Friday, April 13, 2012

4/13/12 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 12,849.59 down 136.99 or 1.05%

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Post No. 1,572 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 components' recent SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,849.59 down 136.99 or 1.05% from Thursday's close of 12,986.58. For the week the Dow is down 136.99 or 1.05% from last Thursday's close of 12,986.58. Of the 30 Dow components only Home Depot and Kraft gained and 26 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM and percentage-wise was Bank of America.

As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.37 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.27 (year ago it was 14.77); today's P/E estimate is 12.55 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 12.55 (year ago it was 12.73) and today's dividend yield is 2.52 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.56 (last year it was 2.40). 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 1,697.81 down 18.11 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,715.91. 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 $56.59 down $0.61 from Thursday's average closing price of $57.20. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.55 (DD/HD) up $0.03 from Thursday's median closing price of $51.52. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 $1,811 ($171,591 - $169,781).

MarketWatch Friday 4/13/12 4:37 pm by Kate Gibson Mandaro says U.S. stocks fell Friday, with the major indexes recording their worst week yet this year, as investors considered the implications of slowing growth in China. "The market dropped because China's economy is slowing down more than expected," said Jim Sloan of Jim Sloan & Associates in Houston, Texas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.05% fell 136.99 points, or 1.1%, to close at 12,849.59, its largest weekly hit since the middle of December. The S&P 500 SPX -1.25% dropped 17.31 points, or 1.3%, to 1,370.26, off 2% from the week ago close. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.45% retreated by 44.22 points, or 1.5%, to 3,011.33, leaving it down 2.3% from last Friday's close. The indexes also fell last week, the first back-to-back weekly losses for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq of the year.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$30.57 -0.27 0.88% 15,146,498 NYSE

Alcoa AA
$9.85 -0.32 3.15% 24,745,191 NYSE

American Express AXP
$57.32 -0.72 1.24% 4,719,052 NYSE

Bank of America BAC
$8.715 -0.455 4.96% 264,631,284 NYSE

Boeing BA
$72.91 -0.59 0.8% 2,828,429 NYSE

Caterpillar CAT
$105.96 -0.48 0.45% 5,650,690 NYSE

Chevron CVX
$100.93 -1.66 1.62% 5,235,482 NYSE

CSCO
$19.85 -0.21 1.05% 27,344,119 NASDAQ-GS

Coke KO
$72.04 -0.18 0.25% 3,921,879 NYSE

Disney DIS
$41.9 -0.25 0.59% 6,472,618 NYSE

DuPont DD
$52.08 -0.33 0.63% 3,045,411 NYSE

Exxon XOM
$83.09 -0.51 0.61% 11,236,220 NYSE

GE
$18.92 -0.38 1.97% 31,604,195 NYSE

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$24.56 -0.54 2.15% 22,123,611 NYSE

Home Depot HD
$51.025 +0.395 0.78% 9,532,527 NYSE

Intel INTC
$28.09 -0.39 1.37% 33,945,928 NASDAQ-GS

IBM
$203.19 -2.13 1.04% 3,088,017 NYSE

JPMorgan JPM
$43.2 -1.64 3.66% 42,338,281 NYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$63.58 -0.57 0.89% 9,834,652 NYSE

Kraft KFT
$37.395 +0.255 0.69% 7,219,248 NYSE

McDonald's MCD
$97.14 -0.505 0.52% 4,330,897 NYSE

Merck MRK
$37.815 -0.45 1.18% 12,440,717 NYSE

Microsoft MSFT
$30.81 -0.165 0.53% 39,404,005 NASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFE
$21.865 -0.05 0.23% 31,836,645 NYSE

Procter & Gamble PG
$65.815 -0.275 0.42% 7,550,758 NYSE

MMM
$85.69 -1.17 1.35% 2,153,119 NYSE

Travelers TRV
$58.13 -0.97 1.64% 2,529,390 NYSE

United Technologies UTX
$79.8 -1.37 1.69% 2,638,096 NYSE

Verizon VZ
$37.25 -0.30 0.8% 8,870,763 DualListed

Walmart WMT
$59.77 -0.37 0.62% 6,658,190 NYSE




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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog.

