/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
1/19/12 8K re: Sir Martin Sorrell's appointment to Board of Dirs
1/12/12 8K e: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/10 8K re: 4Q results
1/6/12 8K re: closing of smelter plant in Alcoa, Tn & 2 plants in Tx

American Express AXP: 3/2/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 American Express HQ, NYC
2/29/12 & 2/24/12 10K/A & 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/15/12 8K re: Deling & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/12
2/13/12 8K re: retirement of Director Dan Akerson
2/9/12 8K re: Investor presentation
1/27/12 8K re: amendment to '07 Incentive Comp Plan
1/19 8K re: 4Q & FY '11 results
1/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 12/31/11
12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months

Bank of Am BAC: 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators
1/19/12 4Q & FY '11 results
1/13/12 8K re: restated indenture
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

Boeing BA: 2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q results
12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO

Caterpillar CAT: 2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats
1/26/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q & full year '11 results & dealer stats.
12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan

Chevron CVX: 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
1/27/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results & grant of exec stock options
1/11/12 8K re: forecast for 4Q
12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options

Cisco CSCO : 2/21/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/28/12
2/17/12 8K re: $3 bil credit agreement with Bank of America
2/8/12 8K re: 2Q results
12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan

Coke KO 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Robert A. Kotick as Dir.
2/15/12 8K re: adoption of restricted stock plan
2/7/12 8K re: 4Q & full year '11 results
12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.

Disney DIS 2/13/12 8K re: sale of $1 bil of 1.125% Global Notes due '17
2/7/12 10Q for 12/31/11
2/7/12 8K re: 1Q results
1/20/12 Proxy re: annual mtg of shareholders on 3/13/12 at 10 am at Westin, Kansas City
12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes

DuPont DD: 2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: comp to CEO Ellen Kullman
1/24/12 8K re: Qtr ended 12/31/11 results

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/29/12 8K re: election of Henrietta H. Fore as Dir.
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/23/12 8K re: worldwide proved oil & gas reserves
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q results
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

GE: 1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/22/12 8K re: 1Q results ended 1/31/12
2/3/12 Proxy re: 3/21/12 annual meeting of shareholders at Santa Clara, CA Convention Ctr.
1/30/12 8K re: Lawrence Babbio retiring from Board of Dirs.
1/20/12 8K re: Sari Baldauf retiring from Board of Dirs.
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

Home Depot HD: 2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance
1/6/12 S-3 Shelf Registration for direct purchase of shares

Intel INTC: 2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: settlement of antitrust case beought by NY Atty Gen'l
1/20/12 8K re: appointment of Brian M. Krzanich as COO
1/20/12 8K & 1/19/12 8K re: Qtr & FY 12/31/11 results

IBM: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 2.2% Notes due '17
2/3/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for notes due '15 - '17
2/3/12 8K re: exec salaries for top 5 execs
1/3/12 8K re: election of CEO Virginia Rometty & also David Farr to Board of Dirs
1/20/12 8K, 1/19/12 8K, & 1/3/12 8K re: results for FY 12/31/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation
2/29/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: global settlement of mortgage foreclosure suits brought by state & fed regulators
1/23/12 8K re: issuance of $3.25 bil notes
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Alex Gorsky as CEO & Dir as of 4/26/12
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q & FY 12/31/12 results
1/13/12 8K re: stock option form certificates
12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!

Kraft KFT: 2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results
1/17/12 8K re: forecast of '11 results
1/10/12 8K re: issuance of $800 mil floating rate notes
1/9/12 8K re: execs named for spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company

McDonald's MCD: 3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.
2/24/11 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: grant of exec stock options
2/8/12 8K re: Jan '12 sales
2/7/12 8K re: issuance of $750 mil med term notes
1/31/12 8K re: exec comp awards to 5 top execs
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q & FY 12/31/11 results
12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%

Merck MRK: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: Dr. Thomas Shenk retiring from Board of Dirs.
2/2/12 8K re: full year & 4Q results 12/31/11
1/13/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder derivative suit in US Dist Ct. New Jersey
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

Microsoft MSFT: 2/27/12 8K re: election of John W. Thompson as Dir.
1/27/12 10Q/A & 1/19/12 10Q for year ended 12/31/11
1/19/12 8K re: 2Q 12/31/11 results
12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay

Pfizer PFE: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results
12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board

Procter & Gamble PG:2/23/12 8K re: Consumer Analyst Conference slides 2/23/12
2/15/12 8K re: sale of Pringles to Kellogg for $2.7 bil in cash
2/10/12 8K re: restructuring of Beauty & Grooming Global Business Unit
2/6/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil 2.3% & floating rate notes
1/27/12 10Q & two 8Ks re: 12/31/11 results
1/17/12 8K re: change to segment reporting structure
1/10/12 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend of 52 & half cents per share

3M MMM:2 8ks 2/21/12 & 2 8ks 2/16/12 re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
2/8/12 8K re: Inge G. Thulin replacing George W. Buckley as CEO on 2/24/12
1/26/12 8K re: 4Q & full FY 12/31/11 results
12/6/11 8K re eps guidance

Travelers TRV: 2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
1/24/12 8K re: quarter results ending 12/31/11

United Technologies UTX: 2/24/12 Def. Proxy re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q & full '11 year results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q results & '12 outlook
1/6/12 8K re: investor presentation
12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil

WalMart WMT: 2/21/12 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/12 8K re: election of Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club
12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11

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