Tuesday, April 3, 2012

4/3/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,199.55 down 64.94 or 0.49%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,199.55 down 64.94 or 0.49% from Monday's close of 13,264.49. Of the 30 Dow components 3 gained and 27 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Exxon and percentage-wise were Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.84 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.79 (year ago it was 15.04); today's P/E estimate is 12.63 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.63 (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.46 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.47 (last year it was 2.36). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,744.05 down 8.57 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,752.62. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.13 down $0.29 from Monday's average closing price of $58.42. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.61 (DD/HD) down $0.08 from Monday's median closing price of $51.69. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday 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 $857 ($175,260 - $174,403).

MarketWatch Tuesday 4/3/12 4:41 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fall Tuesday, with the Dow industrials down for their first session in four, after minutes from the Federal Reserve signaled less of a need for more monetary stimulus. The market scaled back, however, on its first reaction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.49% fell as much as 133 points, but by the close was down 64.94 points, or 0.5%, at 13,199.50. Wall Street’s negative initial response to details from the session is not surprising, according to Chip Cobb, portfolio manager at Bryn Mawr Trust. “The market always wants more stimulus, the ability to give it more of a shot in the arm, as if it would even work at this point,” he said.
The Fed minutes, which said the central bankers “generally agreed that the economic outlook, while a bit stronger overall, was broadly similar to that at the time of their January meeting” were also to be expected. “Most of the economic data we’ve seen have been positive; that would be less reason to support more stimulus. Overall, I think people were looking for a reason to finally take some profits. But I think this is short term. This is not the catalyst that is going to push us down 15%,” Cobb added. “I would say [the Fed] was a deflator for the day, and we’ll regroup by the end of the week.” The S&P 500 Index SPX -0.40% declined 5.88 points, or 0.4%, at 1,413.16, with energy the worst performer and utilities the least hit among the index’s 10 sectors. The slowing rate in China’s economic growth has been reflected in share prices for energy and natural-resource companies over the last month and a half, said Nick Raich, director of research with Key Private Bank in Cleveland. “Sectors tied to global growth haven’t really participated in the rally,” he commented. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.20% retreated 6.13 points, or 0.2%, at 3,113.57. For every stock gaining, nearly two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where almost 817 shares traded; composite volume neared 3.8 billion. Gold prices fell further after the release of the Fed minutes, with futures for June delivery GCM2 -1.91% down $7.70, or 0.5%, to end at $1,672 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude futures CLK2 -1.14% also declined more after the Fed release, with oil for May delivery off $1.22, or 1.2%, at $104.01 a barrel on Nymex. The U.S. dollar DXY +0.64% index rose to 79.453 and Treasury prices weakened, with yields on the 10-year note 10_YEAR +4.51% up to 2.284%. “You don’t want to fight the Feds — you want to participate as the market has rallied, but you have to tread with caution here, as it’s a dangerous game of trying to resolve too much debt with more debt,” Raich said of actions by central banks around the globe. The Commerce Department reported orders to American factories climbed in February for a third month in four, with the 1.3% rise just below the 1.5% expected by economists polled by MarketWatch. March proved a robust sales month for domestic car makers, with Chrysler, controlled by Fiat SpA IT:F -0.78% , reporting a 34% increase in U.S. sales for the month, and Ford Motor Co. F +0.16% reporting sales volume climbed 5% in March. General Motors Co. GM -4.56% said sales of its vehicles climbed 12% in March. Click to Play Draghi weighs ECB rate decisionEuropean Central Bank chief Mario Draghi will have to consider the slew of gloomy European economic data on eve of a new rate setting. On Monday, a separate report showed manufacturing gained more traction in March, with the Institute for Supply Management’s gauge rising to 53.4 from 52.4 in February. The better-than-expected ISM data helped lift the S&P 500 to its highest level since May 2008. On Wednesday, the ADP employment report for March could draw more than the usual attention given it comes two days ahead of Friday’s nonfarm-payrolls report, set for release when the stock market will be closed.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$31.41 -0.04 0.13% 19,932,556 NYSE

Alcoa AA
$10.045 -0.125 1.23% 28,640,230 NYSE

American Express AXP
$58.41 +0.40 0.69% 5,049,682 NYSE

Bank of America BAC
$9.51 -0.17 1.76% 177,593,399 NYSE

Boeing BA
$74.64 -0.53 0.71% 3,104,398 NYSE

Caterpillar CAT
$106.1975 -1.0525 0.98% 5,353,950 NYSE

Chevron CVX
$107.21 -1.09 1.01% 3,968,489 NYSE

Cisco CSCO
$20.82 -0.29 1.37% 63,864,100 NASDAQ-GS

Coke KO
$73.74 -0.40 0.54% 5,769,590 NYSE

Disney DIS
$43.27 -0.57 1.3% 7,046,134 NYSE

DuPont DD
$53.24 -0.15 0.28% 4,673,151 NYSE

Exxon XOM
$85.8699 -1.2001 1.38% 15,899,862 NYSE

GE
$19.93 -0.09 0.45% 38,451,554 NYSE

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$23.46 -0.42 1.76% 13,748,717 NYSE