The following is not intended as advertising by a broker-dealer and is not a research report. Any comments by third-parties do not reflect the views of Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. and have not been reviewed by us for completeness or accuracy.

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Investor's Business Daily, 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,986.58 up 181.19 or 1.4% from Wednesday's close of 12,805.39. For the year the Dow is up 6.29%. Of the 30 Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's.

WSJ pC1 "Dow has its best day in a month" by Jon Cheng says the Dow was propelled by investors' positive interpretation of speeches by Fed Res officials & hopes of strong China growth. In the past 2 days the Dow is up 2.1% its strongest back to back performance this year.

Fin Times p22 "LinkedIn jumps as price target for networking site is raised" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St brushed aside a 2nd straight downbeat jobs report as shares in LinkedIn jumped more than 8% and rumors of a stronger than expected growth figure from China lifted markets yesterday. Alcoa continued to add to its gains after reporting better than expected 1Q results.

NYT pB8 "Shares surge on news from china & Europe" by AP says encouraging signs from 2 of the most important zones of thw world: China and Europe drove the Dow to one of its biggest gains this year.

USA Today p4B "Fed officials' rate comments help extend big stock rally" by Bloomberg says US stocks surged Thurs giving the S&P its biggest 2 day rally of '12 on policymakers' signals that interest rates will remain low.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "top stocks show life despite slow trade" by Paul Whitfield says stocks rose in declining trade Thurs but many top rated issues attracted strong volume s the market is still in a correction.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,715.91 up 23.88 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,691.97. 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 $57.20 up $0.80 from Wednesday's average closing price of $56.40. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.52 (DD/HD) up $0.92 from Wednesday's median closing price of $50.60. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 $2,388 ($171,591 - $169,197).

MarketWatch Thursday 4/12/12 4:37 pm by Kate Gibson Mandaro says U.S. stocks rallied Thursday as investors entertained thoughts of further stimulus from global central banks, and embraced lower borrowing costs in Europe and the assumption that China’s economy is headed for a soft landing. Sentiment also was bolstered by expectations for first-quarter earnings in light of a significantly lowered bar. “Earnings are going to be better and maybe the Fed is not done yet. I would look at lowered expectations being very easy hurdles to clear for many companies,” said Nick Raich, director of research with Key Private Bank. “It’s like if I go to a movie, and people say how great it is, I’m always disappointed. But if people say it stunk, I’m pleasantly surprised. So the first quarter is like a crappy movie,” he added. Marking its sixth triple-digit rise so far for 2012, and the second-best point gain of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.41% rose 181.1 points, or 1.4%, to 12,986.5, with 26 of its 30 components rising, including AT&T Inc. T +1.28% up 1.3% after J.P. Morgan Chase upgraded its view of the phone company. Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +7.22% led blue-chip gains, up 7.2%, after a study found shipments of personal computers unexpectedly climbed in the first three months of 2012. Researcher Gartner Inc. concluded H-P heightened its stance at the top of the heap in terms of PC shipments, accounting for 17% of global shipments in the first quarter. The S&P 500 Index SPX +1.38% advanced 18.86 points, or 1.4%, to 1,387.57, with natural-resource companies the best performers among its 10 industry groups, with U.S. Steel Corp. X +7.52% among those rallying, its shares up 7.5%. Between 70% to 75% of companies on the S&P 500 will beat expectations for the first quarter, thanks to dramatically lowered estimates, according to Raich. Expectations for first-quarter earnings growth stood at 13% last summer, and have since been lowered to 3%. “We actually had 13% earnings growth in the fourth quarter, and you just don’t go from 13% to 3% without a shock, so estimates went too far down,” he commented. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +1.30% climbed 39.09 points, or 1.3%, to 3,055.55. For every stock falling, more than five rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where 757 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.5 billion. New York Fed President William Dudley said in a speech Thursday that the economy is not yet strong enough to make a significant dent in the jobless rate. His words come a day after Janet Yellen, the Fed’s vice chair, told another gathering in New York that she expects the country will fall “far short in achieving our maximum-employment objective.” Read story on Yellen’s remarks. The comments from Yellen are “very much in sync with what [Fed Chairman] Ben Bernanke is saying; it is reinforcing the notion that things look decent but we have to remain accommodative,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. Stock futures had reined gains after the Labor Department reported claims rose by 13,000 to 380,000, the highest since late January. “We’re seemingly in this mode where Europe matters again, and now we’ve gotten a reprieve from worries about Europe with yields coming in,” said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Asset Management Group. Also, “China’s new loan volume came out higher than estimates; that may have fed into people’s thoughts on the quarter,” added Stone of a report Thursday from the People’s Bank of China. “It bolsters the soft-landing story in China. We’re pretty sure we can get through a mild recession in Europe, but combined with a hard landing in China, the U.S. economy can’t escape both of those.” Search giant Google Inc.’s GOOG +0.32% shares rose 1.3% ahead of the technology company’s results after Thursday’s close. Read the latest news on Google and its earnings. Stocks on Wednesday broke a five-day losing run after Alcoa Inc. AA +2.73% reported a surprising first-quarter profit.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $30.84 +0.39 1.28% 19,574,059 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $10.17 +0.27 2.73% 37,502,676 NYSE: Fin Times p22 "LinkedIn jumps as price target for networking site is raised" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St brushed aside a 2nd straight downbeat jobs report as shares in LinkedIn jumped more than 8% and rumors of a stronger than expected growth figure from China lifted markets yesterday. Alcoa continued to add to its gains after reporting better than expected 1Q results.

