Wednesday, May 23, 2012

5/23/12 Wed pm Dow Closes at 12,496.15 down 6.66 or 0.05%




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Post No. 1,640 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 as of May 16 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of May 16.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,496.15 down 6.66 or 0.05%  from Tuesday's close of 12,502.81. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained GE was unchanged and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   was Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Bank of America. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Procter & Gamble and percentage-wise was  Hewlett-Packard.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.75 unchanged from   yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.75 (year ago it was 14.09); today's P/E estimate is 11.75 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 11.75 (year ago it was 12.62) and today's dividend yield is 2.65 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.65 (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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,651.11 down .88 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,652.21. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.04 down .03 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.07. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.73 (DD/HD) up $0.31 fromTuesday's median closing price of $48.42. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $88 ($165,199 -  $165,111).

MarketWatch  Wednesday 4:38 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks turned mostly up Wednesday after another late-session comeback that came as investors looked for hopeful signals from Europe in dealing with a possible Greek departure from the euro. The New Tigers of the world have the potential to steal the spotlight from their regional peers, defy the slowdown and reshape the global economy. Turkey and Poland dazzled observers with their economic performance following the global credit crunch, but remain vulnerable to euro-zone crisis. “The news is not all bad. Clearly Europe is a mess, but we knew that,” said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank.“We don’t have the downside for the U.S. economy like we did last year with the Japanese supply disruptions, so the outlook domestically and for emerging markets is quite a bit better than last year, and we now know that the [European Central Bank] is likely going to backstop banks there if they have to,” he added.Recovering from a 191-point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.05%  ended down 6.66 points, or 0.1%, at 12,496.15.Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +10.58%  led the blue-chip bleeding, off 3.2% after rival computer maker Dell Inc. DELL -17.18%  late Tuesday offered a disappointing revenue forecast and profit below expectations. Dell’s shares were down 17%. H-P was to report its earnings after the close, and was expected to outline plans to lay off as much as 8% of its global workforce. Read the latest on H-P’s earnings and on its job cuts.
The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.17%  gained 2.23 points, or 0.2%, to 1,318.86, with natural-resource firms rising the most and utilities the worst performer of its 10 industry groups.


‘What has been a beleaguered gigantic hole in our economy, the housing market, is showing signs of strength, and what it means for consumers, in terms of their net wealth, is being completely overlooked.’


Mark Luschini, Janney Montgomery Scott
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.39%  also turned around, rising 11.04 points, or 0.4%, to 2,850.12. For every two stocks declining, three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 863 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 4.1 billion.The U.S. dollar DXY +0.44%  and Treasury prices gained 10_YEAR +0.80% , while gold GCM2 -0.95%  and oil CLN2 -1.40%  fell.
“I remain constructive on gold as a store of value, or an alternative currency, but instead investors are using it as a source of cash or stepping over to go to the more traditional bastions of safety, as in the German bund, the U.S. dollar or Treasurys,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel showed no sign of softening her nation’s stance against eurobonds at a Wednesday summit with other European leaders.
European leaders meeting in Brussels have not overcome their intractable divide, and the odds of a messy Greek exit are growing. Stephen Fidler has details. (Photo: Reuters)
“Today’s informal EU summit is not the real thing. It is out of the late June summit that a new effort will likely emerge,” noted Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman.Bypassed were two reports on the housing sector. The Commerce Department said sales of new homes rose 3.3% in April, while the Federal Housing Finance Agency said home prices rose 1.8 in March.During the market’s extended rise earlier in the year, the market was “completely overlooking the soft economic data, and now it’s the opposite,” said Luschini at Janney Montgomery Scott. “What has been a beleaguered gigantic hole in our economy, the housing market, is showing signs of strength, and what it means for consumers, in terms of their net wealth, is being completely overlooked.”

 Wednesday's Dow Closing Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wed. morning's Blog.

 A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal,  Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution &amp 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 a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tues at 12,502.81 down 1.67 or 0.01%  from Monday's close of 12,504.48. For the year the Dow is up 2.33%. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained, Disney was unchanged and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was JPMorgan Chase. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM  and percentage-wise was  Alcoa.

WSJ pC4 "European woes foil stocks' bid for gains" by Alexandra Scaggs says US stocks closed flat after spending most of the day in positive territory as worries resurfaced in late trading about potential European instability.

NYT pB5 "Optimistic day on Wall St weakens in last hour" by Bloomberg says stocks erased gains in the final hour of trading on Tues as concern that Greece wold exit the euro & another decline in Facebook shares overshadowed economic optimism.

