Thursday, May 24, 2012

5/24/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 12,529.75 up 33.6 or 0.27%




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Post No. 1,642 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 Thursday at 12,529.75 up 33.6 or 0.27%  from Wednesday's close of 12,496.15. Of the 30 Dow components 20 gained and 10 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   was  Chevron and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was   Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Cisco .


As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.74 down from   yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.75 (year ago it was 14.06); 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 2.66 up 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,655.55 up 4.44 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,651.11. 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 $55.18 up 0.14 from Wednesday's average closing price of $55.04. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.19 (HD/DD) up $0.56 from Wednesday's median closing price of $48.73. 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 $444 ($165,555 - $165,111).

MarketWatch  Thursday 4:13 by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks made a late-day reversal Thursday as traders ran with the latest headlines from Europe, including comments from Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti that he expected Greece to stay in the euro zone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.27% ended up 33.60 points, or 0.3%, at 12,529.75, led by Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +3.27% . The S&P 500 SPX +0.14% rose 1.82 point, or 0.1%, to 1,320.68. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.38% dropped 10.74 points, or 0.4%, to 2,839.38. Tech stocks, outside H-P, were the hardest hit after recent earnings reports fostered concerns about corporate IT spending.

Thursday's Closing Dow 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 Thursday morning's Blog.

 A read of the print editions of Thursday'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  Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average 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. For the year the Dow is up 2.28%. 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.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks dive, then dig out" by Jon Cheng says in a flashback to the past 2 summers' volatility, global stocks were whipsawed as investors struggled to assess the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the euro.  Tech stocks were down after Dell's earnings fell.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 3.2%, Intel lost 2.3% & Microsoft dipped 2.2%.  Walmart rose 1.3% to hit a 12 year high after US chief Bill Simon said their small format stores are turning a profit within 12 months.

USA Today p4B "After erly losses, markets climb back to close mixed" by Bloomberg says stocks erased early losses Wed amid optimism that European leaders will do mroe to halt contagion from the region's debt crisis, helping the market reverse a plunge triggered by concern Greece will leave the Euro.

NYT pB6 "A lae rally leaves Dow Industrials flat" by AP says a comeback int eh final hour of trading on Wed helped puull the Dow back to uncahnged after it fell nearly 200 points earlier.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stocks peg upside U Turn" by Paul Whitfield says stocks staged an upside reversal Wed, entirely wiping out midday losses of 1.5% on the Nasdaq & the S&P 500.  Wednesday's action was mostly up in mixed volume as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.  Walmart was a leader up in volume.

Fin Times p26 "Tech trouble as Dell's lacklustre sales reverberate across sector" by Arash massoudi says Dell dropped more than 17% while shares in Facebook outpaced the broader market. 


Wednesday'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.“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.”

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

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC3 "Buyback of loans is forced on BofA" by Nick Timiraos says Freddie Mac forced Bank of America to buy back $330 mil of mortgages due to technical issues on how the loans were made.

Boeing:  WSJ pC1 "Manufacturing mius the bad looks better" by Spencer Jakab says commercial aircraft drop hurt the durable goods numbers.  Boeing is a large part of that category and its orders slipped to just 53 in March from 237 in Feb.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil: No mentions found.

GE:  WSJ pB8 "GE pushes its ind'l profit margin goal into '13" by Bob Sechler says Ge may not be able to improve the profit margin for its ind'l businesses as much as forecast ths year said CEO Jeff Immelt.  It has repeatedly forecast a 50 basis point improvement in full year profit margin this year to 15.4%.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pB1 "HP job cuts shwo tech gap" by Ben Worthen, USA Today "HP plans to cut 27,000 jobs by '14" by Jon Swartz, NYT pB1 "As computing changes, HP struggles to follow" by Quentin Hardy IBD pA4 "HP confirms plans to cut 27,000 jobs" by Pete Barlas  say Hewlett-Packard will slash 27,000 jobs, 8% of its global workforce by '14 in hopes of saving billions of dollars and reversing a fin'l funk amid brutal copetition.  HP had earnings of $1.6 bil or 80 cents a share for 2Q down 30% from prior year.  Rev was $30.7 bil down 3% from a year ago.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks dive, then dig out" by Jon Cheng says in a flashback to the past 2 summers' volatility, global stocks were whipsawed as investors struggled to assess the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the euro.  Tech stocks were down after Dell's earnings fell.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 3.2%, Intel lost 2.3% & Microsoft dipped 2.2%.  Walmart rose 1.3% to hit a 12 year high after US chief Bill Simon said their small format stores are turning a profit within 12 months.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pC1 "Stocks dive, then dig out" by Jon Cheng says in a flashback to the past 2 summers' volatility, global stocks were whipsawed as investors struggled to assess the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the euro.  Tech stocks were down after Dell's earnings fell.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 3.2%, Intel lost 2.3% & Microsoft dipped 2.2%.  Walmart rose 1.3% to hit a 12 year high after US chief Bill Simon said their small format stores are turning a profit within 12 months.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC12 "JPMorgan and asymmetric accounting" by David Reilly, JPMorgan shows the futility of fighting complexity" by Sallie Krawcheck, Fin Times p20 "JPMorgan walks on the riskier side" by Ajay Makan,  say banks don't understand the risks of their own hedges.

Fin Times p15 "JPMorgan copper ETF plan would wreak havoc" by Jack Farchy says US manufacturers have attacked plans by JPMorgan to launch an exchange traded fund backed by physical copper saying it wold inflate prices.

Johnson & Johnson:  NYT pB3 "FDa panel voes against expanding sue of an anticoagulant" by katie Thomas says a FDA advisory panel narrowly recommended against expanding the use of the Johnson & Johnson drug Xarelto on Wed saying concerns over dangerous bleeding outweighed evidence that it reduced the risk of blood clots in patients with serious heart problems.

Kraft: NYT pB3 "For Oreo, Cadbury and Ritz, a new parent copany" by Stephanie Strom says Kraft shareholders approved Mondelez Int'l as the name of the $35 bil snack foods firm that will be created when the firm finally splits sometime later this year.

McDonald's:  USA Today p3B "McDonald's gets ready to hand over the spatula" by Bruce Horovitz says at McDonald's annual shareholders meeting today CEO Jim Skinner will retire and will be replaced by Don Thompson.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pC1 "Stocks dive, then dig out" by Jon Cheng says in a flashback to the past 2 summers' volatility, global stocks were whipsawed as investors struggled to assess the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the euro.  Tech stocks were down after Dell's earnings fell.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 3.2%, Intel lost 2.3% & Microsoft dipped 2.2%.  Walmart rose 1.3% to hit a 12 year high after US chief Bill Simon said their small format stores are turning a profit within 12 months.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  WSJ pB7 "P&G concedes msisteps abroad" by Paul Ziobro says Procter & Gamble will stop spending money on further expansion in emerging markets until its stabilizes its largest and most profitable businesses.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart: Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "Walmart near 12 year high; Q1 profit rises" by Vincent Mao, WSJ pC1 "Stocks dive, then dig out" by Jon Cheng say in a flashback to the past 2 summers' volatility, global stocks were whipsawed as investors struggled to assess the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the euro.  Tech stocks were down after Dell's earnings fell.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 3.2%, Intel lost 2.3% & Microsoft dipped 2.2%.  Walmart rose 1.3% to hit a 12 year high after US chief Bill Simon said their small format stores are turning a profit within 12 months.

 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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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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