American Express AXP $58.04 +1.09 1.91% 4,588,430 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily" by Doug Tsuruoka says Home Depot lets customers pay with PayPal and soon it will rival American Express, MasterCard and Visa.

Bank of America BAC $9.17 +0.31 3.5% 219,307,058 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $73.5 +1.73 2.41% 3,895,747 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $106.44 +4.69 4.61% 8,885,783 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $102.59 +1.64 1.62% 6,319,258 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Chiefs at Exxon Mobil, Chevron received hefty boosts in '11 pay" by Isabel Ordonez, AJC pA14 "Exxon Mobil CEO got 17% raise last year" say Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson got $25.2 mil vs $21.5 mil in '10. Chevron's John Watson got $25 mil in '11 up 52% from prior year.

Cisco CSCO $20.06 +0.045 0.22% 31,880,445 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Fusion-io up on Cisco deal talk" says a Piper Jaffray report says this make of sold state memory is in talks with Cisco whereby Cisco would resell Fusion-io products.

Coke KO $37.74 +0.06 0.16% 614,426 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $42.15 +0.78 1.89% 5,509,833 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $52.41 +0.96 1.87% 4,531,639 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $83.6 +0.90 1.09% 14,954,179 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Chiefs at Exxon Mobil, Chevron received hefty boosts in '11 pay" by Isabel Ordonez, AJC pA14 "Exxon Mobil CEO got 17% raise last year" say Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson got $25.2 mil vs $21.5 mil in '10. Chevron's John Watson got $25 mil in '11 up 52% from prior year.

GE $19.3 +0.29 1.53% 27,829,758 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $25.1 +1.69 7.22% 43,253,371 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $50.63 +0.88 1.77% 10,305,493 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily" by Doug Tsuruoka says Home Depot lets customers pay with PayPal and soon it will rival American Express, MasterCard and Visa.

Intel INTC $28.48 +0.63 2.26% 36,886,775 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $205.32 +2.74 1.35% 2,911,678 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMOrgan JPM $44.84 +0.83 1.89% 32,850,159 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan's Dimon to set tone for banks" b David Reilly says JPMOrgan reports 1Q results today and he will most likely pound the drum for a brighter banking future.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.15 +0.02 0.03% 13,044,710 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $37.14 +0.27 0.73% 10,955,832 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $97.645 -0.915 0.93% 5,733,129 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $38.265 -0.215 0.56% 12,757,805 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $30.975 +0.63 2.08% 38,051,225 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $21.915 -0.035 0.16% 40,331,700 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $66.09 -0.35 0.53% 7,806,920 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $86.86 +1.51 1.77% 2,457,915 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $59.1 +0.93 1.6% 2,283,098 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $81.17 +1.54 1.93% 2,721,904 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $37.55 +0.17 0.45% 9,904,830 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $60.14 +0.34 0.57% 7,333,671 NYSE: No mentions found.

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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 4/24/12 (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (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 (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-1.

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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