Fin Times p24 "Facebook's cont'g poor run leads to finger pointing over IPO" by Arash massoudi says Facebook finished its 3rd day of trading with another sttep fall increasing concerns that it may have been overvalued.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks can't hold gains, end day narrowly mixed" by Vic Reklaitis says stocks finished mixed tues after giving up gains in late afternoon action as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

USA Today p4B "Markets up, then down on mixed news at home, abroad" by Bloomberg says stocks erased earlier gains Tues as concern that Greece would exit the euro & a tumble in Facebook shares overshadowed economic optimism.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,651.99 down .22 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,652.21. 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 $55.07 unchanged from Monday's average closing price of $55.07. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.42 (DD/HD) up $0.16 from Monday's median closing price of $47.51. 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 $22 ($165,221 - $165,199).

MarketWatch  Tuesday 4:46 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks  gains evaporated Tuesday as investors looked to a gathering of European leaders the next day, with concern about Europe overriding cheer that came with upbeat housing data. “We’re still fighting the downward pressure, I think a lot of that is related to Europe,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates in Hinsdale, Ill. “The outcome doesn’t need to be anything too dramatic or too complex, the market is just looking for some sort of progress,” said Fitzpatrick of Wednesday’s session of European Union leaders. After a 71-point rise, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.01%   relinquished nearly 2 points to end at 12,502.81. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.05%   added nearly 1 point to 1,316.63, with natural-resource companies leading the losses among its 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.29%   fell 8.13 points, or 0.3%, to 2,839.08. Late in the session, Dow Jones Newswires published comments from Greece’s former prime minister warning the economic impact of Greece leaving the euro zone would be severe. The euro EURUSD -0.08%   slid below $1.27 after the reported remarks. Stocks had gained after the National Association of Realtors reported sales of existing homes last month climbed for the first month in four, up 3.4% in April. “The housing data has to be considered good news because some kind of stabilization in housing would be an important positive or at least the removal of a big negative for the economy,” said Ken Tower, a senior analyst at Quantitative Analysis Service. The more housing improves, the better equities should do, offered Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. Looking back several years, the relationship has been unsurprisingly tight and we see no reason to think that the relationship will weaken going forward,” Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, wrote in an emailed note Advancers ran just ahead of decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 846 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 4.1 billion. Among Nasdaq listed shares, volume was 1.8 billion. Oil prices CLM2 -1.21%   fell 91 cents to close at $91.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures lost $12.10 to finish at $1,576.60 an ounce on the Comex division of Nymex. Read more on oil futures.
The dollar DXY +0.86%   gained against other currencies and Treasury prices fell, lifting the 10-year note 10_YEAR -0.28%   yield to 1.775%. Shares of Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY +1.60%   rose 1.6% after the consumer-electronics retailer reported a 25% drop in first-quarter profit but affirmed its 2012 profit outlook. Facebook Inc. FB -0.68%   shares again topped the list of the most active Nasdaq stocks, with volume topping 98 million. Shares dropped nearly 9% to $31, down 18% from their initial public offering price, amid a game of finger pointing over the social networking company’s trading debut Friday. But Towers thinks the hand-wringing could prove short-lived. “The IPO wasn’t managed very well, but the problems are probably transitory. It doesn’t effect the number of users and the amount of potential revenue.” Google Inc. GOOG -2.17%   stock “struggled a bit when it first went public,” he added of the search engine, which closed just above $100 a share in its first day of trading in August 2004, and is lately trading above $600 a share.

Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan exposed on right flank" by Victoria McGrane, JPMorgan and Bank of America give more money to Republican politicians than Democrats in a chart in the WSJ

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pC1 "Don't put HOP back in the garage yet" by Spencer jakab says Hewlett-Packard reports 2Q results today and may announce another restructuring.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan exposed on right flank" by Victoria McGrane, JPMorgan and Bank of America give more money to Republican politicians than Democrats in a chart in the WSJ

NYT pB7 "JPMorgan inquiries confirmed" by Ben Protess, .USA Today p3B "SEC reviews JPMorgan filings after $2b loss" by Paul Davidson, AJC pA12 "SDEC regulators review JPMorgan earnings" say the SEC is looking at 1Q fin'l reports to see if they are accurate.

Fin Times p17 "Troubleshooter may one day have Dimon's job in his sights" by Tom Braithwaite is a profile of the 41 year old Matt Zames who last week replaced Ina Drew as chief investment officer.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

Kraft: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon:  WSJ pB9 "Vodafone slumps on grim demand" by Lilly Vitrorovich, WSJ pC14 "US gets Vodafone off Europe hook" by Hester Plumridge say Vodafone is having problems in Europe but at 10.4 times forward earnings it trades at a discount to Verizon Communications, its US, partner, at 16.5 earnings.