Home Depot HD
$49.98 -0.01 0.02% 7,922,047 NYSE

Intel INTC
$28.11 -0.27 0.95% 33,873,199 NASDAQ-GS

IBM
$209.31 -0.16 0.08% 3,590,564 NYSE

JPMorgan JPM
$45.42 -0.71 1.54% 27,541,014 NYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.84 -0.37 0.56% 7,940,924 NYSE

Kraft KFT
$38.26 -0.12 0.31% 8,683,299 NYSE

McDonald's MCD
$99.32 +0.96 0.98% 4,795,803 NYSE

Merck MRK
$38.69 +0.18 0.47% 9,462,763 NYSE

Microsoft MSFT
$31.94 -0.35 1.08% 42,438,248 NASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFE
$22.495 -0.095 0.42% 33,032,293 NYSE

Procter & Gamble PG
$67.09 -0.47 0.7% 6,845,367 NYSE

MMM
$88.79 -0.44 0.49% 2,279,940 NYSE

Travelers TRV
$59.28 -0.05 0.08% 2,752,659 NYSE

United Technologies UTX
$82.19 -0.54 0.65% 3,044,782 NYSE

Verizon VZ
$38.46 -0.06 0.16% 12,253,458 DualListed

Walmart WMT
$60.61 -0.75 1.22% 10,609,264 NYSE






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The following are excerpts from Tuesday morning's Blog.

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

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,264.49 up 52.45 or 0.4% from Friday's close of 13,212.04. For the year the Dow is up 8.57%. Of the 30 Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron and percentage-wise was Alcoa. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks resume their strong ride" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks rose to multiyer highs on the first session of the new quarter after a solid reading on domestic manufacturing.

Fin Times p24 "Groupon falls out of favour afte restatement of revenue figures" by Arash massoudi says shares in Groupon sunk by 17% yesterday as investors reacted to a restatement of revenue.

NYT pB8 "Major indexes rise on Manufacturing data" by Boomberg and USA Today p4B "Stronger than expected growth in manufacturing helps stocks" by Bloomberg say stocks rose Mon sending he Dow to its highest level since Dec '07 on stronger than forecast growth in manufacturing.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks extend Q1 gains, although volume drops' by Vincent Mao says stocks rebounded from a soft start & finished higher Mon as the quarter began. Monday's action was up in lower trade as the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,752.62 up 6.92 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,745.70. 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 $58.42 up $0.23 from Friday's average closing price of $58.19. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.69 (DD/HD) down $0.34 from Friday's median closing price of $51.35. The lowest volume was Travelers3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 $692 ($175,260 - $174,570).

MarketWatch Monday 4/2/12 5:11 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose Monday after a gauge of national manufacturing improved, stretching Wall Street’s best three-month start since 1998 into the second quarter. “The reports out today are seen as moderately positive,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab. “The market is looking ahead six to 18 months from now, and the expectation is the economy is going to be solid.” U.S. stock investors gave 2012 a powerful, profitable opening to rival any Hollywood blockbuster. But we’ve seen this movie before. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose to 53.4% last month from 52.4% in February. Read more about U.S. manufacturing data. “We have U.S. economic data that continue to be strong, as shown by the ISM number today before we kick off earnings next week,” said Art Hogan, a managing director and equity strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. Separately, the Commerce Department said construction spending fell 1.1% in February versus expectations of a 0.7% gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.40% added 52.45 points, or 0.4%, to 13,264.49, with 26 of its 30 components rising, led by Bank of America Corp. BAC +1.15% The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.75% gained 10.43 points, or 0.7%, to 1,418.90, with natural-resource companies faring best among its 10 industry groups. Avon Products Inc. AVP +17.25% leapt 17% to $22.70 a share, the best performer on the S&P 500, after the direct seller of cosmetics said it rejected a bid of about $10 billion, or $23.25 a share, from beauty-products supplier Coty Inc. Read more about Avon rejecting Coty’s bid. Off the index, Groupon Inc. GRPN -16.89% shares slid nearly 17% after the online-coupon company said late Friday that it would revise first-quarter results after realizing it had not set aside enough cash to cover customer refunds. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.91% rose 28.13 points, or 0.9%, to 3,119.70.For every stock declining, roughly three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 763 million shares traded. NYSE composite volume was more than 3.4 billion, also extending the prior quarter’s low-volume trend. Read more on how the stock market's rise left many behind. Wall Street on Friday capped a stellar start to the year, with the S&P 500 up 12% for the first three months, the index’s best first quarter since 1998. “In general, we have a marketplace after a tremendous first quarter that continues to grind higher, and has left a lot of investors on the sidelines waiting for a pullback,” Hogan added. But “every 1% pullback is met with buyers.”
People tend to call for a market correction when you have “a market that just goes up, up and up. But it’s a little narrow-minded to think just because things are going up there has to be a pullback,” observed Frederick, who believes any move down of 5% or more would need a catalyst. On Monday, Treasury prices advanced, with the yield on the 10-year-note 10_YEAR -0.09% used in determining consumer loans and other mortgages falling to 2.183%. Commodities recovered as the U.S. data helped ease worry about the global economy that came with reports showing manufacturing contracting and unemployment rising in Europe. Crude futures rose $2.21, or 2.2%, to settle at $105.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange; gold futures for June delivery GCM2 +0.36% rose $7.80, or 0.5%, to finish at $1,679.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the Nymex. The dollar DXY -0.11% edged lower against other currencies including the Japanese yen USDJPY -0.01% .