Walmart:  USA Today p1B "Pension fund opposes Walmart board", AJC pA12 "Pension fund saying no to Walmart board" says Cal. State Teachers' Retirement System will vote its 5.3 mil shares vs. the Board due to the Mexican bribery scandal.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol
Last Sale
Change
% Change
Share Volume
Market
T



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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 Alex Gorsky (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 as of 5/16/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:


1. Exxon Mobil XOM $382.5 [4.5]

2. Microsoft MSFT 253.5 [8.5]

3. IBM 229.5 [1]

4. WalMart WMT 202 [3.5]

5. Chevron CVX 200 [2]

6. AT&T T 195.5 [6]

7. GE 195 [10.5] 

8.Procter & Gamble PG 174.5 [3]


9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 174.5 [3]

10. Coke KO 173 [2] 

11. Pfizer PFE 167 [7.5]

12.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 138 [4]

13. Intel INTC 134 [5]

14. Verizon VZ 116.5 [3] 

15. Merck MRK 115 [3] 

16. McDonald's MCD 92.5 [1]

17. Cisco CSCO 89 [5.5]

18. Disney DIS 80.5 [2] 

19. Bank of America BAC 78.5 [10.5]

20. Home Depot HD 74 [1.5]

21. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]

22. Kraft KFT 69 [2] 

23. American Express AXP 67 [1]

24. Caterpillar CAT 60.5 [.5]

25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]

26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]

27. DuPont DD 47 [1]

28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 44 [2]

29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]

30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]


Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/12:



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



AT&T T: 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

4/24/12 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

3/12/12 Proxy Materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/27/12 at 9 a.m. at Grand American Hotel, Salt lake City, Utah

Alcoa AA:  5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting

5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report

4/16/12 8K re: 1Q Earnings call transcript

4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results

3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA


American Express AXP:  5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30

5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results

5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/18/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/16/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 3/31

3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at 4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares

3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC

3/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 2/29

3/13/12 8K re: Comprehensive Capital Plan




Bank of Am BAC:  5/9/12 8K re:  results of Annual Shareholders meeting

5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info

5/3/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/23/12 Proxy material for 5/9 Annual Meeting

4/19/12 8K 1Q results

4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments

3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock




Boeing BA:  5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 11

4/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago




Caterpillar CAT:  5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31

4/25 8K re: 3/12 dealer stats

4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/23/12 Proxy re: 6/13/12 Annual Stockholders Meeting at San Antonio, Tx

4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.

4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

3/20/12 8K re: dealer stats thru 2/12




Chevron CVX:  5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations

4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting og stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA

4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update

3/29/12 8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.



Cisco CSCO :  5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results

3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans

3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil




Coke KO:  5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21

3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes

3/8/12 Proxy materials re Annual meeting of shareowners 4/15/12 9:30 am Cobb Galeria, Atlanta



Disney DIS:  5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan




DuPont DD: 5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

4/24/12 10Q re: quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/17/12 Proxy re: voting recommendations

4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del

3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.




ExxonMobil XOM: 5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations

5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31

4/26/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas

3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website

3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting




GE: 5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil & increase of stock buyback program

5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/30/12 8K amending emmployee incentive plan

4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results


4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott

4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade

3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11




Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11

3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12

3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes




Home Depot HD: 5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta



Intel INTC:  5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast

5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend

5/4/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockhodles meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA

2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory




IBM:  5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes

5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials

4/26/12 8K re: Annual stockholders meeting results

4/24/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 3/31

4/18/12 8K re: sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions Business to Toshiba TEC

4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.





JPMorganChase JPM:  5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames

5/10/12 10Q re: qtr ende 3/31

4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results

4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl

4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website

3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'

3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak

3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program

3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation




Johnson & Johnson JNJ :  5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet

5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1

4/27/12 8K re: results of annual  meeting of stockholders

4/20/12 add'l proxy material
4/19/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws splitting the offices of Chairman & CEO

4/17/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO

4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ

3/28/12 8K re: new format for sales results





Kraft KFT:  5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting

5/4/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

5/3/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Ill.

3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business

3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.

3/14/12 8K re: revolving credit agreement




McDonald's MCD:  5/8/12 8K re: April  sales

5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/16/12 8K re: election of Tim Fenton as COO

4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.

3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson

3/8/12 8K re: Feb. '12 sales results

3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.




Merck MRK:  4/27/12 10Q re Qr ended 3/31

4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ

3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson




Microsoft MSFT:  5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech

4/19/12 10Q for  qtr ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re 1 Qtr results



Pfizer PFE:  5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1

5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of shareholders

4/23/12 8K re: ale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil

44/16/12 add't'l proxy material

3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ




Procter & Gamble PG:  5/4/12 8K e: resentation of info re: Snack Business as a discontinued operation

4/27/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

4/27/12 2 8Ks re: 3 qtr results

4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27




3M MMM:  5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans

5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan

5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/17/12 8K re: duties of Lead Inependent Director


3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn




Travelers TRV:  4/19/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ended 3/31

4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott


United Technologies UTX:  4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/13/12 8K re: retriement of charles Lee from Board of Dirs.

3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC

3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition




Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:  5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting

4/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.




WalMart WMT:  4/16/12 proxy material re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 6/1 at 7 am at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12  END

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