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $31.45 +0.22 0.7% 21,598,533 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $10.17 +0.15 1.5% 18,682,190 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $58.01 +0.15 0.26% 6,673,506 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "Card fir says systems now secure" by Robin Sidel says Glboal Payments gave assurances that despite a data breach, its systems are secure following an incident that exposed 1.5 mil accounts affecting Visa, Ameican Express, MasterCard and Discover cards.

Bank of America BAC $9.68 +0.11 1.15% 178,374,856 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "last year's biggest lemons turn from bitter to sweet" by Steven Russolilo says Dank of America surged in the frist 3 months after languishing in '11 as it went from the worst Dow component last year to its top gain in '12, up 74%. McDonald's surged 31% in '11 but is down 2% this year.

Boeing BA $75.17 +0.80 1.08% 4,104,372 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $107.25 +0.73 0.69% 5,198,298 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $108.3 +1.09 1.02% 5,181,673 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $21.19 +0.04 0.19% 30,703,394 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $74.14 +0.13 0.18% 7,280,475 NYSE: AJC pA12 "Dukin' Donuts switches to Coke" by Leon stafford says Coke will be in 9,400 stores by August, also Basking-Robbins switched from Pepsi o Coke

Disney DIS $43.84 +0.06 0.14% 7,651,479 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $53.39 +0.49 0.93% 4,509,767 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $87.07 +0.34 0.39% 13,837,075 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $20.02 -0.05 0.25% 44,087,453 NYSE: Fin Times p15 "GE takes $1 bn risk in bringing jobs home" by Ed Crooks says GE is bringing back to Louisville, Kentucy hundreds of jobs that had been outsourced to Mexico and China is a process called reshoring production as rapid wage growth in emerging economies & sluggish pay in the US erodes the labor cost advantage of offshore plants.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $23.88 +0.05 0.21% 13,917,004 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $49.99 -0.32 0.64% 8,424,172 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $28.38 +0.265 0.94% 28,853,083 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $209.47 +0.82 0.39% 3,387,085 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $46.13 +0.15 0.33% 27,826,827 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $66.21 +0.25 0.38% 8,726,868 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $38.38 +0.37 0.97% 8,842,868 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $98.36 +0.26 0.27% 4,592,903 NYSE: WSJ pB8 "Burge King expands menu" by Ian Berry says McDonald's is still No 1 but Burger King is now behind Wendy's among burger giants.

WSJ pC4 "last year's biggest lemons turn from bitter to sweet" by Steven Russolilo says Dank of America surged in the first 3 months after languishing in '11 as it went from the worst Dow component last year to its top gain in '12, up 74%. McDonald's surged 31% in '11 but is down 2% this year.

Merck MRK $38.51 +0.11 0.29% 11,410,485 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $32.29 +0.035 0.11% 35,844,329 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Microsoft browser use rises" says reversing a yearlong slide, Internet Explorer's market shares is up to 53.83% in March.

Pfizer PFE $22.59 -0.055 0.24% 34,678,174 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $67.56 +0.35 0.52% 8,595,132 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $89.23 +0.02 0.02% 2,640,893 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $59.33 +0.13 0.22% 2,458,046 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $82.73 -0.21 0.25% 3,336,641 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $38.52 +0.29 0.76% 13,259,711 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $61.36 +0.16 0.26% 6,450,653 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Merger to mean more Rx by mail" by Tim Martin Express Scripts and Medco health won gov approval for their $29.1 bil merger which will be third in US pharmacies behind CVS and Walgreen but just above Walmart which has 6.4% market share.

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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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